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Definitions for: Mayan
[n] a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayan peoples
[n] a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
Webster (1913) Definition: Ma"yan, a.
1. Designating, or pertaining to, an American Indian
linguistic stock occupying the Mexican States of Veracruz,
Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, and Yucatan, together with a
part of Guatemala and a part of Salvador. The Mayan
peoples are dark, short, and brachycephallic, and at the
time of the discovery had attained a higher grade of
culture than any other American people. They cultivated a
variety of crops, were expert in the manufacture and
dyeing of cotton fabrics, used cacao as a medium of
exchange, and were workers of gold, silver, and copper.
Their architecture comprised elaborately carved temples
and places, and they possessed a superior calendar, and a
developed system of hieroglyphic writing, with records
said to go back to about 700 a. d.
2. Of or pertaining to the Mayas.
Synonyms: Maya, Maya, Mayan language
See Also: American Indian, American Indian, American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, Cakchiquel, Cakchiquel, federation of tribes, Indian, Indian, Kekchi, Kekchi, Mam, Mam, North American Indian, Quiche, Quiche, Red Indian, tribe, Yucatec, Yucatec, Yucateco, Yucateco
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