Ma·ya (mä y )n. pl. Maya or Ma·yas 1. a. A member of a Mesoamerican Indian people inhabiting southeast Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize, whose civilization reached its height around a.d. 300-900. The Maya are noted for their architecture and city planning, their mathematics and calendar, and their hieroglyphic writing system. b. A modern-day descendant of this people. 2. Any of the Mayan languages, especially Quiché and Yucatec. [Spanish.] Ma ya adj. |
| ma·ya (mäy) n. Hinduism 1. The power of a god or demon to transform a concept into an element of the sensible world. 2. The transitory, manifold appearance of the sensible world, which obscures the undifferentiated spiritual reality from which it originates; the illusory appearance of the sensible world. [Sanskrit m  y.] |
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| Noun | 1. | Mayas - an ethnic minority speaking Mayan languages and living in Yucatan and adjacent areas ethnic minority - a group that has different national or cultural traditions from the majority of the population |
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