Mayas

Ma·ya  (mäy)

n. pl. Maya or Ma·yas

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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.

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Maya adj.

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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.

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[Sanskrit my.]

Thesaurus

Noun

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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