Maya (redirected from The maya)

Ma·ya  (mäy)

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.

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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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maya [ˈmaɪə ˈmɑːjə ˈmɑːjɑː]

n

(Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism) Hinduism illusion, esp the material world of the senses regarded as illusory

[from Sanskrit]

mayan  adj

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Maya¹

n

(Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism) the Hindu goddess of illusion, the personification of the idea that the material world is illusory

Mayan  adj

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Maya²

n

1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -ya, -yas Also called Mayan a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan, Belize, and N Guatemala, having an ancient culture once characterized by outstanding achievements in architecture, astronomy, chronology, painting, and pottery

2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people See also Mayan

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Maya - a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy; "Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar" Mayan federation of tribes, tribe - a federation (as of American Indians) American Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived Cakchiquel - a member of the Mayan people living in south central Guatemala Kekchi - a member of a Mayan people of north central Guatemala Mam - a member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala Quiche - a member of the Mayan people of south central Guatemala Yucatec, Yucateco - a member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico
	2.	Maya - a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya Mayan language, Mayan American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, American Indian, Indian - any of the languages spoken by Amerindians Kekchi - a Mayan language spoken by the Kekchi Mam - a Mayan language spoken by the Mam Yucatec, Yucateco - a Mayan language spoken by the Yucatec Quiche - the Mayan language spoken by the Quiche Cakchiquel - the Mayan language spoken by the Cakchiquel

Translations

Maya [ˈmaɪjə] Mayan [ˈmaɪjən]

A. ADJ → maya

B. N → maya mf

Maya

n

→ Maya mf

(Ling) → Maya nt, → Mayasprache f