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Noun	1.	Kekchi - a member of a Mayan people of north central Guatemala Maya, Mayan - 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"
	2.	Kekchi - a Mayan language spoken by the Kekchi Mayan language, Maya, Mayan - a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya

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Created by Rhoda Keener, Carolyn Holderread Heggen, and Ruth Lapp Guengerich, the Sister Care manual has been translated into Spanish, Kekchi and Portuguese.

Naming the pain, seeking the light: the Mennonite Church's response to sexual abuse

But when you're a young bride in 1962 and your new husband is an anthropology student intent on spending the first year of your marriage studying the native Kekchi and Maya tribes in British Honduras (now Belize) you have no choice but to go along for the ride.

How to Cook a Tapir: A Memoir of Belize

Today, the Maya of Belize comprise three groups--the Mopan, the Kekchi, and the Yucatec--that together represent about eleven percent of the country's total population.

Cultural connections in Belize

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