Maya
A member or descendant of various peoplesA member or descendant of various peoples: A flourishing Mesoamerican civilization that existed in and around Guatemala from the 3rd century to the 9th century.
» Maya priests learned much about astronomy.
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4 sensesA member or descendant of various peoples:
A flourishing Mesoamerican civilization that existed in and around Guatemala from the 3rd century to the 9th century.
Majakultur, Mayakultur
ма́йяmájja
Various Mesoamerican peoples that continued in competing civilizations from the 10th century onward until conquered by Spain
Maja, Maya
ма́йяmájja
Various Mesoamerican peoples living in the Spanish Empire, and now parts of Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras
A variety of Mesoamerican peoples with farming from around 1000 BC onward, who developed a large civilization from the 3rd century onward
- a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayas
- an ethnic minority speaking Mayan languages and living in Yucatan and adjacent areas
- 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
Examples
50 sentencesMaya priests learned much about astronomy.
Maya struggles what to do at dinner time.
Mayas is a notary.
Mayas is a manager.
Mayas went to school.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
Borrowed from Spanish maya, from Yucatec Maya mayab (“flat”) or Yucatec Maya maaya, a selfBorrowed from Spanish maya, from Yucatec Maya mayab (“flat”) or Yucatec Maya maaya, a self-designation of the northern Maya for themselves, in the form maya’ found in compounds and phrases e.g. maya’ wíinik (“Maya man”).
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Forms
plural: Mayas / MayaSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.