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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. 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;
- Example: "Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar"
[syn: Mayan, Maya]

2. a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya;
[syn: Maya, Mayan, Mayan language]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mayan \Ma"yan\ (m[aum]"yan), a. 1. Designating, or pertaining to, an American Indian linguistic stock occupying the Mexican States of Veracruz, Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, and Yucatan, together with a part of Guatemala and a part of El Salvador. See 2nd Maya. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. Of or pertaining to the Mayas. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Mayan arch
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Mayan n 1: 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" [syn: Mayan, Maya] 2: a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya [syn: Maya, Mayan, Mayan language]