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Definition of Mayan
1. Noun. 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"
Group relationships: Federation Of Tribes, Tribe
Generic synonyms: American Indian, Indian, Red Indian
Specialized synonyms: Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Quiche, Yucatec, Yucateco
2. Noun. A family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya.
Generic synonyms: American Indian, American-indian Language, Amerind, Amerindian Language, Indian
Specialized synonyms: Kekchi, Mam, Yucatec, Yucateco, Quiche, Cakchiquel
Definition of Mayan
1. a. 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 Salvador. The Mayan peoples are dark, short, and brachycephallic, and at the time of the discovery had attained a higher grade of culture than any other American people. They cultivated a variety of crops, were expert in the manufacture and dyeing of cotton fabrics, used cacao as a medium of exchange, and were workers of gold, silver, and copper. Their architecture comprised elaborately carved temples and places, and they possessed a superior calendar, and a developed system of hieroglyphic writing, with records said to go back to about 700 a. d.
Definition of Mayan
1. Adjective. Of, or relating to the Maya people of Central America. ¹
2. Noun. A Maya ¹
3. Noun. A Mayan language ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mayan
1. maya [adj] - See also: maya
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mayan
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