English dictionary
Maya
/'m/A//j//@/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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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
ExamplesMayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar.
Synonyms mayanSource: WordNet 3.0
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a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya
Source: WordNet 3.0
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The name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called, in English, <i>idealism</i>; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.
Source: webster1913