Mayan
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- noun
- /ˈmaɪən/
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maya
- You go to, I recently went to Mexico and I saw these huge, strange Mayan temples out in the middle of the jungle.
And in the temple they have depicted Mayans meeting with Egyptians.
- And in the temple they have depicted Mayans meeting with Egyptians.
- Their chulil, the Mayans might say, has been stolen or broken.
- So we hit the mark with real Maya people as well at Astronic asks, why did the Mayans make their calendar look like an Oreo right off the bat?
- So that tree was there before the Spaniards landed in there when the Mayans perhaps were still celebrating things or perhaps right after.
- And I'm not naming names, but Mayans, dude.
- And the, the native Jamaicans were more like a Mayan.
Examples
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The last kind of major Mayan polity was Mayapan, which is up in north of Yucatan.
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I learned that the Mayan people developed a complex system of writing and were skilled in astronomy.
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But yeah, like the Mayan calendar in that was an end of an age, that was an end of a dark age.
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Dude, like the Mayan cultures, super fascinating.
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What were the numbers that the Mayans were obsessed by?
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It was so fun climbing up the ancient Mayan ruins.
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Eventually they found that it landed just right on the boundary between the land and the sea in the Yucatan at a little village with the Mayan name of Chicxulub.
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You've got that wonderful turquoise Mayan serpent, for example, which is a double headed Jaguar headed, that's the most gorgeous object.
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The ancient Mayan civilization is renowned for its impressive architectural achievements, including the towering pyramids at Tikal.
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During my trip, I visited several Mayan ruins that showcased the rich history and culture of this fascinating society.
Synonyms
A native people of Mexico and Central America, especially in Yucatán, Guatemala, and Belize
Compounds
- Specialized
Languages the Maya people speak in southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize
Surface Forms
Morphology
Mayan = Maya (transparent) = Maya + an
Formed by adding the productive demonym/adjectival suffix '-an' to the proper noun 'Maya', yielding a directly related meaning 'of or relating to the Maya'.
Etymology
Mayan comes from the name Maya, the name used by the native people of parts of Mexico, Guatemala and Belize and from their own local languages. So Mayan is used for a person from that ancient and still-living culture.