Maya Definition

mäyə
mayas
noun
The power of a god or demon to transform a concept into an element of the sensible world.
American Heritage
A member of an American Indian people found in Yucatán, Belize, and N Guatemala: the Maya had a highly developed civilization long before the arrival of Europeans early in the 16th cent.
Webster's New World
In Hinduism and Indian philosophy, the illusory world of the senses.
Webster's New World
The goddess Devi, or Shakti, consort of Siva.
Webster's New World
The Mayan language of this people.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • mayan
  • Mayan language
pronoun

A member of a Mesoamerican civilization that existed in and around Guatemala in the 4th to 10th centuries.

Wiktionary

Any of the Mayan languages, such as Quiché and Yucatec.

Wiktionary

A descendant of these people.

Wiktionary
A female given name of modern usage.
Wiktionary

In Sanskrit, illusion; God's physical and metaphysical creation (literally, "not this").

Wiktionary
adjective
Of the Maya or their language or culture; Mayan.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Maya

Noun

Singular:
maya
Plural:
mayas

Origin of Maya

  • From Maria, ultimately from Hebrew, and from Maia, from Latin.

    From Wiktionary

  • Self-designation of the Yucatec Mayas.

    From Wiktionary

  • Sanskrit māyā

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Sanskrit

    From Wiktionary

  • Spanish

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Maya Sentence Examples

  • Maya architecture is the best remaining index of the art achievements of the American race.

  • The sites of some of the old Maya cities are also considered dangerous at certain seasons.

  • Manganese is mined mainly near La Maya and El Cristo in Oriente.

  • Thence his line stretched along the Pyrenees by the passes of Vera, Echallar, Maya and Roncesvalles, to Altobiscar; his immediate object now being to reduce the fortresses of San Sebastian and Pampeluna.

  • The Itzas, Mopans, Lacandons, Chols, Pokonchi and the Pokomans who inhabit the large settlement of Mixco near the capital, all belong to the Maya family; but parts of central and eastern Guatemala are peopled by tribes distinct from the Mayas and not found in Mexico.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAY

Words Ending With

AYAAYA

Unscrambles

maya

Words Starting With M and Ending With A

Starts With M & Ends With AStarts With MA & Ends With AStarts With M & Ends With YA

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With M4 Letter Words Ending With A