Ma·yan /ˈmaɪən/
(a.)馬雅人的,馬雅語的馬雅人,馬雅語
Ma·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.
2. Of or pertaining to the Mayas.
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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: Maya]
2: a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayan
peoples [syn: Maya, Mayan language]