Noun
- 1. Mayan, Maya, Indian, American Indian, Red Indian
- usage: 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"
- 2. Maya, Mayan, Mayan language, Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian
- usage: a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya
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