Mayan

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/ˈmaɪən/South Asia/ˈmɑːjən/South Asia/ˈmɛːjən/

adjective

Of or relating to the Maya people of Central America and southeastern Mexico.

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MayaMayan language
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Meanings

adjectiveMayan (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to the Maya people of Central America and southeastern Mexico.
nounMayan (plural Mayans)

plural Mayans

  1. A Maya person.
proper noun
  1. The language of the Maya people.
  2. geographyAn age from 502 to 501 ± 2.0 million years ago, a subdivision of the Cambrian.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna 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

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Maya
Broader
AmerindianNative American

nouna family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayas

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MayaMayan language
Broader
AmerindAmerindian languageAmerican-Indian language
Also see
maya

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From Maya + -an.

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Translations

Catalan maia, maia
  • maiaof or relating to the Maya people
  • maiaperson
  • maialanguage
Esperanto majaa
  • majaaof or relating to the Maya people
Finnish maya-, mayojen
  • maya-of or relating to the Maya people
  • mayojenof or relating to the Maya people
  • mayaperson
  • mayakielilanguage
Portuguese maia, maia
  • maiaof or relating to the Maya people
  • maiaperson
  • maialanguage
Romanian mayaș, mayaș
  • mayașof or relating to the Maya people
  • mayașperson
Spanish maya, maya
  • mayaof or relating to the Maya people
  • mayaperson
  • mayalanguage

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Mayan

brianRyantionIanionlionBryanHawaiianOrionlienzionsionscioncyanpsioncrayonGhanaianprionarionParaguayanMalayanLinnaeanGaianDanaan
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Anagrams

AymanmanyaManayMaynaYanam
Cite this entry
APA

Mayan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mayan

MLA

“Mayan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mayan. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mayan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mayan.

Source: Mayan on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.