Meanings
nounsacbe (plural sacbes or sacbeob)
plural sacbes · plural sacbeob
- A raised paved road built by the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.
The major constructions at Chichen Itza were built upon islandlike platforms with spokelike sacbes connecting them and a sea of forest surrounding them.
2007, Don Patterson, Journey to Xibalba: A Life in Archaeology, page 214
Origin
From the Yucatec Maya language; literally "white way".
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