'Mayan' definitions:
Definition of 'Mayan'
(from WordNet)
noun
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: Mayan, Maya]
noun
A family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya [syn: Maya, Mayan, Mayan language]
Definition of 'Mayan'
From: GCIDE
- Mayan \Ma"yan\ (m[aum]"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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. Of or pertaining to the Mayas. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Mayan arch