Mayan

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]