Mayan

See also: mayan

English

Etymology

From Maya +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪən/

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːjən/, /ˈmɛːjən/
• Rhymes: -aɪən, -eɪən

Adjective

Mayan (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Maya people of Central America or South-eastern Mexico.

Derived terms

• Mayanness

Translations

of or relating to the Maya people

• Catalan: maia (ca)
• Finnish: maya- (fi), mayojen (fi)
• Galician: maia (gl)
• Portuguese: maia (pt)
• Romanian: mayaș
• Spanish: maya (es)
• Yucatec Maya: maaya

Noun

Mayan (plural Mayans)

1. A Maya person.

Translations

person

• Catalan: maia (ca) m or f
• Finnish: maya (fi)
• Galician: maia (gl) m or f
• Portuguese: maia (pt) m or f
• Romanian: mayaș
• Spanish: maya (es) m or f

Proper noun

Mayan

1. The language of the Maya people.
2. (geology) An age from 502 to 501 ± 2.0 million years ago, a subdivision of the Cambrian.

Translations

language

• Catalan: maia (ca) m
• Finnish: mayakieli (fi)
• Galician: maia (gl)
• Portuguese: maia (pt) m
• Spanish: maya (es) m

Further reading

• Ethnologue report on the Mayan languages
• ISO 639-5 code myn [1]

Anagrams

• Yaman, many a