MAYA

Maya, Mayan, Mayan language

(noun) a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayas

Maya

(noun) an ethnic minority speaking Mayan languages and living in Yucatan and adjacent areas

Mayan, Maya

(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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

maya (uncountable)

(Hindu mythology) Magic; supernatural power as held by the gods.

(Hinduism, Buddhism) The power by which the universe is made to appear; the illusion of the phenomenal world, as opposed to its true or spiritual reality.

Anagrams

• Amya, Ayam, Yama, amay

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Maya (plural Mayas or Maya)

a flourishing Mesoamerican civilization that existed in and around Guatemala from the 3rd century to the 9th century.

various Mesoamerican peoples that continued in competing civilizations from the 10th century onward until conquered by Spain

various Mesoamerican peoples living in the Spanish Empire, and now parts of Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras

a variety of Mesoamerican peoples with farming from around 1000 BC onward, who developed a large civilization from the 3rd century onward

the Yucatec Maya language

any of the other various Mayan languages, such as Quiché, Mam and Tzotzil

Noun

Maya (plural Mayas)

A member or descendant of these people.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Maya

A female given name from Hebrew of modern usage.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Maya

In Sanskrit, illusion; God's physical and metaphysical creation (literally, "not this").

A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Maya

(Buddhism) mother of Gautama Buddha

Anagrams

• Amya, Ayam, Yama, amay

Source: Wiktionary

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Ma"ya, n. (Hindoo Philos.)

Definition: The name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called, in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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