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
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
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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