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Ma·ya
 Maya
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- pronunciation:
- maI
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
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noun |
| inflections: |
Maya, Mayas |
| definition 1: |
a member of a highly developed ancient civilization of the Yucatan Peninsula that was destroyed by Europeans in the sixteenth century.
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| definition 2: |
a member of a modern American Indian people living in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Yucat n, and Honduras who are descendants of this civilization.
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| definition 3: |
the historical and modern languages of these people.
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| related words: |
nonentity |
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