from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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: {Mayan},
{Maya}]
2: a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya [syn:
{Maya}, {Mayan}, {Mayan language}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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