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Maya : (noun)
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: an ethnic minority speaking Mayan languages and living in
Yucatan and adjacent areas [syn: Maya]
3: a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayan
peoples [syn: Maya, Mayan, Mayan language]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Maya : \Ma"ya\ (m[aum]"y[aum]), n. (Hindoo Philos.)
The name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called,
in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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