Maya
noun
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- A member or descendant of various peoples:
- a flourishing Mesoamerican civilization that existed in and around Guatemala from the 3rd century to the 9th century.
- a variety of Mesoamerican peoples with farming from around 1000 BC onward, who developed a large civilization from the 3rd century onward
- various Mesoamerican peoples living in the Spanish Empire, and now parts of Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras
- various Mesoamerican peoples that continued in competing civilizations from the 10th century onward until conquered by Spain
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Maya
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Maya
properNoun
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- The Yucatec Maya language.
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Mayaca
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