"Mayan" meaning in English

See Mayan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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Rhymes: -aɪən Etymology: From Maya + -an. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Maya|an}} Maya + -an Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Mayan (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to the Maya people of Central America or South-eastern Mexico. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: Mayanness Translations (of or relating to the Maya people): maia (Catalan), maya- (Finnish), mayojen (Finnish), maia (Galician), maia (Portuguese), mayaș (Romanian), maya (Spanish), maaya (Yucatec Maya)
    Sense id: en-Mayan-en-adj-4NvoXTsS Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Yucatec Maya translations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 40 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 43 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Yucatec Maya translations: 20 43 38

Proper name

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Rhymes: -aɪən Etymology: From Maya + -an. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Maya|an}} Maya + -an Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Mayan
  1. A Mayan language. Translations (language): maia [masculine] (Catalan), mayakieli (Finnish), maia (Galician), maia [masculine] (Portuguese), maya [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Mayan-en-name-~niwV~Ua Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -an, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Yucatec Maya translations, Language families Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 59 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 35 52 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 65 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 40 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 43 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 26 46 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 55 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 21 55 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 21 55 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 52 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Yucatec Maya translations: 20 43 38 Disambiguation of Language families: 17 57 26

Noun

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Rhymes: -aɪən Etymology: From Maya + -an. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Maya|an}} Maya + -an Head templates: {{en-noun}} Mayan (plural Mayans)
  1. A Maya person. Translations (person): maia [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), maya (Finnish), maia [feminine, masculine] (Galician), maia [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), mayaș (Romanian), maya [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Mayan-en-noun-vkO~CKM2 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Yucatec Maya translations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 40 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 43 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 35 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Yucatec Maya translations: 20 43 38

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪən"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "mayakieli"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "maia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maya"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Mayan"
}

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