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Mayan.

Of or relating to the Maya people of Central America and southeastern Mexico.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈmaɪən//ˈmɑːjən/South-Asia/ˈmɛːjən/South-Asia
  1. Of or relating to the Maya people of Central America and southeastern Mexico.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English Maya Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Mayan From Maya + -an.

noun/ˈmaɪən//ˈmɑːjən/South-Asia/ˈmɛːjən/South-Asia
  1. A Maya person.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English Maya Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Mayan From Maya + -an.

name/ˈmaɪən//ˈmɑːjən/South-Asia/ˈmɛːjən/South-Asia
  1. The language of the Maya people.

  2. An age from 502 to 501 ± 2.0 million years ago, a subdivision of the Cambrian.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English Maya Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Mayan From Maya + -an.

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