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Meaning of maya

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Maya
      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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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