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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ma•ya (mä′yä, -yə),USA pronunciation n. [Hinduism.]- Eastern Religionsthe power, as of a god, to produce illusions.
- Eastern Religionsthe production of an illusion.
- Eastern Religions(in Vedantic philosophy) the illusion of the reality of sensory experience and of the experienced qualities and attributes of oneself.
- Eastern Religions(cap.) Also called Mahamaya. a goddess personifying the power that creates phenomena.
ma′yan, adj. Ma•ya (mä′yə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -yas, (esp. collectively) -ya, adj. n. - Anthropology, Archaeologya member of a major pre-Columbian civilization of the Yucatán Peninsula that reached its peak in the 9th centurya.d.and produced magnificent ceremonial cities with pyramids, a sophisticated mathematical and calendar system, hieroglyphic writing, and fine sculpture, painting, and ceramics.
- Anthropologya member of a modern American Indian people of southern Mexico, Guatemala, and parts of Honduras who are the descendants of this ancient civilization.
- Anthropologyany of the Mayan languages;
the historical and modern languages of the Mayas.
adj. - AnthropologyMayan.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Maya /ˈmaɪə; ˈmɑːjə; ˈmɑːjɑː/ n - the Hindu goddess of illusion, the personification of the idea that the material world is illusory
ˈMayan adj Maya /ˈmaɪə/ n - Also called: Mayan ( pl -ya, -yas) a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan, Belize, and N Guatemala, having an ancient culture once characterized by outstanding achievements in architecture, astronomy, chronology, painting, and pottery
- the language of this people
See also Mayan
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