单词 | Maya |
释义 | Maya /mah"yeuh/, n. , pl. Mayas, (esp. collectively) Maya, adj. n. 1. a member of a major pre-Columbian civilization of the Yucatán Peninsula that reached its peak in the 9th century A.D. and produced magnificent ceremonial cities with pyramids, a sophisticated mathematical and calendar system, hieroglyphic writing, and fine sculpture, painting, and ceramics. 2. a member of a modern American Indian people of southern Mexico, Guatemala, and parts of Honduras who are the descendants of this ancient civilization. 3. any of the Mayan languages; the historical and modern languages of the Mayas. adj. 4. Mayan. |
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