Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mayan

2 senses of mayan

Sense 1
Mayan, Maya -- (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")
       => Indian, American Indian, Red Indian -- (a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived)

Sense 2
Maya, Mayan, Mayan language -- (a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya)
       => Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian -- (any of the languages spoken by Amerindians)