Mayans
- plural of Mayan.
Example Sentences
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A few accounts say friars who presented Guatemalan Mayans to Philip II of Spain in 1544 also gifted him cacao beans.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2025
“Last name Fierro, like steel,” the brewery owner said as Rivera signed his Mayans M.C.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
Her research spanned “thousands of years of history” as she drew inspiration from cultures including the Roman and Byzantine Empires and the Mayans.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2024
A whole network of Konstanz researchers dedicated themselves to unravelling the mystery, including Bernhard Schink, Nicolai Müller, David Schleheck, Jennifer Fleming and Olga Mayans.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2023
Unlike the Egyptians, though, the Mayans had a zero in their counting system, so they did the obvious thing: they started numbering days with the number zero.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
