Mayan
adjective
of or relating to the Maya, their culture, or their languages.
Mayans
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pluralof Mayan.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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
Professor Elizabeth Graham from University College London, who was not involved in the research, says it supports claims that Mayans lived in complex cities or towns, not in isolated villages.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2024
And then, if we take it back to indigenous roots, if you go to Mayans, we have really amazing abdominal massage practices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
Olga Mayans and Jennifer Fleming created a three-dimensional model of its enzyme structure and active centre to understand the reaction pathway.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2023
The Mayans of the tenth century CE built city-states as far south as Belize and Honduras.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
