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ma·ya P Pronunciation Key (mäy)
n. Hinduism
The power of a god or demon to transform a concept into an element of the sensible world.
The transitory, manifold appearance of the sensible world, which obscures the undifferentiated spiritual reality from which it originates; the illusory appearance of the sensible world.
[Sanskrit my.]
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Ma·ya P Pronunciation Key (mäy)
n. pl. Maya or Ma·yas
A member of a Mesoamerican Indian people inhabiting southeast Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize, whose civilization reached its height around A.D. 300-900. The Maya are noted for their architecture and city planning, their mathematics and calendar, and their hieroglyphic writing system.
A modern-day descendant of this people.
Any of the Mayan languages, especially Quiché and Yucatec.
[Spanish.]
Maya adj.
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maya
\Ma"ya\ (m[aum]"y[aum]), n. (Hindoo Philos.) The name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called, in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
maya
n 1: 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" [syn: Mayan, Maya] 2: an ethnic minority speaking Mayan languages and living in Yucatan and adjacent areas [syn: Maya] 3: a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayan peoples [syn: Maya, Mayan, Mayan language]
ma·ya P Pronunciation Key (mäy)
n. Hinduism
The power of a god or demon to transform a concept into an element of the sensible world.
The transitory, manifold appearance of the sensible world, which obscures the undifferentiated spiritual reality from which it originates; the illusory appearance of the sensible world.
[Sanskrit my.]
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Ma·ya P Pronunciation Key (mäy)
n. pl. Maya or Ma·yas
A member of a Mesoamerican Indian people inhabiting southeast Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize, whose civilization reached its height around A.D. 300-900. The Maya are noted for their architecture and city planning, their mathematics and calendar, and their hieroglyphic writing system.
A modern-day descendant of this people.
Any of the Mayan languages, especially Quiché and Yucatec.
[Spanish.]
Maya adj.
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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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maya
\Ma"ya\ (m[aum]"y[aum]), n. (Hindoo Philos.) The name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called, in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
maya
n 1: 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" [syn: Mayan, Maya] 2: an ethnic minority speaking Mayan languages and living in Yucatan and adjacent areas [syn: Maya] 3: a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayan peoples [syn: Maya, Mayan, Mayan language]