Maya

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmaɪə/, /ˈmɑːjə/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling'Maya': (mä′yə); 'maya': (mä′yä, -yə)

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Maya /ˈmaɪə; ˈmɑːjə; ˈmɑːjɑː/ n

the Hindu goddess of illusion, the personification of the idea that the material world is illusory

ˈMayan adj

Maya /ˈmaɪə/ n

Also called: Mayan ( pl -ya, -yas) a member of an indigenous people of Yucatan, Belize, and N Guatemala, having an ancient culture once characterized by outstanding achievements in architecture, astronomy, chronology, painting, and pottery
the language of this people

ma•ya (mä′yä, -yə),USA pronunciation n. [Hinduism.]

Eastern Religionsthe power, as of a god, to produce illusions.
Eastern Religionsthe production of an illusion.
Eastern Religions(in Vedantic philosophy) the illusion of the reality of sensory experience and of the experienced qualities and attributes of oneself.
Eastern Religions(cap.) Also called Mahamaya. a goddess personifying the power that creates phenomena.

ma′yan, adj.

Ma•ya (mä′yə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -yas, (esp. collectively) -ya, adj.
n.

Anthropology, Archaeologya member of a major pre-Columbian civilization of the Yucatán Peninsula that reached its peak in the 9th centurya.d.and produced magnificent ceremonial cities with pyramids, a sophisticated mathematical and calendar system, hieroglyphic writing, and fine sculpture, painting, and ceramics.
Anthropologya member of a modern American Indian people of southern Mexico, Guatemala, and parts of Honduras who are the descendants of this ancient civilization.
Anthropologyany of the Mayan languages;
the historical and modern languages of the Mayas.

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