What is Mayan?

  • (noun): 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.
    Synonyms: Maya
    See also — Additional definitions below

Some articles on mayan, mayans:

Calderitas, Quintana Roo
... This is a small but growing Mayan Village with a Mayor and a Mayan Council of Elders ... Beach is in this town as well as one opened Mayan Ruin and a boat ramp ...
Monarchies In The Americas - Former Monarchies - Endemic Monarchies - Maya
... The Mayan Civilization was located on the Yucatán Peninsula and into the isthmian portion of North America, and Northern portion of Central America (Guatemala and Honduras) was ... Nonetheless, the Mayan civilization began its decline in the 8th and 9th centuries, and by the time of the arrival of the Spanish, only a few kingdoms remained, such as Tayasal, Mam, Kaqchikel, and the K'iche ... On 13 March 1697, the last Itza Mayan king was defeated at Tayasal by the forces of King Philip IV of Spain ...
Macro-Mayan Languages
... Macro-Mayan is a proposal linking the clearly established Mayan family with neighboring families that show similarities to Mayan ... of this hypothesis were made by Norman McQuown in 1942 who linked Mayan and Mixe–Zoquean ... articles proposing a "Mesoamerican Phylum" composed of Maco-Mayan and other language families of Mesoamerica ...
Timothy Olague - Music Industry
... Priceless Music (BMI) content through his own label, Mayan Records ... In 1998, Mayan released Mayan All Stars, a compilation of R B and Hip-Hop recordings featuring Chulo, TearDrop (both of A Lighter Shade of Brown ... Mayan All Stars was originally pressed and distributed worldwide by Mayan Records/BMG US Latin and is currently regarded as rare, campy, and hard to find ...
Mayan - Other Meanings
... Maians – a fictional alien race in the video game, Perfect Dark Mayan Records maybe the name of a record company, which is an imprint of Sanctuary Records Mayan, Qazvin - village in Qazvin Province, Iran Mayan-e Olya ... Mayans, a fictional biker gang in the TV series Sons of Anarchy MaYaN, a Dutch symphonic metal band Maya is the concept in Indian religions of ...

More definitions of "Mayan":

  • (noun): A family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayan peoples.
    Synonyms: Maya, Mayan language