首页英语词典MayaMaya英英释意

Maya

英 ['mɑːjə]
  • n. 马雅人;马雅语
  • adj. 马雅人的;马雅语的

英英释意


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"
2. an ethnic minority speaking Mayan languages and living in Yucatan and adjacent areas
3. a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayan peoples