n.
Pronunciation: ' m ī - ə
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Maya or Mayas
Etymology: Spanish
Date: 1825
1 a : a Mayan language of the ancient Maya peoples recorded in inscriptions b : YUCATEC especially : the older form of that language known from documents of the Spanish period
2 : a member of a group of Indian peoples chiefly of Yucatán, Belize, and Guatemala whose languages are Mayan