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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Ma·yan /ˈmaɪən/
 (a.)馬雅人的,馬雅語的馬雅人,馬雅語

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ma·yan a.
 1. Designating, or pertaining to, an American Indian linguistic stock occupying the Mexican States of Veracruz, Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, and Yucatan, together with a part of Guatemala and a part of El Salvador. See 2nd Maya.
 2.  Of or pertaining to the Mayas.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Mayan
      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: Maya]
      2: a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayan
         peoples [syn: Maya, Mayan language]