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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries玛雅
Pronunciation / Transliteration: mǎ yǎ
"玛雅文明在天文学方面取得了巨大成就。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A member of an American Indian people of the Yucatán peninsula and adjacent areas.
"The ancient Maya built magnificent pyramids and developed a complex hieroglyphic writing system." - 2
The language family spoken by the Maya people.
"Scholars of Mesoamerican studies often learn Classical Maya to decipher stone inscriptions."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term originates from the Indigenous Mesoamerican peoples of southern Mexico and northern Central America. In Sanskrit philosophy, Maya also denotes 'illusion' or 'magic', though the Chinese pinyin 'mǎ-yǎ' specifically transliterates the ethnonym for the ancient civilization.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Maya" is said worldwide
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Maya
Transliteration: maya
"La civilisation maya a fleuri en Méso-Amérique."
Maya
Transliteration: maya
"Die Kultur der Maya ist faszinierend."
Maya
Transliteration: maya
"I Maya costruirono grandi città in pietra."
Maya
Transliteration: maya
"La cultura maya dejó un gran legado histórico."
Maia
Transliteration: maia
"O império maia estendeu-se por várias regiões."
माया
Transliteration: maya
"माया सभ्यता अपने उन्नत कैलेंडर के लिए जानी जाती है।"
玛雅
Transliteration: mǎ yǎ
"玛雅文明在天文学方面取得了巨大成就。"
마야
Transliteration: maya
"마야 문명은 고대 아메리카에서 번성했습니다."
マヤ
Transliteration: maya
"マヤ文明は高度な数学を持っていました。"
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