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"
a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya
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用作名词 (n.)
Originally inhabited by the Mayan people, Belize saw its first European settlers around 1638. 贝里斯原住民为马雅人，首批欧洲移民在一六三八年前后迁移于此。
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['mɑ:jən]
