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Definitions for maya
ˈmɑ yɑ, -yəmaya

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Mayan, Mayanoun

    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. Maya, Mayan, Mayan languagenoun

    a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya

GCIDE

  1. Mayanoun

    the Indian people occupying the area of Veracruz, Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, and Yucatan, together with a part of Guatemala and a part of Salvador. The Maya peoples are dark, short, and brachycephalic, and at the time of the discovery had attained a higher grade of culture than any other American people. They cultivated a variety of crops, were expert in the manufacture and dyeing of cotton fabrics, used cacao as a medium of exchange, and were workers of gold, silver, and copper. Their architecture comprised elaborately carved temples and palaces, and they possessed a superior calendar, and a developed system of hieroglyphic writing, with records said to go back to about 700 a. d.

  2. Mayanoun

    the language of the Mayas.

ChatGPT

  1. maya

    Maya is a concept in Hinduism, Buddhism, and certain other Indian religions, referring to the perceived illusory nature of the physical world, which distracts the individual's consciousness from spiritual truths and understanding. It is often translated as "illusion" or "magic," suggesting the idea that the material world is not the ultimate reality. In a broader context, "Maya" also refers to the ancient Mesoamerican civilization known as the Mayan civilization.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Mayanoun

    the name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called, in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Maya

    mä′ya, n. an illusive appearance, esp. of a celestial maiden personifying the active will of the creator of the universe. [Hind.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. maya

    A gorge in the Pyrenees, between Bidassoa and Nivelle, the scene of an action in July, 1813, in which the French were worsted by the English, under Gen. Stewart.

Editors Contribution

  1. Maya

    Factually Maya means that which emanate, unfurl from the source, ‘Ma’ means the universal Mother, and Ya means the cause which unfolds, arising from Prakriti (nature) primal energy. In Hindu Scriptures, Maya depicted as the Play (Lila) of God representing his creative dynamic energy or force (shakti). Further what is commonly understood is the mesh of trickery entwined by the universal spider (Brahman) to cloak the worlds in delusion (Moha).

    Maya is the Divine Mother Shakti.


    Submitted by anonymous on January 14, 2019  

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. MAYA

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Maya is ranked #3466 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Maya surname appeared 10,313 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Maya.

    87.2% or 9,002 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    8.9% or 924 total occurrences were White.
    1.5% or 163 total occurrences were Asian.
    1.3% or 136 total occurrences were Black.
    0.4% or 46 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.4% or 42 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of maya in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of maya in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of maya in a Sentence

  1. Jwalant Gurung:

    I assured Maya's father that I would take care of her, i told them I had a friend who was a doctor.

  2. Maricris Drouaillet:

    We will never give up. We will not lose hope. We will bring Maya home, god is with us. We will move that mountain. We will find Maya.

  3. Jonathan Westin:

    Maya is the progressive candidate who has the best chance of winning this New York City mayoral race.

  4. Martin Short:

    It was a show that had endless surprises because it had such a large amount of people guesting on it — that’s kind of what we’re striving for, we’re contacting everyone. Between Lorne (Michaels), Maya and I, we’ve met a lot of people that seem to be interested in appearing on the show.

  5. Postal Service spokesman David Partenheimer:

    Maya Angelou cited this sentence frequently in media interviews and other forums and it provides a connection to her first memoir 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' the sentence was chosen to accompany her image on the stamp to reflect her passion for the written and spoken word. The sentence held great meaning for her and she is publicly identified with its popularity.

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