Mayan most commonly refers to:
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Maya peoples
Maya () are an ethnolinguistic group of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica. The ancient Maya civilization was formed by members of this group, and today's Maya are generally descended from people who lived w ...
, various indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica and northern Central America
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Maya civilization
The Maya civilization () was a Mesoamerican civilization that existed from antiquity to the early modern period. It is known by its ancient temples and glyphs (script). The Maya script is the most sophisticated and highly developed writin ...
, pre-Columbian culture of Mesoamerica and northern Central America
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Mayan languages
The Mayan languages In linguistics, it is conventional to use ''Mayan'' when referring to the languages, or an aspect of a language. In other academic fields, ''Maya'' is the preferred usage, serving as both a singular and plural noun, and a ...
, language family spoken in Mesoamerica and northern Central America
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Yucatec Maya language
Yucatec Maya ( ; referred to by its speakers as or ) is a Mayan languages, Mayan language spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula, including part of northern Belize. There is also a significant diasporic community of Yucatec Maya speakers in San Fra ...
, language spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula and northern Belize
Mayan may also refer to:
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Mayan, Semnan, Iran
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Mayan stage, geological period that occurred during the end of the Middle Cambrian
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Mayan (band)
Mayan (stylized as MaYaN) is a Dutch symphonic death metal band founded by vocalist Mark Jansen, guitarist Frank Schiphorst, and keyboardist Jack Driessen. The band features many different vocalists (either full-time members or guests) in a mix ...
, a Dutch symphonic death-metal band
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Mayan (schooner)
Mayan is a 74-foot wooden schooner designed by John G. Alden and built in Belize in 1947. She is Alden Design No. 356-B - a Centerboard Schooner constructed of Honduran mahogany. Her name was taken from her country of origin of Belize where the ...
, a 74-foot wooden sailboat designed by John Alden
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Mayan (software)
See also
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List of Mayan languages
The Mayan languages are a group of languages spoken by the Maya peoples. The Maya form a group of approximately 7 million people who are descended from an ancient Mesoamerican civilization and spread across the modern-day countries of: Mexico, Bel ...
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Maya (disambiguation)
Maya may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America
** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples
** Mayan languages, the languages of the Maya peoples
* Maya (East Africa), a p ...
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Maayan (disambiguation)
Maayan or Ma'ayan () can refer to:
Given name
* Maayan Amir (born 1978), artist and independent curator
* Maayan Davidovich (born 1988), Israeli Olympic windsurfer
* Maayan Furman-Shahaf (born 1986), Israeli high jumper and triple jumper
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Mayana (disambiguation) Mayana may refer to:
* Mayana, Iran, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran
* Mayana Moura (b. 1982), Brazilian actress
* Mayana Zatz (b. 1947), Brazilian molecular biologist and geneticist
* ''Mayana'' (bug), a genus of true bug in family Oxycaren ...
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Mayan Renaissance
''Mayan Renaissance'' is a 2012 American documentary film by director Dawn Engle about the Maya peoples of Guatemala and Central America. It describes the ancient Maya civilization, the conquest by Spain during the 1520s, hundreds of years of op ...
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Mayan-e Olya, East Azerbaijan
Mayan-e Olya () is a village in Aji Chay Rural District of the Central District in Tabriz County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West ...
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Mayan-e Olya, Razavi Khorasan
Mayan-e Olya (, also Romanized as Māyān-e ‘Olyā) is a village in Torqabeh Rural District, Torqabeh District, Torqabeh and Shandiz County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also ...
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Mayan-e Sofla, East Azerbaijan
Mayan-e Sofla () is a village in, and the capital of, Aji Chay Rural District in the Central District of Tabriz County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia ...
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Mayan-e Sofla, Razavi Khorasan
Mayan-e Sofla (, also Romanized as Māyān-e Soflá; also known as Māyān-e Pā’īn and Māyān) is a village in Torqabeh Rural District, Torqabeh District, Torqabeh and Shandiz County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
Iran, official ...
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Mayan-e Vosta
Mayan-e Vosta (, also Romanized as Māyān-e Vosţá) is a village in Torqabeh Rural District, Torqabeh District, Torqabeh and Shandiz County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also ...
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Mayian
Mayian, also known as Vatna Maiyun, Haldi, or Ubtan, is the term used for the preparation ceremony one day before Punjabi wedding traditions, Punjabi weddings of India and Pakistan. This ceremony is usually done in morning but sometimes done ...
, the preparation ceremony one day before a Punjabi wedding
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