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单词 cakchiquel
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Cakchiquel

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Noun1.Cakchiquel - a member of the Mayan people living in south central GuatemalaMaya, Mayan - 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.Cakchiquel - the Mayan language spoken by the CakchiquelMayan language, Maya, Mayan - a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya

Cakchiquel

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Cakchiquel:

see QuichéQuiché
, indigenous peoples of Mayan linguistic stock, in the western highlands of Guatemala; most important group of the ancient southern Maya. The largest of the contemporary native groups of Guatemala, numbering over a million, they live principally in the region
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Cakchiquel

 

an Indian people of Guatemala. The Cakchi-quel live primarily in the departments of Chimaltenango andGuatemala. They number more than 300, 000 persons (1970, estimate) and speak a language of the Quiche group of Mayanlanguages. Most of the Cakchiquels are Catholics, although theyretain considerable vestiges of their pre-Christian religious be-liefs. Early state formations, with the city of Iximché as the chiefcenter, existed among the Cakchiquel before the Spanish con-quest in the early 16th century. The principal occupation of theCakchiquel is farming; the traditional handicrafts of weavingand pottery-making are well developed.

Cakchiquel

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noun a member of the Mayan people living in south central Guatemala

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  • Maya
  • Mayan

noun the Mayan language spoken by the Cakchiquel

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  • Mayan language
  • Maya
  • Mayan
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