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ma·ya I. \ˈmä(ˌ)yä, ˈmäyə, ˈmī(ˌ)ä, -īə\ noun (-s) Etymology: Sanskrit māyā 1. : an extraphysical wonder-working power in the Vedas 2. a. : the illusion-creating power of a god or demon b. : the powerful force that creates the cosmic illusion that the phenomenal world is real; broadly : magic, illusion II. \ˈmī(y)ə sometimes ˈmäyə or ˈmā(y)ə\ noun (plural maya or mayas) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Spanish 1. a. : a group of people of Yucatán, British Honduras, northern Guatemala, and the state of Tabasco, Mexico whose language is Mayan b. : a member of such people 2. a. (1) : a Mayan language of the ancient Maya peoples recorded in inscriptions (2) : yucatec; especially : the older form of that language known from documents of the Spanish period b. : a system of writing used by the preconquest Maya peoples 3. : the language of the Maya people 4. : a brownish orange to light brown that is redder and lighter than sorrel, redder than caramel, and very slightly darker and stronger than paloma III. noun (-s) Etymology: Tagalog : any of several Philippine weaverbirds of the genus Lonchura IV. noun (-s) Etymology: American Spanish : pinguin |