Definitions
A member or descendant of a Mesoamerican people and culture.
Word origin
Borrowed from Spanish maya, from Yucatec Maya mayab (“flat”) or Yucatec Maya maaya, a self-designation of the northern Maya for themselves, in the form maya’ found in compounds and phrases e.g. maya’ wíinik (“Maya man”).
Used in a sentence
“Shankara prescribed meditative reflection, through which each individual could pierce the veil of maya and come to recognize the identity between his or her essence and the universal spirit.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Mesoamerican people”4 letters
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