Mayan \Ma"yan\ (m[aum]"yan), a.
   1. Designating, or pertaining to, an American Indian
      linguistic stock occupying the Mexican States of Veracruz,
      Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, and Yucatan, together with a
      part of Guatemala and a part of El Salvador. See 2nd
      Maya.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. Of or pertaining to the Mayas.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Mayan arch

	

	Mayan
     n 1: 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" [syn: Maya]
     2: a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayan
        peoples [syn: Maya, Mayan language]