Maya

Meanings

1. A member or descendant of various peoples:
2. a flourishing Mesoamerican civilization that existed in and around Guatemala from the 3rd century to the 9th century.
3. various Mesoamerican peoples that continued in competing civilizations from the 10th century onward until conquered by Spain
4. various Mesoamerican peoples living in the Spanish Empire, and now parts of Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras
5. a variety of Mesoamerican peoples with farming from around 1000 BC onward, who developed a large civilization from the 3rd century onward

1. The Yucatec Maya language.
2. Any of the other various Mayan languages.
3. Quiché.
4. Mam.
5. Tzotzil.

1. A female given name from Hebrew of modern usage.

1. In Sanskrit, illusion and the power that creates it; God's physical and metaphysical creation (literally, "not this").
2. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

1. The mother of Gautama Buddha.

1. Magic; supernatural power as held by the gods.
2. The power by which the universe is made to appear; the illusion of the phenomenal world, as opposed to its true or spiritual reality.

Etymology

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”).