maya

/ˈmaʝa/ · B1 · adj

Mayan

🛕 Same word in English: Maya, as in the Maya people of Yucatán

Spanish maya matches the English Maya, the people of southern Mexico and Central America. As an adjective it can mean Mayan, as in la cultura maya, or it can name the Mayan languages, such as Yucatec Maya.

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