Maya

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from Sanskrit māyā, from mā ‘create’.

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From Sanskrit माया(māyā).

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Maya

of or pertaining to the large group of native people of the Yucatan, or to their ancient civilization, at its peak c. 250 C.E. to 9c., noted for its fully developed written script, mathematics (which included zero), and astronomy; 1822, from the native name. Related: Mayan (1831).