Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Maya"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maya \Ma"ya\ (m[aum]"y[aum]), n. (Hindoo Philos.)
The name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called,
in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Maya
n 1: a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize
and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by
outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy [syn:
{Mayan}, {Maya}]
2: a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayan
peoples [syn: {Maya}, {Mayan}, {Mayan language}]
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