Mayan most commonly refers to: *

Maya peoples The Maya peoples () are an ethnolinguistic group of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica. The ancient Maya civilization was formed by members of this group, and today's Maya are generally descended from people ...

, various indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica and northern Central America *

Maya civilization The Maya civilization () of the Mesoamerican people is known by its ancient temples and glyphs. Its Maya script is the most sophisticated and highly developed writing system in the pre-Columbian Americas. It is also noted for its art, archit ...

, pre-Columbian culture of Mesoamerica and northern Central America *

Mayan languages The Mayan languagesIn linguistics, it is conventional to use ''Mayan'' when referring to the languages, or an aspect of a language. In other academic fields, ''Maya'' is the preferred usage, serving as both a singular and plural noun, and as ...

, language family spoken in Mesoamerica and northern Central America *

Yucatec Maya language Yucatec Maya (; referred to by its speakers simply as Maya or as , is one of the 32 Mayan languages of the Mayan language family. Yucatec Maya is spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula and northern Belize. There is also a significant diasporic commu ...

, language spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula and northern Belize Mayan may also refer to: *

Mayan, Semnan Mayan ( fa, مايان, also Romanized as Māyān) is a village in Howmeh Rural District, in the Central District of Damghan County, Semnan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, i ...

, Iran *

Mayan stage The Cambrian Period ( ; sometimes symbolized Ꞓ) was the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and of the Phanerozoic Eon. The Cambrian lasted 53.4 million years from the end of the preceding Ediacaran Period 538.8 million years ago (m ...

, geological period that occurred during the end of the Middle Cambrian *

Mayan (band) Mayan (stylized as MaYaN) is a Dutch symphonic death metal band founded by vocalist Mark Jansen, guitarist Frank Schiphorst, and keyboardist Jack Driessen. The band features many different vocalists (either full-time members or guests) in a mix ...

, a Dutch symphonic death-metal band *

Mayan (software) Mayan (or Mayan EDMS) is a web-based free/libre document management system for managing documents within an organization. All functionality is available in its free public version. It has an active community of volunteers and third-party servic ...

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