Maya
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Maya may refer to:
Civilizations
- Maya people, of southern Mexico and northern Central America and South Plainfield
- Maya civilization, their historical civilization
- Maya art, the art of the Maya civilization
- Maya numerals, the numeral system used by the Maya civilization
- Maya calendar, the system of calendars and almanacs used in the Maya civilization
- Maya script, the writing system of the Maya civilization
- Maya society, social constructs and practices of the Maya civilization
- Maya civilization, their historical civilization
Language
- Mayan languages, the family of languages spoken by the Maya
- List of Mayan languages
- Yucatec Maya language, a Mayan language frequently referred to simply as Maya
- Yucatec Maya Sign Language, a sign language used by deaf and hearing people of rural villages of eastern Mexico and Guatemala
- Pisabo language or Maya, found in the Amazon basin of Peru and Brazil
- Ma'ya language, an Austronesian language of West Papua
Religion and mythology
- Maya religion, the religious practices of the Maya peoples of parts of Mexico and Central America
- Maya mythology, the myths and legends of the Maya civilization
- Maya (Buddhist mental factor)
- Maya (illusion), in Hinduism and Buddhism, the misperception of reality
- Maya (mother of Buddha) (died 563 BC), mother of the historical Buddha
- Maya, an alternate spelling of the Greek goddess Maia
- Mahamaya-tantra, "Great Maya tantra", a Vajrayana Buddhist Tantra and meditational deity
- Mayasura, a Hindu demon often known by the name Maya
People
- Maya (given name), a name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name)
Places
- Maya, Western Australia
- Al Maya, a town in Libya (alternative transliteration Maya)
- Maya Biosphere Reserve, a nature reservation in Guatemala
- Maya Karimata, an island in West Borneo, Indonesia
- Maya Mountains, a mountain range in Guatemala and Belize
- Maya River, a river in the region of Sakha, Russia
- Maya Subdistrict, of Guichi District, China
- Amaiur o Maya, a village in Baztan, Spain, and site of the 1813 Battle of Maya
- Mount Maya, a mountain in Kobe, Japan
- La Maya (mountain), in the Alps
- Yogmaya Temple in New Delhi, India
- Maya Station, a railway station in Kobe, Japan
Military
- Japanese cruiser Maya, of the Imperial Japanese Navy
- Japanese gunboat Maya, the lead ship of the Maya-class gunboats of the early Imperial Japanese Navy
- Aero L-29 Delfín (NATO reporting name), a Czech military jet trainer aircraft
Literature
- Maya (novel), a 2010 novel by Alastair Campbell
- Maya, a 1999 book by Jostein Gaarder
Film and television
- Maya (1961 film), an Indian Hindi film starring Dev Anand, Mala Sinha and Lalita Pawar
- Maya (1966 film), an American film starring Sajid Khan, Jay North, and Clint Walker
- Maya (1972 film), an Indian Malayalam film
- Maya (1999 film), an Indian trilingual film directed by Rama Narayanan
- Maya (2001 film), an Indian Hindi film directed by Digvijay Singh
- Maya (2015 Pakistani film), a Pakistani horror film
- Maya (2015 Indian film), a tamil horror film starring nayanthara
- Maya (TV series), an American television series and sequel to the 1966 film
- Maya TV, a television channel in Honduras
Music
- Maya (Banco de Gaia album), 1994
- Maya (Moheener Ghoraguli album), 1997
- MAYA (M.I.A. album), or /\/\/\Y/\, 2010
- "Maya", a song by the Incredible String Band from the 1968 album Wee Tam and the Big Huge
- "Māya Love", a 1974 song by George Harrison from his album Dark Horse
Other uses
- Maya (bird), a folk taxon for several bird species in the Philippines
- Autodesk Maya, a computer program for creating 3D graphics
- Maya with Doll, a 1938 painting by Pablo Picasso of his daughter Maya
- Battle of Maya, an 1813 battle of the Peninsular War, between British and French forces
- C.D. Maya, a football club in El Salvador
- Washburn Maya Signature Series, a series of six-string electric guitars created by Washburn Guitars
- Most Advanced Yet Acceptable, a product design principle associated with Form follows function
See also
- Badimaya language, an Aboriginal language of Australia, also known as Parti-Maya
- Mayan (disambiguation)
- Maia (disambiguation)
- Maja (disambiguation)
- Mya (disambiguation)
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