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YUCATEC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Yucatec mean? 

YUCATEC (noun)
  The noun YUCATEC has 2 senses:

1. a member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexicoplay

2. a Mayan language spoken by the Yucatecplay

  Familiarity information: YUCATEC used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


YUCATEC (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Yucatec; Yucateco

Hypernyms ("Yucatec" is a kind of...):

Maya; Mayan (a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A Mayan language spoken by the Yucatec

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Yucatec; Yucateco

Hypernyms ("Yucatec" is a kind of...):

Maya; Mayan; Mayan language (a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayas)


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