How to Use Mayan in a Sentence

Mayan

noun
  • The Mayan lichen mantis lives on tree bark and perfers medium-sized, smooth-bark trees.
    — Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Mayan Kim carried 14 times for 50 yards in a starting role.
    — Martin Henderson, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
  • That was a challenge within itself because all the music from the Mayan times is gone.
    — David Betancourt, Washington Post, 2023-07-21
  • Snorkel in a cenote containing the second largest cache of Mayan remains in the region.
    — Jonathan Soroff, Robb Report, 2023-07-25
  • In 2012, it was said that the end of the Mayan calendar meant the world, too, would come to an end.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2025
  • According to the Mayan calendar, portal days are the days on which the gateway to the cosmos is open.
    — Hannah Madlener, Glamour, 12 Dec. 2025
  • As the Mayan writing system remains somewhat elusive, this opens up a new arena of research.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Rates start at $980 per night at Mayan Palace and $1,260 per night at Grand Mayan.
    — Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Think beachfront cabanas, ancient Mayan ruins, boutique shopping, and smoothie bowls for breakfast.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Mayan Kim and Luca Smith will also see significant carries at running back.
    — Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Cozumel is known for its reef snorkeling and easy access to Mayan ruins, while Roatán delivers lush hills and some of the Caribbean’s best diving conditions.
    — Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Vegetables, seafood, and cocktails are treated with precision, but the standout is the Mayan octopus, smoky, delicious, and unforgettable.
    — Gina Góngora, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2026
  • As part of the plans, an outdoor courtyard featuring Mayan, Aztec, Incan and Buddhist imagery took shape, plus a Christian garden chapel.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Don’t leave without visiting the cliffside Mayan ruins overlooking the Caribbean, one of the most striking historic sites in all of Mexico.
    — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Kids can head to the aquaventure waterpark for a tube ride down the mile-long Rapids River, or, propel down the 60-foot waterslide atop the Mayan Temple.
    — Kristin Braswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Malek and El Basha are joined in the cast by Mayan El Sayed, Donia Maher, Hala Marzouk and Abed Anani.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
  • It was designed to carry as many as 30,000 people a day, ferrying them between the Yucatán’s colonial towns, Mayan ruins, nature reserves, and white-sand beaches.
    — Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The most popular Bandera dude ranches are Rancho Cortez, Dixie Dude Ranch, and Mayan Dude Ranch, but there are a handful of others to check out, too.
    — Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
  • At the Mayan site Chichen Itza in Mexico, people gather during the equinox to watch the sun create a shadow pattern that resembles a serpent descending a pyramid called El Castillo.
    — ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • His works are inspired by pre-Columbian traditions and Mayan Revival architecture, which he was surrounded by during a residency at the Maitland Art Center.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Additionally, the tourist routes to the Pueblos Mágicos (magic towns) and the Mayan Train route in southeastern Mexico will operate continuously.
    — Alicia G Kerber Palma, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The September shuttering of the 98-year-old Mayan was announced back in July, the theater being home to such film shoots as The Bodyguard and The Night at the Roxbury.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Upon our arrival at the Maitland Art Center, chief curator Dan Hess and exhibitions manager Katie Benson met the group and took us into the Mayan Courtyard to begin the tour.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The Bible’s Old and New Testaments, as well as the Qur’an, reference lunar phases to mark certain months and dates in the year—a practice also used by Ancient Chinese, Mayan, and South Asian civilizations.
    — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Based on iNaturalist entries, an application where anyone can post sightings of plant or animal species, researchers believe the Mayan lichen mantis has been present in the Galápagos since 2017, arriving as a stowaway in construction material or agricultural products.
    — Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Barnsdall is home to Frank Lloyd Wright’s first Los Angeles commission, Hollyhock House, with its commanding monolithic forms, geometric ornamentation, and modern take on Mayan Revival architecture.
    — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Belize is known for its beautiful islands, but its mainland—with its Mayan ruins, archaeological sites like Caracol and Xunantunich, and underground caves at Actun Tunichil Muknal—is an underrated destination for historical adventures.
    — Katrin Kirchhoff, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Mexican cuisine that’s long been vital to the city continues to enjoy a renaissance at the hands of chefs including James Beard–nominated Ras Casiano, who brings Mayan, Aztec, and ancient Meso-American culinary traditions to Xiquita, which opened in August.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.
    — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Much of it is well-known, like the Gladys Caldwell Fisher rams in front of the downtown courthouse; the Mayan Theater; the Cruise Room of the Oxford Hotel; and the Pioneer Memorial Fountain at the intersection of Colfax and Broadway.
    — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026

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