Mayapán
/ma.jaˈpan/noun
An ancient Maya city and archaeological site in the northern Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico.
Did you know?Mayapán was the political capital of much of northern Yucatán during the Late Postclassic period before being abandoned around the fifteenth century.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-Columbian period
Maya languages
Mayapán
“The name of the Maya settlement; its original internal etymology is not securely established.”
12th–15th Century
Yucatec Maya
Mayapán
“Name of the major fortified political center in northern Yucatán.”
16th Century
Spanish
Mayapán
“Colonial Spanish rendering of the Indigenous place-name.”
19th Century
English
Mayapan
“Archaeological and historical name used in English descriptions of the Maya capital.”
Modern English
English
Mayapán
“The archaeological site and former Maya capital near modern Telchaquillo, Mexico.”
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