The word chocolate is said to come from the marriage of the Mayan word for "hot" (chocol) and the Nahuatl word for "water" (atl).
Puuc is the Mayan word for hill and even though Yucatan State is almost pathologically flat there are actually rolling hills in this area.
Queen Moo's name was drawn from the Mayan word for macaw, based on the bird imagery in the Mayan representations of her figure.
"Must be the Mayan word for tortillas," he whispered.
The word "atitlan" is a Mayan word that translates as "the place where the rainbow gets its colors".
Today Nahuat, Mangue and Mayan words, along with their respective syntax, can be found in everyday speech.
They are commonly known as Jopoy, the Mayan word for E. berlandieri, or Gasparillo (Spanish).
A Mayan word for "fish" which may be the origin of the English word "shark"
The English word, 'hurricane,' comes from the Mayan word, 'Hurakan.'
"You used the Mayan word for cenote, I was wondering if you even knew it."
