MAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mam mean? 

• MAM (noun)
  The noun MAM has 2 senses:

1. a member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala

2. a Mayan language spoken by the Mam

  Familiarity information: MAM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Mam" 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 Mam

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

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