tzolkin

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Etymology

A neoterm coined by Western scholars from the Yucatec Maya words tzol (“count”) and k'in (“day”); it is unknown what the classical-era Maya natively called their calendar.

Noun

tzolkin (plural tzolkins)

  1. The Mayan calendar consisting of 260 days.

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