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baktun

noun
bak·​tun | \ ˈbäkËŒtün\
plural -s

Definition of baktun

: a period of 400 tuns in the Maya calendar — compare katun, pictun

First Known Use of baktun

1926, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for baktun

Maya, from bak 400 + tun year of 360 days

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