Word origin · etymology
Yucatec Maya calendrical name.
Haab, also written Haab’, names the solar-year calendar. Its language form is retained rather than replaced by the English calendar label.
How we know · epistemology
Historical solar-year count
The month structure defines a 365-day sequence that can be converted using a chosen correlation. Its year is not identical to the tropical year, so seasonal alignment cannot be assumed constant merely from the label solar calendar.
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