Maia

Maia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Majidae – sea spiders or spider crabs; alternative form of Maja.

• Ageitomaia
• Maiopsis
• Teratomaia
• †Wilsonimaia
• †Micromaia

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From Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪ.ə/, /ˈmaɪ.ə/

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• Rhymes: -eɪə, -aɪə

Maia

1. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes.
2. (Roman mythology) The goddess of growth after whom the month May (Latin maius) was named.
3. A female given name from Latin of recent usage.
4. (astronomy) A star in the constellation Taurus. It is the fourth brightest star in the Pleiades cluster.
5. (astronomy) 66 Maja, a main belt asteroid.

Maia

1. A language spoken in the Madang province of Papua New Guinea.

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• A.A.M.I., amia

Maia

1. a female given name, a traditional vernacular form of Maria / Maarja
2. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Maia.

• Mai, Maie

Maia f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Maia: Maiuson
• daughter of Maia: Maiudóttir

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa).

• IPA^(key): /ma.ja/
• Homophones: Maaia, maïa, Maïa, maja, Maya
• Rhymes: -ja

Maia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Maya

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmaj.ja]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmaː.ja]

As a figure of Greek mythology, from Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa, “Maia”), from Ancient Greek μαῖα (maîa, “lady”). As a figure of Roman religion and myth, of uncertain origin, possibly originally a native Latin formation from a feminine suffixed form of Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”) (compare Maius as an epithet of Jupiter^[1]) that was conflated with the Greek goddess.

Maia f sg (genitive Maiae); first declension

1. Maia, specifically:
   1. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes.
   2. (Roman mythology) The goddess of growth after whom the month May (Latin maius) was named.
   3. (astronomy) A star in the constellation Taurus. It is the fourth brightest star in the Pleiades cluster.

First-declension noun, singular only.

• maiālis/majālis

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Maia

1. inflection of Maius:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Maiā

1. ablative feminine singular of Maius

• “Maia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Maia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Maia

1. a city in northern Portugal

• Portuguese: Maia

• Universo Cantigas - "Maia"

• Rhymes: -ajɐ
• Homophone: maia
• Hyphenation: Mai‧a

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Maia, from Iberian Amaia.^[1]

• Maya (obsolete)

Maia f

1. a city and municipality of the district of Porto, Portugal

   Cidade da Maia ― Maia city

Maia m or f by sense

1. a surname

From Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa, “Maia”).

Maia f

1. (Greek mythology) Maia (daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes)

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Maia”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 492.