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Maia
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maia maïa maiʻa Maïa
Translingual
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Majidae sea spiders or spider crabs; mul Maja
Derived terms
Ageitomaia genus
Maiopsis genus
Teratomaia genus
†Wilsonimaia genus
†Micromaia genus
References
Maja (crab)
mul Taxonomic names (genus)
English
en <dab!>
Etymology 1
From en grc Μαῖα.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmeɪ.ə/ /ˈmaɪ.ə/
en En-us-Maia.oga GA
en eɪə aɪə 2
Proper noun
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en Greek god Daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes.
en Roman god The goddess of growth after whom the month May (Latin maius) was named.
en female.
en female Latin recent.
en female Maya.
en astronomy en A <<star>> in the <<constellation:suf/Taurus>>, part of the <<r/Pleiades Cluster>>. It is the fourth brightest star in the en Pleiades cluster.
en 20 Tauri 20 Tau HR 1149 HD 23408 HIP 17573
en astronomy en An <<asteroid>> in the <<r/Main Belt>> of the <<r/Solar System>>.
en 66 66 Maia
Translations
daughter of Atlas
Arabic: ar مَايَا f
Belarusian: be Ма́я f
Bulgarian: bg Ма́я f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 邁亞 Màiyà
Etruscan: ett 𐌌𐌀𐌄 canimate ?
French: fr Maïa f
Greek: el Μαία f
Ancient Greek: grc Μαῖα f
Hebrew: he מאיה f
Hungarian: hu Maia
Italian: it Maia f
Japanese: ja マイア Maia
Korean: ko ^마이아
Persian: fa مایا mâyâ
Portuguese: pt Maia f
Russian: ru Ма́йя f
Ukrainian: uk Ма́йя f
a star
Hindi: hi अभ्रयंती तारा m
Māori: mi Waitī
Russian: ru Ма́йя f
Asteroid
Russian: ru Ма́йя f
Further reading
asteroid en 66 Maja
Etymology 2
Proper noun
A language spoken in the Madang province of Papua New Guinea.
See also
sks
References
Maja
Anagrams
en aaim A.A.M.I. amia
en Asteroids Languages
Estonian
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female, a traditional vernacular form of Maria / Maarja
et Greek god Roman god en Maia.
Related terms
et Mai, et Maie
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female
Usage notes
f Maiuson Maiudóttir
Declension
Maia Maiu Maiu Maiu
French
fr:
Etymology
fr grc Μαῖα.
Pronunciation
maïa
fr Maaia maïa Maïa maja Maya
fr ja 2
Proper noun
f
fr female Maya
Latin
Pronunciation
yes
Etymology 1
la :der<unc> ine-pro:*méǵh₂s
As a figure of Greek mythology, from la grc Μαῖα Maia, from la grc μαῖα lady. As a figure of Roman religion and myth, of uncertain origin, possibly originally a native Latin formation from a feminine suffixed form of la ine-pro *méǵh₂s great (compare la Maius as an epithet of JupiterThe Mythology of Ancient Greece and Italy Thomas Keightley 1854 467 https://books.google.com/books?id=XmMBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA467) that was conflated with the Greek goddess.
Proper noun
Maia<1>
en Maia, specifically:
la Greek god Daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes.
la Roman god The goddess of growth after whom the month May (Latin la maius) was named.
la star A star in the constellation Taurus. It is the fourth brightest star in the Pleiades cluster.
Declension
Maia<1>
Derived terms
la maiālis/la majālis
la Maius
Etymology 2
la 1
Adjective
la adjective form
la Maius nom//voc f s ; nom//acc//nom n p
Adjective
la adjective form Maiā
la Maius abl f s
References
Further reading
Old Galician-Portuguese
Proper noun
roa-opt proper noun
roa-opt city in northern c/Portugal
Descendants
pt Maia
Further reading
Universo Cantigas - "Maia"
Portuguese
Pronunciation
pt ajɐ 2
pt maia
pt Mai a
pt Pt-pt Maia FF.ogg Portugal
Etymology 1
pt roa-opt Maia, from pt xib Amaia.toponymy
Alternative forms
pt Maya obsolete
Proper noun
f
pt city/and/municipality district:pref/Porto c/Portugal
pt Cidade da Maia Maia city
Derived terms
pt Castêlo da Maia Maias
Related terms
pt maiato maiano
Proper noun
mfbysense
pt
Etymology 2
From pt grc Μαῖα Maia.
Proper noun
f
pt Greek god en Maia daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes
References
Further reading