Maia

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See also: maia, maïa, maiʻa, and Maïa

Translingual

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Proper noun

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Maia f

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

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmeɪ.ə/, /ˈmaɪ.ə/

Proper noun

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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.
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Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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Maia

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

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Estonian

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Proper noun

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Maia

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

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Proper noun

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Maia f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

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Matronymics

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

Declension

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Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Maia
Accusative Maiu
Dative Maiu
Genitive Maiu

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Maia f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Maya

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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.

Proper noun

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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.
Declension
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First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Maia
Genitive Maiae
Dative Maiae
Accusative Maiam
Ablative Maiā
Vocative Maia
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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Maia

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

Adjective

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Maiā

  1. ablative feminine singular of Maius

References

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  1. ^ Thomas Keightley (1854) The Mythology of Ancient Greece and Italy, page 467

Further reading

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  • 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.

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Proper noun

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Maia

  1. A city in northern Portugal.

Descendants

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  • Portuguese: Maia

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmaj.ɐ/ [ˈmaɪ̯.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmaj.a/ [ˈmaɪ̯.a]

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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Proper noun

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Maia f

  1. A city and municipality of the district of Porto, Portugal
    Cidade da MaiaMaia city
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Proper noun

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Maia m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

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From Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa, Maia).

Proper noun

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Maia f

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

References

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  1. ^ Maia”, in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

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