Maia

Translingual

Proper noun

Maia f

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

References

• Maja (crab) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪ.ə/, /ˈmaɪ.ə/

Proper noun

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.

Translations

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Maia

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Maia terms

References

• Maia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Maja on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• A.A.M.I., amia

Estonian

Proper noun

Maia

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

Related terms

• Mai, Maie

Faroese

Proper noun

Maia f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

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

Declension

French

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Maia

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Maia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Maya

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmai̯.i̯a/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ja/,

Etymology 1

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) that was conflated with the Greek goddess.

Proper noun

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

First-declension noun, singular only.

Derived terms

• maiālis/majālis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

Maia

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

Adjective

Maiā

1. ablative feminine singular of Maius

References

Further reading

• “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

Proper noun

Maia

1. A city in northern Portugal.

Descendants

• Portuguese: Maia

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "Maia"

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Portugal)

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Maia, from Iberian Amaia.

Alternative forms

• Maya (obsolete)

Proper noun

Maia f

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

   Cidade da Maia ― Maia city

Derived terms

Related terms

Proper noun

Maia m or f by sense

1. a surname

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

Maia f

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

References

Further reading

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