Maja
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Maja squinado
Translingual
Alternative forms
Etymology
The name Maja is a girl's name of Arabic, German, Scandinavian origin meaning "splendid". ... Sometimes associated with Goya's famous painting "The Naked Maja." As a cognate of Maya, it's a Top 10 name in Slovenia and Sweden and is also popular in Germany and Norway.
Proper noun
Maja f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Majidae – sea spiders or spider crabs.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea – subphylum; Malacostraca – class; Eumalacostraca – subclass; Eucarida – superorder; Decapoda – order; Pleocyemata – suborder; Brachyura – infraorder; Eubrachyura – section; Heterotremata – subsection; Majoidea – superfamily; Majidae – family; Majinae – subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Maja squinado (spiny spider crab, European spider crab) – type species; for other species see Maja at World Register of Marine Species .
Derived terms
References
Maja (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Maja on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Maja on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Maja at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Maja at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Maja at World Register of Marine Species
Danish
Proper noun
Maja
- a female given name, diminutive of Maria
Finnish
Etymology
< maja
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Maja
- a Finnish surname
Declension
| Inflection of Maja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Maja | Majat | |
| genitive | Majan | Majojen | |
| partitive | Majaa | Majoja | |
| illative | Majaan | Majoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Maja | Majat | |
| accusative | nom. | Maja | Majat |
| gen. | Majan | ||
| genitive | Majan | Majojen Majain rare | |
| partitive | Majaa | Majoja | |
| inessive | Majassa | Majoissa | |
| elative | Majasta | Majoista | |
| illative | Majaan | Majoihin | |
| adessive | Majalla | Majoilla | |
| ablative | Majalta | Majoilta | |
| allative | Majalle | Majoille | |
| essive | Majana | Majoina | |
| translative | Majaksi | Majoiksi | |
| abessive | Majatta | Majoitta | |
| instructive | — | Majoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
- Maja is the 2275th (tied with 3 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 359 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Maja
- a diminutive of the female given name Maria
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Maja
- a female given name, equivalent to English Maya
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Maja | Maják |
| accusative | Maját | Majákat |
| dative | Majának | Majáknak |
| instrumental | Majával | Majákkal |
| causal-final | Majáért | Majákért |
| translative | Majává | Majákká |
| terminative | Majáig | Majákig |
| essive-formal | Majaként | Majákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Majában | Majákban |
| superessive | Maján | Majákon |
| adessive | Majánál | Majáknál |
| illative | Majába | Majákba |
| sublative | Majára | Majákra |
| allative | Majához | Majákhoz |
| elative | Majából | Majákból |
| delative | Majáról | Majákról |
| ablative | Majától | Majáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Majáé | Majáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Majáéi | Majákéi |
| Possessive forms of Maja | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Majám | Majáim |
| 2nd person sing. | Majád | Majáid |
| 3rd person sing. | Majája | Majái |
| 1st person plural | Majánk | Majáink |
| 2nd person plural | Majátok | Majáitok |
| 3rd person plural | Majájuk | Majáik |
Norwegian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Maja
- a female given name, diminutive of Maria
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Μαϊα (Maïa).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Maja f (diminutive Majka)
- a female given name
Declension
Declension of Maja
Further reading
- Maja in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Slovene
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mája f
- a female given name
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Maja c (genitive Majas)
- a female given name, a medieval diminutive of Maria