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English
Proper noun
Marija
- A transliteration of the Macedonian or Serbo-Croatian female given name Марија (Marija), equivalent to Mary
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1460. From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), ultimately from Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryám). Cognate to English Mary.
Proper noun
Marija f
- Mary (Biblical figure)
- a female given name from Latin
- A transliteration of the Russian female given name Мария (Marija).
- A transliteration of the Spanish or Italian female given name María.
- A transliteration of the French female given name Marie.
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- Population Register of Latvia: Marija was the only given name of 18 826 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.
Lithuanian
Proper noun
Marija f
- Mary (Biblical figure)
- a female given name
Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian Marìa, from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), from Aramaic מַרְיָם (Maryām).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Marija f (plural Marijiet)
- (also biblical) a female given name from Sicilian , equivalent to English Mary
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mà.ri.ja/
- Hyphenation: Ma‧ri‧ja
Proper noun
Màrija f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̀рија)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Mary
Declension
Further reading
- “Marija”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024
Slovene
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Marȋja f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Mary
Inflection
Feminine, a-stem
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nominative
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Maríja
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genitive
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Maríje
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singular
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nominative (imenovȃlnik)
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Maríja
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genitive (rodȋlnik)
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Maríje
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dative (dajȃlnik)
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Maríji
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accusative (tožȋlnik)
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Maríjo
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locative (mẹ̑stnik)
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Maríji
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instrumental (orọ̑dnik)
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Maríjo
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