Marija

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English

Proper noun

Marija

  1. 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

  1. Mary (Biblical figure)
  2. a female given name from Latin
  3. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Мария (Marija).
  4. A transliteration of the Spanish or Italian female given name María.
  5. 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

  1. Mary (Biblical figure)
  2. 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)

  1. (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)

  1. 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

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Mary

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nominative Maríja
genitive Maríje
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Maríja
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Maríje
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Maríji
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Maríjo
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Maríji
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Maríjo