Maia
Translingual edit
Proper noun edit
Maia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Majidae – sea spiders or spider crabs; Alternative form of Maja.
References edit
- Maja (crab) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Maia
- (Greek mythology) Daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes.
- (Roman mythology) The goddess of growth after whom the month May (Latin maius) was named.
- A female given name from Latin of recent usage.
- (astronomy) A star in the constellation Taurus. It is the fourth brightest star in the Pleiades cluster.
- (astronomy) 66 Maja, a main belt asteroid.
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Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Maia
- A language spoken in the Madang province of Papua New Guinea.
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Anagrams edit
Estonian edit
Proper noun edit
Maia
- a female given name, a traditional vernacular form of Maria / Maarja
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Maia.
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Faroese edit
Proper noun edit
Maia f
- a female given name
Usage notes edit
Matronymics
- son of Maia: Maiuson
- daughter of Maia: Maiudóttir
Declension edit
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Maia |
Accusative | Maiu |
Dative | Maiu |
Genitive | Maiu |
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Maia f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Maya
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmai̯.i̯a/, [ˈmäi̯ːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈma.ja/, [ˈmäːjä]
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
Maia f sg (genitive Maiae); first declension
- Maia, specifically:
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Maia |
Genitive | Maiae |
Dative | Maiae |
Accusative | Maiam |
Ablative | Maiā |
Vocative | Maia |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
Maia
- inflection of Maius:
Adjective edit
Maiā
References edit
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Proper noun edit
Maia
- A city in northern Portugal.
Descendants edit
- Portuguese: Maia
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Maia, from Iberian Amaia.[1]
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Proper noun edit
Maia f
- A city and municipality of the district of Porto, Portugal
- Cidade da Maia ― Maia city
Derived terms edit
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Proper noun edit
Maia m or f by sense
- a surname
Etymology 2 edit
From Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa, “Maia”).
Proper noun edit
Maia f
References edit
- ^ “Maia” in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Maia”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 492.