Maia

== Translingual == === Proper noun === Maia f A taxonomic genus within the family Majidae – sea spiders or spider crabs; Alternative form of Maja. ==== Derived terms ==== Ageitomaia Maiopsis Teratomaia †Wilsonimaia †Micromaia === References === Maja (crab) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == English == === Etymology 1 === From Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈmeɪ.ə/, /ˈmaɪ.ə/ Rhymes: -eɪə, -aɪə ==== Proper noun ==== 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. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== Maia 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 a female given name, a traditional vernacular form of Maria / Maarja (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Maia. ==== Related terms ==== Mai, Maie == Faroese == === Proper noun === Maia f a female given name ==== Usage notes ==== Matronymics Maia's son: Maiuson Maia's daughter: Maiudóttir ==== Declension ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ma.ja/ Homophones: Maaia, maïa, Maïa, maja, Maya Rhymes: -ja === Proper noun === Maia f a female given name, equivalent to English Maya == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmaj.ja] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.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 Maia, specifically: (Greek mythology) Daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes. (Roman mythology) The goddess of growth after whom the month May (Latin maius) was named. (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 Maius === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== Maia inflection of Maius: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural ==== Adjective ==== Maiā 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 a city in northern Portugal ==== Descendants ==== Portuguese: Maia === Further reading === Universo Cantigas - "Maia" == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ajɐ Homophone: maia Hyphenation: Mai‧a === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Maia, from Iberian Amaia. ==== Alternative forms ==== Maya (obsolete) ==== Proper noun ==== Maia f 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 a surname === Etymology 2 === From Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa, “Maia”). ==== Proper noun ==== Maia f (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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 492.