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.
Translations
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Etymology 2
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Maia
- A language spoken in the Madang province of Papua New Guinea.
See also
[edit]References
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[edit]Estonian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Maia
- a female given name, a traditional vernacular form of Maria / Maarja
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Maia.
Related terms
[edit]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 Latin) 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
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Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Maia, from Iberian Amaia.[1]
Alternative forms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Maia f
- A city and municipality of the district of Porto, Portugal
- Cidade da Maia ― Maia city
Derived terms
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[edit]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 (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Maia”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 492.
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