Maria

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Proper noun 1.1.2.1 Quotations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Proper noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 External links 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Proper noun 1.3.2 External links 1.4 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Proper noun 2.1.1 Related terms 3 Estonian 3.1 Proper noun 3.1.1 Related terms 4 Finnish 4.1 Proper noun 4.1.1 Declension 4.1.2 Related terms 5 French 5.1 Proper noun 5.2 Anagrams 6 German 6.1 Proper noun 6.1.1 Related terms 7 Hawaiian 7.1 Proper noun 7.1.1 Derived terms 7.2 References 8 Italian 8.1 Proper noun 8.2 Anagrams 9 Latin 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Proper noun 10 Norwegian 10.1 Proper noun 10.1.1 Related terms 11 Polish 11.1 Pronunciation 11.2 Proper noun 11.2.1 Declension 12 Swedish 12.1 Proper noun 12.1.1 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

The Latin equivalent of Mary, ultimately from Hebrew.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: maˈɹiːa or IPA: /məˈɹaɪə/

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Maria

Plural -

Maria

1. A female given name.

[edit] Quotations

• 1776 Adam Fitz-Adam: The World of Adam Fitz-Adam. Edinburgh, Apollo Press 1776: Numb. 187. Thursday, July 29, 1756:

  By their dresses, their names, and the airs of quality they give themselves, I am rendered ridiculous among all my acquaintance. My wife, who is a very plain good woman, and whose name is Amey, has been new-christened, and is called Amelia; and my little daughter, a child of a year old, is no longer Polly, but Maria.

• 1957 Arthur Laurents/Stephen Sondheim/Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story: Maria ( a song):

  I've just kissed a girl named Maria,

  And suddenly I found how wonderful a sound can be!

  Maria! Say it loud and there's music playing -

  Say it soft and it's almost like praying

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Wikipedia

Singular Maria

Plural -

Maria

1. A Dravidian language spoken in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh provinces in India.

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• Abujmaria

[edit] External links

• Ethnologue entry for Maria (India), mrr

[edit] Etymology 3

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Singular Maria

Plural -

Maria

1. A Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.

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• Ethnologue entry for Maria (New Guinea), mds

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• Alphagram: aaimr
• Amira

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[edit] Danish

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Maria

1. (Biblical) Mary.
2. A female given name.

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• Maja, Maren, Marianne, Mary, Maya, Mia, Mie, Rie.

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[edit] Estonian

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Maria

1. A female given name, Latinate form of Maarja (“‘Mary’”).

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• Maarja, Mai, Maia, Maie, Maila, Malle, Mare, Mari, Marika, Maris, Marje, Marju,Merili, Merilin, Miia

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[edit] Finnish

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Maria

1. (Biblical) Mary.
2. A female given name.
3. Partitive singular form of Mari.

[edit] Declension

Declension of Maria (type kulkija) singular plural nominative Maria Mariat genitive Marian Marioiden Marioitten Mariain1 partitive Mariaa Marioita accusative Maria Marian Mariat inessive Mariassa Marioissa elative Mariasta Marioista illative Mariaan Marioihin adessive Marialla Marioilla ablative Marialta Marioilta allative Marialle Marioille essive Mariana Marioina translative Mariaksi Marioiksi instructive – Marioin abessive Mariatta Marioitta comitative – Marioineen 1) Rare.

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• Maaria, Maija, Maiju, Maila, Mari, Marianne, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marja, Marjaana, Marjatta, Marjo, Marjukka, Marjut, Meeri, Meri, Merja, Miia.

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[edit] French

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Maria f.

1. A female given name, a Latinate form of Marie.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aaimr
• armai
• ramai

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[edit] German

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Maria

1. (Biblical) Mary.
2. A female given name.

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• Maike, Maja, Mareike, Maren, Marianne, Marie, Marion, Marlene, Marlies, Maya, Meike, Mia.

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[edit] Hawaiian

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Maria

1. (Biblical) Mary
2. A female given name used in the 19th century (but possibly pronounced like Malia).

[edit] Derived terms

• Malia

[edit] References

• Ka Baibala Hemolele
• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Maria occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 44 women.

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[edit] Italian

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Maria f.

1. A female given name, cognate to Mary.
2. (Biblical) Mary; Miriam

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aaimr
• amari
• armai
• ramai
• ramia
• riama

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαρία (Maria), Μαριάμ (Mariam), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām)

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Maria f.

1. A female given name
2. (Biblical) Mary

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[edit] Norwegian

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Maria

1. (Biblical) Mary.
2. A female given name.

[edit] Related terms

• Maja, Maren, Mari, Mariann, Marianne, Marie, Mary, May, Mia.

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmarja/

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Maria f.

1. A female given name, cognate to Mary.

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Maria	Marie
Genitive	Marii	Marii
Dative	Marii	Mariom
Accusative	Marię	Marie
Instrumental	Marią	Mariami
Locative	Marii	Mariach
Vocative	Mario	Marie

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[edit] Swedish

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Maria

1. (Biblical) Mary.
2. A female given name.

[edit] Related terms

• Maj, Maja, Majken, Mari, Mariana, Mariann, Marianne, Marie, Marita, Marlene, Mary, May, Mia, Moa.