Maia

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Maia
Gender	Female
Meaning	"great" or "mother"[1]
Origin	Greek
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with "Maia"

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Maia (pronounced /ˈmaɪə/) is a female given name of Greek origin. Together with other similar words, it may refer to:

Contents 1 Ancient Greece 2 Cities 3 Other places 4 People 5 Mythology 6 Literature and fiction 7 Other 8 See also 9 References

[edit] Ancient Greece

• Maia, a female midwife in Ancient Greece.^[1]

[edit] Cities

• Maia, Portugal, a city and municipality in the Porto Metropolitan Area, Portugal

[edit] Other places

• Maia, a commune in Ialomiţa County, Romania
• Maia, a village in Bobâlna Commune, Cluj County, Romania
• Maia, a village in Bereni Commune, Mureş County, Romania
• Maia, New Zealand, a suburb of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand
• Maia (Ribeira Grande), a parish in Ribeira Grande district in the Azores, Portugal
• Maia, Russia
• Maia, Switzerland, a part of Intragna

[edit] People

• Maía, Colombian singer

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• Maia Baratashvili, Georgian jazz singer
• Maia Brewton (born 1977), American actress
• Maia Campbell (born 1976), American film and television actress
• Maia Chiburdanidze (born 1961), Georgian chess grandmaster
• Maia Fallon London born translator, fluent in 17 languages
• Maia Lewis, New Zealand women's cricketer
• Maia Morgenstern (born 1962), Romanian film and stage actress
• Maia Whitaker (born 1971), American vocal artist, musician and podcaster (aka Máia and "KnitWitch")
• For the full list of people with the first name Maia, see All pages beginning with Maia.

• César Maia (born 1945), mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Demian Maia (born 1977), Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and professional mixed martial arts fighter
• Gaël Maia (born 1984), French football player
• Luizão Maia (1949 – 2005), Brazilian musician
• Miguel Maia (born 1971), Portuguese beach volleyball player
• Salgueiro Maia (1944 – 1992), Portuguese captain during the Carnation Revolution
• Tim Maia (1942 – 1998), Brazilian musician

[edit] Mythology

• Maia (mythology), the eldest of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, also identified with an Ancient Italic goddess of spring

[edit] Literature and fiction

• Maia (novel), a fantasy novel by Richard Adams
• Os Maias or "The Maias", a realist novel by Eça de Queirós, named after the protagonist family
• Maia (Middle-earth), one from the race of divine beings in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings
• Maia Skouris (née Rutledge), a character on the USA Network science fiction TV show The 4400
• Maia Jeffries, a character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
• Maia Sterling, a character from the Robotech anime series
• Maia Acheron, a character in Jak and Daxter
• Maia, the name given to Thumbelina by her husband in Hans Christian Andersen's original story of Thumbelina
• Maia, a fictional novel supposedly written by the main character in Death in Venice
• Maia, Queen of Hallasar in the video game Summoner 2 is the reincarnation of the goddess Laharah
• Maia Mizuki, the protagonist of the anime Daphne in the Brilliant Blue
• Maia Fielding, a character in 'Journey to the River Sea'

[edit] Other

• Maia (star), the third brightest star in the Pleiades open star cluster
• FC Maia, a Portuguese football club
• Short S.21 Maia, a piggyback long-range flying boat combination

[edit] See also

• Maja
• Maya (disambiguation)

[edit] References

1. ^ Runes, Dagobert D. — The Dictionary of Philosophy‎ (2006) - p.186

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