English Explanatory Dictionary

Maia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes.
  2. The goddess of growth after whom the month May (Latin maius) was named.
  3. A female given name from Latin of recent usage.
  4. A star in the constellation Taurus. It is the fourth brightest star in the Pleiades cluster.
  5. 66 Maja, a main belt asteroid.
name
  1. A language spoken in the Madang province of Papua New Guinea.

Pronunciation

/ˈmeɪ.ə/ /ˈmaɪ.ə/ En-us-Maia.oga

Word forms

Maia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa).

Related words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Maia terms

Translations

Hindi: अभ्रयंती तारा Māori: Waitī Russian: Ма́йя
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