Maia
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈmeɪ.ə/, /ˈmaɪ.ə/
Proper noun
  1. (Greek god) Daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes.
  2. (Roman god) The goddess of growth after whom the month May (Latin maius) was named.
  3. A female given name of recent usage.
  4. (astronomy) A star in the constellation Taurus. It is the fourth brightest star in the Pleiades cluster.
  5. (astronomy) 66 Maja, a main belt asteroid.
Translations Proper noun
  1. A language spoken in the Madang province of Papua New Guinea.



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