Maia

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Maia may refer to:

Places:

  • Maia, Ialomiţa, located in Ialomiţa County, Romania
  • Maia, New Zealand is a suburb of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand
  • Maia, Portugal is a city in Oporto metropolitan area in Portugal
  • Maia (Ribeira Grande) is a parish in Ribeira Grande in the Azores (an autonomous region of Portugal)
  • Maia, Russia
  • Maia, Switzerland, a part of Intragna in the Canton of Tessin
  • The Maia Institute in Monaco is a private research institute specialized in Multi-agent systems

People:

Biology and Sciences:

  • Maja is a genus of spider crabs from the family Majidae
  • Maia (star) in astronomy, (20 Tauri) is the third brightest of the seven bright stars in the Pleiades open star cluster.

Software:

  • Maia Mailguard is an Open Source management system for amavisd-new and SpamAssassin.

Mythology:

  • Maia (mythology), in Greek mythology, is the eldest of the Pleiades , the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
  • Maia Maiestas was identified in Roman mythology also called Fauna, Bona Dea (the 'Good Goddess') and Ops), a goddess who may be equivalent to an old Italic goddess of spring.

Literature and Fiction:

  • Maia (Middle-earth) or Maiar in J. R. R. Tolkien's mythos is one from the lesser kind of Ainur, angelic beings who pre-date the creation of Eä.
  • Maia (novel) is a fantasy novel by Richard Adams.
  • Maia Acheron is a character in Jak and Daxter
  • Maia is a fictional novel supposedly written by the main character in Death in Venice.

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