Mai
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Mai may refer to:
Given name
- Mai, a Japanese female name
- Mai, means mother in Marathi (One of Indian Language)
- Mai (Arabic name), an Arabic female name
- Mai or Maj, a Swedish female name (from Maja, a nickname for Maria, see Mary (given name))
- Mai, a female Vietnamese name
- Mai, the title of Sayfawa dynasty kings of Chad
- Mai, Old French for Maia, the Italic goddess of spring, the daughter of Faunus, and wife of Vulcan
- Omai, also known as Mai, the first person from the Pacific Islands to visit Europe
- Mai Atafo, a Nigerian fashion designer
- Mai Charoenpura, a Thai pop singer from Bangkok
- Mai Kadowaki, a Japanese voice actress
- Mai Kuraki (born 1982), a J-pop singer
- Mai Hagiwara (born 1996), a J-pop singer under Hello! Project and a member of the band Cute
- Mai Hoshimura (born 1981), a J-pop singer under the Sony Music Japan label
- Mai Haruna (born 1984), a Japanese model and AV idol
- Mai Ito (born 1984), a Japanese marathon runner
- Mai (singer) (born 1984), formerly known as Ruppina, a J-Pop singer
- Mai Matsumuro, (born 1983), a Japanese singer, composer and a former member of J-pop girl band "Dream".
- Mai Safoora, (died 1795), a Sufi Saint and mother of Saleh muhammad safoori
- Mai Yamada, a Japanese actress
- Mai Yamane, (born 1958), a Japanese English-language blues singer
- Mai Zetterling, a Swedish actress and film director
Surname
- Mai (Chinese surname), the Chinese surname 麥 (simplified 麦), pronounced Mak in Cantonese
- Mai (German surname), month of May
- Mai (Chữ Nôm: 梅), the Vietnamese pronunciation of Mei (surname)
- Jeannie Mai, American makeup artist, fashion expert, actress, and TV personality
Fictional characters
- Mai, a supporting character from the television show Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Mai, one of Pilaf's henchmen in Dragon Ball
- Mai, a main character from the anime and eroge game in Popotan
- Mai Kawasumi, a character from the visual novel, anime, and manga in Kanon
- Mai Kuju, from Mai the Psychic Girl, a 1985 manga
- Mai Mishō, co-protagonist of Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star
- Mai Shiranui, a character in the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series of video games
- Mai Taniyama, a character in the anime and manga Ghost Hunt
- Mai Tokiha, the title character in the anime and manga My-HiME (originally Mai-HiME), and a supporting character in My-Otome
- Mai Tsubasa (aka Change Phoenix, a character in Dengeki Sentai Changeman
- Mai Valentine (Mai Kujaku in the Japanese version), a character from the anime Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
Other uses
- Ma-i, a pre-Hispanic Philippine state
- Mai, Non Sung, Thailand
- Mai (Papua New Guinea)
- Mai (song), a song by Josh Groban from the album Awake Live
- Mai, a mother goddess in Siberian mythology, mostly among Turkish Siberians
- The translation of the month May in several European and other languages
- The Mai (The Nine Lives of Chloe King) sworn protectors of the human race not quite human not quite god but offspring of Bastet
- Mai (1989 film), a Bhojpuri film
- Mai (2013 film), a Bollywood film featuring Asha Bhosle
- Mai FM, a New Zealand radio network
Acronym
- Machine augmented intelligence, use of technology to amplify and empower human thought and consciousness
- Maithili language ISO 639 code
- Manufacturers Association of Israel, an Israeli business organization
- Marina Abramović Institute, a performance art organization [1]
- Marine Accident Investigation, investigation of shipping accidents
- Market for Alternative Investment, a stock market for small/medium enterprises in Thailand
- Medication Appropriateness Index, a scoring system used to assess patient prescriptions
- Mean annual increment, a measure of the average growth per year a tree or stand of trees has exhibited at a specified age
- Member of the Appraisal Institute, a degree requiring ascending levels of tests
- Montreal Arts Interculturels, a building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Moscow Aviation Institute, an engineering and aviation academy in Russia
- Motorsports Association of India, the FIA arm of Indian Motorsports
- Multilateral Agreement on Investment, a proposed OECD treaty for which negotiations were abandoned in 1998
- Multiple Access Interference, a type of interference that occurs in Code division multiple access (CDMA) systems
- Myanmar Airways International, an airline from Myanmar (Burma)
- Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection, an atypical mycobacterial infection
References
- ↑ Mission statement at official website