Maia

Maia /ˈmaɪ.ə/ may refer to:

Mythology

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

Literature, fiction and entertainment

• 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 of a race of 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
• Maïa, a 1910 opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo
• Maia Sterling, a character from the Robotech anime series
• Maia, the name given to Thumbelina by her newlywed husband, the King of the Spirit of the Flowers, in Hans Christian Andersen's original fairy tale "Thumbelina"
• Maia, Queen of Hallasar and reincarnation of the goddess Laharah in the video game Summoner 2
• Maia Mizuki, the protagonist of the anime Daphne in the Brilliant Blue
• Maia, a werewolf character in The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
• Maia, a fictional asteroid in The Last Policeman and its sequels by Ben H. Winters
• Maia (video game) an upcoming science fiction video game

Place names

New Zealand

• Maia, New Zealand, a suburb of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand

Portugal

• Maia, Portugal, municipality
• Cidade da Maia, a city in the municipality above
• Maia (Ribeira Grande), a parish in Ribeira Grande Municipality in the Azores, Portugal

Romania

• Maia, Ialomița, a commune in Ialomiţa County
• Maia, a village in Bobâlna Commune, Cluj County
• Maia, a village in Bereni Commune, Mureş County

United Kingdom

• Maia, a Roman fort located in Bowness-on-Solway, England

United States

• Fitiuta, also known as Maia, a town in American Samoa

People

• Maia (name)
• Maia (surname), a Portuguese language surname
• Maia (singer), stage name of Colombian singer Mónica Andrea Vives Orozco
• Maia (nurse), wet-nurse of ancient Egyptian king Tutankhamun

Other

• Maia (star), the fourth-brightest star in the Pleiades open-star cluster
• F.C. Maia, a Portuguese football club
• Short S.21 Maia, a piggyback long-range flying boat combination
• "-maia" or "maia-", an affix derived from the mythological Maia, used to describe maternal roles in taxonomy

See also

• Maïa (disambiguation)
• Majo, or Maja, terms for people from the lower classes of Spanish society
• Maja (disambiguation)
• Mya (disambiguation)
• Maya (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Maia"
• All pages with a title containing Maia
• Maiasaura, a dinosaur named after the mythological goddess