Maia Maia (; Ancient Greek: Μαῖα; also spelled Maie, ; la, Maia), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, is one of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes, one of the major Greek gods, by Zeus, the king of Olympus. Family Maia is the daugh ...

is the eldest of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, also identified with an Ancient Italic goddess of spring. Maia may also refer to:

Places

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 Bereni ( hu, Székelybere; Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It became an independent commune along with 6 other villages when it split from Măgherani (Nyárádmagyarós) in 2004. It has an absolut ...

Commune, Mureș County

United Kingdom

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

United States

Fitiuta, American Samoa Fitiuta, also known as Fiti'uta or Maia, is a village on the northeast coast of Taʻū island, one of the Manuʻa Islands in American Samoa. According to the 2000 United States census, Fitiuta had a population of 358, down from 454 in 1990. As ...

, also known as Maia

People

* Maia (given name), a feminine given name * Maia (surname), a Portuguese surname * Maia (singer), stage name of Colombian singer Mónica Andrea Vives Orozco * Maia (nurse), wet-nurse of ancient Egyptian king Tutankhamun * mxmtoon (a.k.a. Maia), a singer-songwriter and social media personality

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) The Maiar (singular: Maia) are a fictional class of beings from J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy legendarium. Supernatural and angelic, they are "lesser Ainur" who entered the cosmos of ''Eä'' in the beginning of time. The name ''Maiar'' is in th ...

, one of a race of beings in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings *

Maia Skouris This is a list of fictional characters in the television series ''The 4400''. The list includes the series main characters, recurring characters, minor characters, as well a list of the 4400 returnees. Main characters Tom Baldwin Tom Baldwin, po ...

(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 Ruggero (or Ruggiero) Leoncavallo ( , , ; 23 April 18579 August 1919) was an Italian opera composer and librettist. Although he produced numerous operas and other songs throughout his career it is his opera '' Pagliacci'' (1892) that remained h ...

* 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 or Marina Le Cille (JP ver.), is a character in the game '' Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom'' for Genesis/Mega Drive * 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) a science fiction video game

Other uses

Maia people The Maia were an indigenous Australian tribe of Western Australia. Language The Maia appear to have spoken a dialect similar to that of the Yingkarta. Country Maia traditional lands extended over an estimated . They consisted mainly of a strip ...

, an indigenous tribe of Western Australia * 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 Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...

* Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols, a future NASA earth-orbiting instrument operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory *

, a reusable launch vehicle by MaiaSpace, subsidiary of ArianeGroup