Maria
//məˈɹiːə// name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of mare (“lunar plain”). form-of, plural
- 2 a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon wordnet
- 3 valuable timber tree of Panama wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name from Hebrew.
"Yet herein they come short of the monks and friars in their conceits of the word Maria; they have so tossed it and turned it, so anagrammatized and transposed it, that never were five poor letters so worried since time did put them into the alphabet."
- 2 A Dravidian language spoken in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh provinces in India.
- 3 A Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
- 4 Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, in Latin, Spanish, etc. contexts.
- 5 A surname originating as a matronymic.
Example
More examples"Maria spends a lot of money on clothes."
Etymology
From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām). Doublet of Mary, Marie, and Miriam.
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