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'''[[Maia]]''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|aɪ|.|ə}} is the eldest of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, also identified with an Ancient Italic goddess of spring. '''Maia''' may also refer to:

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==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]] Commune, Mureș County

===United Kingdom===
* [[Maia (Bowness)|Maia]], a Roman fort located in Bowness-on-Solway, England

===United States===
* [[Fitiuta, American Samoa]], 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)|''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 or Marina Le Cille (JP ver.), is a character in the game ''[[Phantasy Star III|Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom]]'' for Genesis/Mega Drive
* Maia, a werewolf [[List of The Mortal Instruments characters#Maia|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 and Marco]], one of an artificial intelligence sportscaster pair
* [[Maia language]], a Madang language of Papua New Guinea
* [[Maia people]], 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 Mayo Composite#Short S.21 Maia specifications|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 [[List of commonly used taxonomic affixes|taxonomy]]
* [[Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols]], a future NASA earth-orbiting instrument operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
* [[ArianeGroup#MaiaSpace|Maia]], a reusable launch vehicle by MaiaSpace, subsidiary of ArianeGroup

== See also ==
* [[Maïa (disambiguation)]]
* [[MAIA (disambiguation)]]
* [[Majo]], or Maja, terms for people from the lower classes of Spanish society
* [[Maja (disambiguation)]]
* [[Mya (disambiguation)]]
* [[Maya (disambiguation)]]
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* {{intitle|Maia}}
* [[Maiasaura]], a dinosaur named after the mythological goddess

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