Maia
From Freepedia
Maia can mean several things:
- Maia (mythology), in Greek mythology, is the eldest of the Pleiades, the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
- Maia was identified in Roman mythology with Maia Maiestas (also called Fauna, Bona Dea (the 'Good Goddess') and Ops), a goddess who may be equivalent to an old Italic goddess of spring.
- In astronomy, Maia (star) (20 Tauri) is the third brightest of the seven bright stars in the Pleiades open star cluster.
- Maia (novel) is a fantasy novel by Richard Adams.
- Maia is a fictional novel supposedly written by the main character in Death in Venice.
- In J. R. R. Tolkien's mythos, a Maia is one from the lesser kind of Ainur, beings of power which pre-date the creation of existence.
- Maia Chiburdanidze is a former women's world chess champion.
- Maia (crab) is a genus of spider crabs from the family Majidae
- Maia, Oporto is a city in Oporto metropolitan area in Portugal.
- Maia, Azores is a parish in Ribeira Grande in the Azores (a autonomous region of Portugal)
- Maia, New Zealand is a suburb of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand
- Maia, Russia
- Maia, Switzerland, a part of Intragna in the Canton of Tessin
- The Maia Institute in Monaco is a private research institute specialized in Multi-agent systems.
