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Maria¹

  • /məˈɹiːə/ usually
  • /məˈɹaɪə/

Rhymes with -iːə, -aɪə

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin Maria, borrowed from Koine Greek Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ (Mărĭ́ā), borrowed from Aramaic מרים, borrowed from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryɔm). Doublet of Mary, Marie, and Miriam.

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. Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, in Latin, Spanish, etc. contexts.

    Similar: Mary, mother of Jesus, in Latin, Spanish

  3. A surname originating as a matronymic.

Maria²

proper noun

  1. A Dravidian language spoken in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh provinces in India.

Maria³

proper noun

  1. A Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.

maria⁴

  • /ˈmɑɹ.i.ə/ US
  • /ˈmɛɚ.i.ə/ US

noun

  1. plural plural of mare (“lunar plain”).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: calophyllum longifolium, marie, marla, mary, marta, mariah, marisa, masha, antonia, sylvie, ina, mindy, chris, andreas, emil, mario

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MLA

"maria." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/maria. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

maria. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/maria

Chicago

"maria." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/maria.

BibTeX
@misc{maria_2026,
  title = {maria},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/maria},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}