Maria Definition

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology 1
    • 1.1.1 Pronunciation
    • 1.1.2 Proper noun
      • 1.1.2.1 Quotations
  • 1.2 Etymology 2
    • 1.2.1 Proper noun
      • 1.2.1.1 Derived terms
    • 1.2.2 External links
  • 1.3 Etymology 3
    • 1.3.1 Proper noun
    • 1.3.2 External links
  • 1.4 Anagrams
• 2 Danish
  • 2.1 Proper noun
    • 2.1.1 Related terms
• 3 Estonian
  • 3.1 Proper noun
    • 3.1.1 Related terms
• 4 Finnish
  • 4.1 Etymology
  • 4.2 Pronunciation
  • 4.3 Proper noun
    • 4.3.1 Declension
    • 4.3.2 Usage notes
    • 4.3.3 Related terms
  • 4.4 Proper noun
  • 4.5 Anagrams
• 5 French
  • 5.1 Proper noun
  • 5.2 Anagrams
• 6 German
  • 6.1 Proper noun
    • 6.1.1 Related terms
• 7 Hawaiian
  • 7.1 Proper noun
    • 7.1.1 Derived terms
  • 7.2 References
• 8 Italian
  • 8.1 Proper noun
  • 8.2 Anagrams
• 9 Latin
  • 9.1 Etymology
  • 9.2 Proper noun
    • 9.2.1 Descendants
• 10 Norwegian
  • 10.1 Proper noun
    • 10.1.1 Related terms
• 11 Polish
  • 11.1 Pronunciation
  • 11.2 Proper noun
    • 11.2.1 Declension
• 12 Swedish
  • 12.1 Proper noun
    • 12.1.1 Related terms

English

Etymology 1

The Latin equivalent of Mary, ultimately from Hebrew.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /maˈɹiːa/, /məˈɹaɪə/

Proper noun

Maria

1. A female given name.

Quotations

• 1629 Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), Vol.III, page 211:

  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.

• 1776 Adam Fitz-Adam: The World of Adam Fitz-Adam. Edinburgh, Apollo Press 1776: Numb. 187. Thursday, July 29, 1756:

  By their dresses, their names, and the airs of quality they give themselves, I am rendered ridiculous among all my acquaintance. My wife, who is a very plain good woman, and whose name is Amey, has been new-christened, and is called Amelia; and my little daughter, a child of a year old, is no longer Polly, but Maria.

• 1957 Arthur Laurents/Stephen Sondheim/Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story: Maria ( a song):

  I've just kissed a girl named Maria, / And suddenly I found how wonderful a sound can be! / Maria! Say it loud and there's music playing - / Say it soft and it's almost like praying

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Maria

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

Derived terms

• Abujmaria

External links

• Ethnologue entry for Maria (India),

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Maria

1. A Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.

External links

• Ethnologue entry for Maria (New Guinea),

Anagrams

• Amira

Danish

Proper noun

Maria

1. (Biblical) Mary.
2. A female given name.

Related terms

• Maja, Maren, Marianne, Mary, Maya, Mia, Mie, Rie.

Estonian

Proper noun

Maria

1. A female given name, Latinate form of Maarja (“Mary”).

Related terms

• Maarja, Mai, Maia, Maie, Maila, Malle, Mare, Mari, Marika, Maris, Marje, Marju,Merili, Merilin, Miia

Finnish

Etymology

From Vulgate Latin Maria, ultimately from Hebrew.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈmɑriɑ]
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ri‧a

Proper noun

Maria

1. (Biblical) Mary.
2. A female given name.

Declension

Usage notes

• Common given name in Finland since the Middle Ages. A popular middle name today.

Related terms

• Maaria, Maija, Maiju, Maila, Mari, Marianne, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marja, Marjaana, Marjatta, Marjo, Marjukka, Marjut, Meeri, Meri, Merja, Miia.

Proper noun

Maria

1. Partitive singular form of Mari.

   Rakastan Maria I love Mari

Anagrams

• maari, raami, rimaa

French

Proper noun

Maria f.

1. A female given name, a Latinate form of Marie.

Anagrams

• armai
• ramai

German

Proper noun

Maria

1. (Biblical) Mary.
2. A female given name.

Related terms

• Maike, Maja, Mareike, Maren, Marianne, Marie, Marion, Marlene, Marlies, Maya, Meike, Mia.

Hawaiian

Proper noun

Maria

1. (Biblical) Mary
2. A female given name used in the 19th century (but possibly pronounced like Malia).

Derived terms

• Malia

References

• Ka Baibala Hemolele
• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Maria occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 44 women.

Italian

Proper noun

Maria f.

1. A female given name, cognate to Mary.
2. (Biblical) Mary; Miriam

Anagrams

• amari
• armai
• ramai
• ramia
• riama

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαρία (Maria), Μαριάμ (Mariam), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām).

Proper noun

Maria (genitive Mariae); f, first declension

1. A female given name
2. (Biblical) Mary

Descendants

• English: Maria, Mary
• Spanish: María

Norwegian

Proper noun

Maria

1. (Biblical) Mary.
2. A female given name.

Related terms

• Maja, Maren, Mari, Mariann, Marianne, Marie, Mary, May, Mia.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmarja/

Proper noun

Maria f.

1. A female given name, cognate to Mary.

Declension

Swedish

Proper noun

Maria

1. (Biblical) Mary.
2. A female given name.

Related terms

• Maj, Maja, Majken, Mari, Mariana, Mariann, Marianne, Marie, Marita, Marlene, Mary, May, Mia, Moa.

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