Maia is the eldest of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, also identified with the Roman earth goddess Maia (Roman goddess). Maia may also refer to:
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, 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), 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: Generations of Doom for Genesis/Mega Drive Maia, a werewolf 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 "Maia" (Suspect), a 2022 television episode
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 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 taxonomy Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols, a future NASA earth-orbiting instrument operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Maia (rocket), 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)
Maiasaura, a dinosaur named after the mythological goddess