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Maia

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Noun

1. genus maia, genus maja, maia, maja

type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Maia

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noun
Greek mythology
the eldest of the seven Pleiades, mother by Zeus of Hermes

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Maia

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noun
1.  Greek Mythology
one of the Pleiades, mother of Hermes by Zeus
2.  Roman Mythology
an earth goddess, sometimes identified with the Greek Maia: the month of May was named in her honor

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Maia

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n.
1. Greek Mythology A goddess, the eldest of the Pleiades.
2. The brightest star in the Pleiades.

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