Maia

Maia can mean several things:

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• 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.