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Maria

Maria

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Maria ♀ Latin form of Mary. It arose as a back-formation from the early Christian female name Mariam, which was taken as a Latin accusative case. In fact, however, it is an indeclinable Aramaic alternative form of the Hebrew name Miriam. In the English-speaking world Maria is a learned revival dating from the 18th century, pronounced both ‘ma-ree-a’ and, more traditionally, ‘ma-rye-a’. This form of the name is also in common use in most European languages, either as the main local form of the name, as in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Polish, and Czech, or as a learned doublet of a vernacular form. In Spain not only is the name María itself enormously common, but a large number of Marian epithets and words associated with the cult of the Virgin are also used as female given names. Maria is also used as a male name in combinations such as Gianmaria (Italian) and José María (Spanish).

Short form: Ria.
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Maria

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | Copyright

Maria,
1. one of the ladies attending the princess in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost;

2. Olivia's waiting woman in his Twelfth Night;

3. a character in Sterne's Tristram Shandy (vol. vii) and A Sentimental Journey;

4. a character in Sheridan's The School for Scandal.
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María

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

María ♀ (Spanish) Biblical. See Maria and Mary. Also used as a male name in combinations such as José María.
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maria

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ma·ri·a / ˈmärēə/ • plural form of mare2 .

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A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Maria ♀ (Japanese) version of the name Maria.
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Maria ♀ (German) New Testament.

Also: Marie.
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Maria ♀ (German) New Testament. See Mary.
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

maria see moon .

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Maria

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Maria •adhere, Agadir, appear, arrear, auctioneer, austere, balladeer, bandolier, Bashkir, beer, besmear, bier, blear, bombardier, brigadier, buccaneer, cameleer, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, charioteer, cheer, chevalier, chiffonier, clavier, clear, Coetzee, cohere, commandeer, conventioneer, Cordelier, corsetière, Crimea, dear, deer, diarrhoea (US diarrhea), domineer, Dorothea, drear, ear, electioneer, emir, endear, engineer, fear, fleer, Freer, fusilier, gadgeteer, Galatea, gazetteer, gear, gondolier, gonorrhoea (US gonorrhea), Greer, grenadier, hear, here, Hosea, idea, interfere, Izmir, jeer, Judaea, Kashmir, Keir, kir, Korea, Lear, leer, Maria, marketeer, Medea, Meir, Melilla, mere, Mia, Mir, mishear, mountaineer, muleteer, musketeer, mutineer, near, orienteer, pamphleteer, panacea, paneer, peer, persevere, pier, Pierre, pioneer, pistoleer, privateer, profiteer, puppeteer, queer, racketeer, ratafia, rear, revere, rhea, rocketeer, Sapir, scrutineer, sear, seer, sere, severe, Shamir, shear, sheer, sincere, smear, sneer, sonneteer, souvenir, spear, sphere, steer, stere, summiteer, Tangier, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, veneer, Vere, Vermeer, vizier, volunteer, Wear, weir, we're, year, Zaïre

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