Maia (disambiguation)

Maia can mean several things:

• Maia (mythology), in Greek mythology, is the eldest of the Pleiades , the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
• Maia Maiestas was identified in Roman mythology also called Fauna, Bona Dea (the 'Good Goddess') and Ops), a goddess who may be equivalent to an old Italic goddess of spring.
• Maia (star) in astronomy, (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.
• A Maia in J. R. R. Tolkien's mythos is one from the lesser kind of Ainur, angelic beings who pre-date the creation of Eä.
• Maia Chiburdanidze is a former women's world chess champion.
• Salgueiro Maia was a Portuguese captain during the Carnation Revolution
• Maia Acheron is a character in Jak and Daxter
• Maia (crab) is a genus of spider crabs from the family Majidae
• Maia, Portugal is a city in Oporto metropolitan area in Portugal
• Maia, India is a rarely seen breed of Bunny. Represents Beauty, Love and Cuteness. Rumoured in Myth that once found sadness would surround those who let it go.
• Maia (Ribeira Grande) is a parish in Ribeira Grande in the Azores (an 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
• Maya people (Australia), an Australian Aboriginal tribe
• Maia Stefana Oprea is a promising young Romanian painter