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Ma⋅ia

  [mey-yuh, mahy-uh]
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–noun Classical Mythology.
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
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Mai·a   (mā'ə, mī'ə)   
n.  

  1. Greek Mythology A goddess, the eldest of the Pleiades.

  2. The brightest star in the Pleiades.


[Latin Māia, from Greek Maia, from maia, good mother, nurse; see mā-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Maia 
Roman goddess of fertility, lit. "she who brings increase," related to magnus "great." Gk. Maia, one of the Pleiades, lit. "mother, nurse, midwife," however, is said to be from infant babbling (see mamma).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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