Maia
[ mey-yuh, mahy-uh ]
nounClassical Mythology.
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
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How to use Maia in a sentence
Contemporaneously with the Maias and the monkeys many other animals came into being, among them the dog.
Folk-lore in Borneo | William Henry FurnessThere is the great man-like ape—the orang-utan, or maias as he is called by the Dyaks.
Children of Borneo | Edwin Herbert Gomes
British Dictionary definitions for Maia
Maia
/ (ˈmaɪə) /
noun
Greek myth the eldest of the seven Pleiades, mother by Zeus of Hermes
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