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Maia

Maia can mean several things:

Maia, 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 (20 Tauri) is the third brightest of the seven bright stars in the Pleiades open star cluster.
Maia is a city in Oporto metropolitan area in Portugal.
Maia is a parish in Ribeira Grande in the Azores (a autonomous region of Portugal)
Maia is a suburb of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand
Maia, Russia
Maia , a part of Intragna in the Canton of Tessin
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. Nova Zelándia
Maia is a fantasy novel by Richard Adams.

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