María

See also: maria, Maria, maría, Mária, Mâria, and Mariä

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈɾia/, [maˈɾi.a]
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧rí‧a

Proper noun

María f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Mary

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

María f

  1. María (town in Andalucia)

Galician

Etymology

From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (maryām).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maˈɾi.ɐ]

Proper noun

María f

  1. a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Mary
  2. (biblical) Mary

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːri(ː)ja/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aːrija

Proper noun

María f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Mary

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Marīa, from Ancient Greek Μαρίᾱ (Maríā), from Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryām).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈɾia/ [maˈɾi.a]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: Ma‧rí‧a

Proper noun

María f

  1. a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Mary
  2. Mary; Miriam (biblical character)
    • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Marcos 6:3a:
      ¿No es éste el carpintero, hijo de María, hermano de Jacobo, y de José, y de Judas, y de Simón?
    Synonym: (abbreviation)
    Synonym: (abbreviation) Ma.

Proper noun

María m or f by sense

  1. a surname originating as a matronymic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Cebuano: Maria
  • Tagalog: Maria
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