Maria

¹

[ muh-ree-uh ]

noun

1. calaba.

Maria

²

[ muh-ree-uh, -rahy-uh; Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish mah-ree-ah ]

noun

1. a female given name, form of Mary.

maria

/ ˈmɑːrɪə /

noun

1. See mare
   the plural of mare 2

Word History and Origins

Origin of Maria¹

Shortening of Santa Maria ( def ).

Example Sentences

Taking Waze at its word, it’s not as creepy as the privacy label made it seem, but Maria couldn’t have known that from just the label.

From Vox

When governess Maria brings a mirror to his practices, he initially claims to not care to hear her opinion about the children, though he does eventually listen.

From Washington Post

As Maria mentioned, we did an episode some years back on the pet-cremation business, called “The Troubled Cremation of Stevie the Cat.”

From Freakonomics

A year ago, Maria found herself working almost every day, sometimes cleaning two houses in an afternoon.

From Vox

Maria has a daughter named Monica, who appears as a little girl in that film.

From Time

The garrulous assistant to a fading screen siren in Clouds of Sils Maria.

From The Daily Beast

Maria Borges, an African model in her second VS show, said everyone back home in Angola would be watching her.

From The Daily Beast

But her friend, 81-year-old Maria Teresa Falcinelli, has a different point of view.

From The Daily Beast

On a recent afternoon, the head of the Social Inquiry Foundation, Maria Gaidar, received two elderly ladies in her Moscow office.

From The Daily Beast

“This is home now,” Maria Grazia Visconti told The Daily Beast as she walked her dog along one of the “new town” streets.

From The Daily Beast

The rebels wished to advance from Lutao, but were kept back by the fire from the gunboat Maria Cristina.

From Project Gutenberg

Maria Theresa held it in her hand, and looked on it a few seconds with a languid smile.

From Project Gutenberg

Maria Edgworth, the popular and distinguished authoress, died at her residence in Edgworthstown, Ireland.

From Project Gutenberg

I presume you know that Maria Theresa was a first-rate soldier; or, at least, she had the happy art of finding them.

From Project Gutenberg

A short time after this she was taken to pass a week at the luxurious abodes of Maria Antoinette.

From Project Gutenberg