Mai, or MAI, may refer to:

Names

Mai (Chinese surname) Mài is a Chinese surname. It is commonly transliteration, transliterated as Mak in Hong Kong, based on the Standard Cantonese, Cantonese pronunciation, though other transliterations exist. "麥" is the standard character in both Traditional and ...

Mai (Vietnamese surname) Is a surname with Chinese origin. It is transliterated as Mei in Chinese and Mae in Korean but is very rare in Korea. It is also the Chinese surname Mai which is transliterated as Mạch in Vietnamese. Notable people with the surname Mai * Ma ...

Mai (name) Mai is a name that is used as a given name and a surname. People with the given name * Mai (Arabic name) *Mai, the title of Sayfawa dynasty kings of Chad *Mai (singer) (born 1984), formerly known as Ruppina, a J-Pop singer *Omai, also known as Ma ...

Mai (singer) , real name is a J-Pop singer from Hokkaidō, Japan. She is a talent of the Fit One management company and part of the artists' roster of Rhythm Zone owned by Avex Entertainment Inc. She originally debuted as "Ruppina". As Ruppina, she recorded ...

, J-Pop singer

Places

Chiang Mai Chiang Mai (, from th, เชียงใหม่ , nod, , เจียงใหม่ ), sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second largest city in ...

, largest city in northern Thailand * Ma-i, a pre-Hispanic Philippine state *

Mai, Non Sung Mai (เทศบาลตำบลใหม่) is a subdistrict municipality in Non Sung District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. It was created as a Tambon Administrative Organization ''Tambon'' ( th, ตำบล, ) is a local governmental uni ...

, Thailand

Organisations

Manufacturers Association of Israel The Manufacturers’ Association of Israel (MAI) (Hebrew: התאחדות התעשיינים בישראל) is the umbrella organization and representative body of all industrial sectors in Israel including the private, public, kibbutz, and governme ...

, an Israeli business organization *

Marina Abramović Institute A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : ''marina'', "coast" or "shore") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats. A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships o ...

, a performance art organization *

Market for Alternative Investment The Market for Alternative Investment (''MAI'' or ''mai'') is a stock exchange of Thailand which was established by the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) in 1998 under the Securities Exchange of Thailand Act as an alternative stock market for small ...

, a stock market for small/medium enterprises in Thailand *

Montreal Arts Interculturels Montréal, arts interculturels (MAI) is a multidisciplinary cultural organization of Montreal created in 1999. It is located on Jeanne-Mance Street. It opened in 1999, and exhibits contemporary art, dance, music, theatre, painting, sculpture, and ...

, a multidisciplinary cultural organization in Montreal, Canada *

Moscow Aviation Institute Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) (MAI; russian: Московский авиационный институт, МАИ) is one of the major engineering institutes in Moscow, Russia. Since its inception MAI has been spearhe ...

, an engineering and aviation university in Russia * Motorsports Association of India, the FIA arm of Indian Motorsports

Science and Technology

Machine augmented intelligence Intelligence amplification (IA) (also referred to as cognitive augmentation, machine augmented intelligence and enhanced intelligence) refers to the effective use of information technology in augmenting human intelligence. The idea was first pro ...

, use of technology to amplify and empower human thought and consciousness *

Mean annual increment The mean annual increment (MAI) or mean annual growth refers to the average growth per year a tree or stand of trees has exhibited/experienced up to a specified age. For example, a 20-year-old tree that has a stem volume of has an MAI of /year. MA ...

, a measure of the average growth per year a tree or stand of trees has exhibited at a specified age * Multiple Access Interference, a type of interference that occurs in code-division multiple access (CDMA) systems *

Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection ''Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare'' infection (MAI) is an atypical mycobacterial infection, i.e. one with nontuberculous mycobacteria or NTM, caused by ''Mycobacterium avium'' complex (MAC), which is made of two '' Mycobacterium'' species, ''M ...

, an atypical mycobacterial infection that was a common cause of wasting and death in the early AIDS Crisis

Transport

* MAI, the National Rail code for

Maidenhead railway station Maidenhead railway station serves the town of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. It is down the line from and is situated between to the east and to the west. It is served by local services operated by Great Western Railway and the Elizabet ...

in the county of Berkshire, UK * Marine Accident Investigation, investigation of shipping accidents *

Myanmar Airways International Myanmar Airways International Co., Ltd. ( my, အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ မြန်မာ့လေကြောင်းလိုင်း) is a privately owned airline headquartered in Yangon, Myanmar. It operates sched ...

, an airline from Myanmar (Burma)

Film and television

* ''Mai'' (1989 film), a Bhojpuri film * ''Mai'' (2013 film), a Bollywood film featuring Asha Bhosle * ''Mai'' (TV series), a 2022 Netflix India Original series

Other uses

* Mai Shiranui, a character appearing in the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series. * Mai, a pronouncing dubbed name for main character in '' Jungle de Ikou!'' * Mai, a character from ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' * Mai FM, a New Zealand radio network * "Mai", a song by Josh Groban song on his album '' Awake Live'' * mai, the ISO 639 code for the

Maithili language Maithili () is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of Languages of India, India and Languages of Nepal, Nepal. It is native to the Mithila region, which encompasses parts of the Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand as well as Nepal's easte ...

spoken in India and Nepal *

Multilateral Agreement on Investment The Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) was a draft agreement negotiated in secret between members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) between 1995 and 1998. It sought to establish a new body of universal inv ...

, a proposed

OECD The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; french: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, ''OCDE'') is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate e ...

treaty for which negotiations were abandoned in 1998 * The Mai, fictional supernatural beings in ''

The Nine Lives of Chloe King ''The Nine Lives of Chloe King'' is an American supernatural drama television series which premiered on ABC Family on June 14, 2011, and ended on August 16, 2011. The one-hour drama is based on the book series of the same name by Liz Braswell. T ...

'' * Mai Minakami, one of the 3 main characters of Nichijou