Maria may refer to:

People

Mary, mother of Jesus Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jews, Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Jose ...

* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages

Place names

Extraterrestrial

170 Maria Maria (minor planet designation: 170 Maria) is a Asteroid belt, Main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Henri Joseph Perrotin on January 10, 1877. Its orbit was computed by Antonio Abetti, and the asteroid was named after his ...

, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, dark basaltic plains on Earth's Moon

Terrestrial

* Maria, Maevatanana, Madagascar * Maria, Quebec, Canada *

Maria, Siquijor Maria, officially the Municipality of Maria ( ceb, Lungsod sa Maria; tl, Bayan ng Maria), is a 5th class municipality in the Philippine province, province of Siquijor, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 14,385. Ge ...

, the Philippines *

María, Spain María is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous c ...

, in Andalusia * Îles Maria, French Polynesia * María de Huerva, Aragon, Spain * Villa Maria (disambiguation)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Maria'' (1947 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (1975 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (2003 film), Romanian film * ''Maria'' (2019 film), Filipino film * ''Maria'' (2021 film), Canadian film directed by Alec Pronovost * ''Maria'' (Sinhala film), Sri Lankan upcoming film

Literature

* ''María'' (novel), an 1867 novel by Jorge Isaacs * ''Maria'' (Ukrainian novel), a 1934 novel by the Ukrainian writer Ulas Samchuk * ''Maria'' (play), a 1935 play by Isaac Babel *''Maria'', a poetic novel (1825) by

Antoni Malczewski Antoni Malczewski (3 June 1793 – 2 May 1826) was a Polish romantic poet, known for his only work, "a narrative poem of dire pessimism", ''Maria'' (1825). At the times, prominent and scandalizing was his autodestructive romance with a married ...

*'' Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman'', a 1798 unfinished novel by Mary Wollstonecraft

Music

Artists *

Maria (band) Maria (stylized as MARIA) was an all female Japanese pop rock band signed onto Sony Music Japan. The band consists of six members. They released their first single on March 8, 2006, titled "Chiisa na Uta". This song is used as the 3rd opening son ...

, a Japanese all-female band *

Maria (Danish singer) Maria Lumiere (born Maria Jensen on 13 May 1978) is a Danish singer and songwriter. Born in Denmark, she grew up living in different parts of Europe. Despite her parents' initial hesitation and the fact that she did not come from a musical fam ...

, born 1978 *

Maria (South African singer) Maria (March 4, 1945 − May 10, 1980) was a musician who had a number of hits in South Africa. Her baptismal name is Carmélia Maria Neto Lopes, was born in Lourenço Marques (today Maputo) in Mozambique, then a prosperous Portuguese colony in ...

, 1945–1980 *

Maria (Bulgarian singer) Mariya Panayotova Kirova ( bg, Мария Панайотова Кирова; born 13 January 1982), better known mononymously as Maria ( bg, Мария), is a former Bulgarian pop-folk Turbo-folk (sometimes referred as pop-folk or popular ...

, born 1982 *

Maria (Bruneian singer) Meria Aires (or popularly known as ''Maria'' or ''Meria Aires''; born February 16, 1989) is a Bruneian singer-songwriter. Biography She began her career in 2005 in a radio singing contest organized by Kristal FM in conjunction with His Majest ...

, born 1989 Albums * ''Maria'' (album), a 1995 album by Jane Siberry * ''María'' (EP), a 2020 EP by Hwasa Songs * "María" (Cátulo Castillo song), 1945 * "Maria" (''West Side Story'' song), from the musical ''West Side Story'' Sondheim, Bernstein, 1956 covered by Gene Pitney, The Delta Rhythm Boys, P. J. Proby and others * "Maria" (Rodgers and Hammerstein song), from the musical ''The Sound of Music'' 1959 * "María" (Franco song), 1988 * "María" (Ricky Martin song), by Ricky Martin, 1995 * "Maria" (Blondie song), 1999 * "María" (Östen med Resten song), 2003 * "Maria" (US5 song), 2005 *"

Maria (I Like It Loud) "I Like It Loud" is a song by Marc Acardipane Presents Marshall Masters Feat. The Ultimate MC, released in 1997. The song was produced and written by Acardipane and was released on Acardipane Records/ID&T. The lyrics "My radio believe me I like ...

", by Scooter, a cover of "I Like It Loud" by Marc Acardipane *"Maria", by Animal Liberation Orchestra from ''

Roses & Clover ''Roses & Clover'' is the second Brushfire Records release by Animal Liberation Orchestra. Track listing Personnel ;Animal Liberation OrchestraCD Liner Notes * Steve Adams – bass, vocals, production *Dave Brogan – drums, percussi ...

'' *"María", by Café Tacuba from ''

Café Tacuba Café Tacvba (Pronounced ''kaˈfe taˈkuβa'') is a band from Ciudad Satélite, Mexico. The group gained popularity in the early 1990s. They were founded in 1989, before they had the current lineup of Rubén Isaac Albarrán Ortega (lead vocals, ...

'' *"Maria", song by David Sylvian from the album ''Secrets of the Beehive'' *"Maria", by Gackt from ''Rebirth (Gackt album), Rebirth'' *"Maria", a song by Lorna Cordeiro with Mohammad Rafi *"Maria", by Green Day from ''International Superhits!'' *"Maria", by Guano Apes from ''Proud Like a God'' *"Maria", by The Jacksons from ''2300 Jackson Street'' *"Maria", by Jean Ferrat *"Maria", by Joe Dassin discography, Joe Dassin *"Maria", by Justin Bieber from ''Believe (Justin Bieber album), Believe'' *"Maria", by Kendji Girac *"Maria", by Kim Ah-joong from the Korean film ''200 Pounds Beauty#Soundtrack, 200 Pounds Beauty'' *"Maria", by Men at Work from ''Two Hearts (Men at Work album), Two Hearts'' *"María", by Pepe Aguilar from ''No Lo Había Dicho'' *"Maria", by Six Organs of Admittance from Six Organs of Admittance (album), their self-titled album *"Maria", by Rage Against the Machine from ''The Battle of Los Angeles (album), The Battle of Los Angeles'' *"Maria", by Redgum from the album ''Virgin Ground'' *"Maria", by Robert Earl Keen from ''West Textures'' *"Maria", by Wu-Tang Clan from ''Wu-Tang Forever'' *"Oh Maria", by Louis Prima from ''The Wildest!'' *"Maria", By Eduardo di Capua *"Maria (You Were the Only One)", by Michael Jackson from ''Got to Be There''

Operas

*''Maria'', a 1903-4 opera by Roman Statkowski (based on the poetic novel by Antoni Malczewski)

Television

*Maria (TV series), ''Maria'' (TV series), Kenyan drama series

Computing and technology

*Maria (reachability analyzer), a reachability analyzer, used in computer science for concurrent systems *Maria (storage engine), a storage engine for MySQL (renamed Aria in 2010) *Maria reactor, a nuclear research reactor in Poland *MARIA XML, a model-based XML language for User Interfaces *MariaDB, a community-developed branch of the MySQL database

Languages

*Maria language (India) (also ''Madiya''), Dravidian language of the Gondi group *Maria language (Papua New Guinea)

Ships

*Maria (brigantine), ''Maria'' (brigantine), Australian shipwreck of 1840, whose survivors were massacred *, a number of ships with this name *, a Danish cargo ship in service 1946-59

Other uses

*Mary 2.0, Maria 2.0, movement of Roman Catholic women *Marie biscuit, a type of sweet biscuit similar to a Rich Tea biscuit *Tropical Storm Maria (disambiguation), one of several named storms **Most notably Hurricane Maria (2017)