Maya may refer to:

Civilizations

Maya peoples The Maya peoples () are an ethnolinguistic group of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica. The ancient Maya civilization was formed by members of this group, and today's Maya are generally descended from people ...

, of southern Mexico and northern Central America **

Maya civilization The Maya civilization () of the Mesoamerican people is known by its ancient temples and glyphs. Its Maya script is the most sophisticated and highly developed writing system in the pre-Columbian Americas. It is also noted for its art, archit ...

, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples **

Maya language The Mayan languagesIn linguistics, it is conventional to use ''Mayan'' when referring to the languages, or an aspect of a language. In other academic fields, ''Maya'' is the preferred usage, serving as both a singular and plural noun, and as ...

, the languages of the Maya peoples *

Maya (Ethiopia) The Maya are an extinct ethnic group native to the old Wej province in Ethiopia. They were renowned for their skilled archers, the services of which were available as mercenaries. The Maya were primarily pastoralists and their livelihood was with t ...

, a population native to the old Wej province in Ethiopia

Places

Maya (river) The Maya (russian: Мая) is a river in Khabarovsk Krai and Sakha, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Aldan of the Lena basin. The length of the river is . The area of its basin . The Maya freezes up in late October and stays under the ice ...

, a river in Yakutia, Russia *

Maya (Uda) The Maya (russian: Мая) is a river in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is the longest tributary of the Uda, with a length of and a drainage basin area of . The name originated in an Evenki word for a basket of birch bark. The river flows acro ...

, a river in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia * Maya, Uganda, a town *

Maya, Western Australia Maya is a small town in the Mid West (Western Australia), Mid West region of Western Australia. The town's name is a result of the shortening of the Indigenous Australian word for a nearby Spring (hydrosphere), spring, ''Pocanmaya''. The name w ...

, a town *

Maya Karimata Maya Karimata (also called Maya or Maja) is an island in Ketapang district in West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. Its area is . It belongs to the Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest i ...

, an island in West Borneo, Indonesia *

Maya Mountains The Maya Mountains are a mountain range located in Belize and eastern Guatemala, in Central America. Etymology The Maya Mountains were known as the ''Cockscomb'' or ''Coxcomb Mountains'' to Baymen and later Belizeans at least until the mid-2 ...

, a mountain range in Guatemala and Belize **

Maya Biosphere Reserve The Maya Biosphere Reserve ( es, Reserva de la Biosfera Maya) is a nature reserve in Guatemala managed by Guatemala's National Council of Protected Areas (CONAP). The Maya Biosphere Reserve covers an area of 21,602 km², one-fifth of the c ...

, a nature reservation in Guatemala *

Mount Maya is a mountain in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. This mountain is one of the major peaks of the Rokkō Mountains, and is the most popular peak for visitors on the West-Rokkō Mountains. Outline Mount Maya is one of the two centers in Rokk ...

, a mountain in Kobe, Japan **

Maya Station is a passenger railway station located in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Lines Maya Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line), and is located 583.7 k ...

, a railway station in Kobe, Japan *

La Maya (mountain) La Maya is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, overlooking St-Martin in the canton of Valais. It lies between the Val d'Hérens and the Val de Réchy, west of the Becs de Bosson The Becs de Bosson are a multi-summited mountain of the Pennine A ...

, an alp in Switzerland *

Al Maya AlMaya It is a coastal area located in the northwest of Libya, about 27 km west of the capital Tripoli , Almaya follows Maamoura, Tina, Qaraqouzah and Tuwaybiyah. Almaya forms a municipality. The Al Mayah region is bounded by the Mediterra ...

or Maya, a town in Libya

Religion and mythology

* Maya religion, the religious practices of the Maya peoples of parts of Mexico and Central America **

Maya mythology Maya or Mayan mythology is part of Mesoamerican mythology and comprises all of the Maya tales in which personified forces of nature, deities, and the heroes interacting with these play the main roles. The myths of the era have to be reconstruct ...

, the myths and legends of the Maya civilization *

Maya (religion) ''Maya'' (; Devanagari: , IAST: ), literally "illusion" or "magic", has multiple meanings in Indian philosophies depending on the context. In later Vedic texts, connotes a "magic show, an illusion where things appear to be present but are not ...

, in Hinduism and Buddhism, the misperception of reality **

Maya (mother of the Buddha) Queen Māyā of Shakya ( sa, मायादेवी, pi, Māyādevī) was the birth mother of Gautama Buddha, the sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. She was sister of Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, the first Buddhist nun ordained by the ...

(died 563 BC), mother of the historical Buddha **

Mayasura In Hindu scriptures, Maya ( sa, मय) or Mayāsura () was a great ancient king of the Asura, Daitya, Danava and Rākṣasa races. Maya was known for his brilliant architecture. In ''Mahabharata'', Mayasabha – the hall of illusions – was ...

or Maya, a Hindu demon

Military

* Japanese gunboat ''Maya'', a ''Maya''-class gunboat launched in 1886 * Japanese cruiser ''Maya'', a ''Takao''-class cruiser launched in 1930 * JS ''Maya'', a ''Maya''-class destroyer launched in 2018 * Japanese ship class ''Maya'', a list of ships *

Aero L-29 Delfín The Aero L-29 Delfín ( en, Dolphin, NATO reporting name: Maya) is a military jet trainer developed and manufactured by Czechoslovakian aviation manufacturer Aero Vodochody. It is the country's first locally designed and constructed jet airc ...

, NATO reporting name Maya, a Czech military jet trainer aircraft *

Battle of Maya The Battle of Maya (25 July 1813) saw an Imperial French corps led by Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon attack the British 2nd Division under William Stewart at the Maya Pass in the western Pyrenees. Despite being surprised, the outnumb ...

, an 1813 battle of the Peninsular War, between British and French forces

Film and television

* ''Maya'' (1949 film), a French drama film directed by Raymond Bernard * ''Maya'' (1961 film), an Indian Hindi film starring Dev Anand, Mala Sinha and Lalita Pawar * ''Maya'' (1966 film), an American film starring Sajid Khan, Jay North, and Clint Walker * ''Maya'' (1967 U.S. TV series), an American television series and sequel to the 1966 film * ''Maya the Honey Bee'' (1975 TV series), a Japanese anime television series * ''Maya'' (1999 film), an Indian trilingual film by Rama Narayanan * ''Maya'' (2001 film), an Indian Hindi film by Digvijay Singh * ''Maya the Bee'' (2012 TV series), a French-German computer-animated comedy television series * ''Maya the Bee'' (2014 film), a 3D German-Australian computer-animated comedy adventure film * ''Maya'' (2015 Pakistani film), a horror film * ''Maya'' (2015 Tamil film), a horror film starring Nayanthara * ''

Maya 3D ''Maya'' ( si, මායා 3D) is a 2016 Sri Lankan Sinhala 3D horror comedy film directed by Donald Jayantha and co-produced by Raja Sadesh Kumar and Srimathi Sadesh Kumar. It stars Ranjan Ramanayake, Pubudu Chathuranga in lead roles along w ...

'', a 2016 Sinhalese horror film * ''Maya'' (2018 film), a French film * ''Maya the Bee: The Honey Games'' (2018 film), an Australian–German computer animated comedy adventure film * ''Maya'' (2012 TV series), a Tamil medical soap opera * ''Maya'' (2018 TV series), a multilingual supernatural series on Sun TV * ''Maya the Bee: The Golden Orb'' (2021 film), a 3D German computer-animated comedy adventure film *

Maya TV Maya TV, also known as Canal 66, is a television station in Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Sal ...

, a television channel in Honduras

Literature

* ''Maya'' (Surendran novel), a novel by K. Surendran * ''Maya'' (Campbell novel), a 2010 novel by Alastair Campbell * ''Maya'', a 1999 book by

Jostein Gaarder Jostein Gaarder (; born 8 August 1952) is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories, and children's books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often ...

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Maya the Bee ''Maya the Bee'' () is the main character in ''The Adventures of Maya the Bee'', a German book written by Waldemar Bonsels and published in 1912. The book has been published in many other languages and adapted into different media. The first Ame ...

'', a 1912 children's book by Waldemar Bonsels

Music

* ''Maya'' (Banco de Gaia album) (1994) * ''Maya'' (Zubeen Garg album) (1994) * ''Maya'' (Bipul Chettri album) (2016) or its title song * ''Maya'' (Moheener Ghoraguli album) (1997) * ''Maya'' (M.I.A. album) (2010) * "Maya", a 1968 song by the Incredible String Band from ''

Wee Tam and the Big Huge ''Wee Tam and the Big Huge'' is the fourth album by the Scottish psychedelic folk group, the Incredible String Band, released in Europe as both a double LP and separate single LPs in November 1968 by Elektra Records. In the US, however, the two ...

Other uses

* Maya language (disambiguation) *

Maya (bird) The term maya refers to a folk taxonomy often used in the Philippines to refer to a variety of small, commonly observed passerine birds, including a number of sparrows, finches and munias. This group includes '' Lonchura atricapilla'', specifical ...

, a folk taxon for several bird species in the Philippines *

Maya (given name) Maya is a female name in various languages with various meanings. In Sanskrit, for instance, Māyā means "illusion or magic", and is also an alternate name of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.Maya (mobile payments) Maya (formerly known as PayMaya powered by PayMaya Philippines, Inc. and prior to that, as Smart Money powered by Smart e-Money, Inc.), is a Philippine financial services and digital payments company based in Metro Manila, Philippines. Smart ...

, a financial services and digital payments company based in the Philippines *

Autodesk Maya Autodesk Maya, commonly shortened to just Maya ( ), is a 3D computer graphics application that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, originally developed by Alias and currently owned and developed by Autodesk. It is used to create assets for interact ...

, a computer program for creating 3D graphics *

C.D. Maya A CD or compact disc is a thin plastic silvery disc for audio recordings. CD or cd may also refer to: Science and technology Astronomy and cosmology * Cordoba Durchmusterung, a star catalog of the southern sky * Cosmological decade or CÐ, a ...

, a football club in El Salvador *

Washburn Maya Signature Series Washburn Guitars is an American brand and importer of guitars, mandolins, and other string instruments, originally established in 1883 in Chicago, Illinois. The Washburn name is controlled by U.S. Music Corporation, U.S. Music Corp., a subsidiary ...

, a series of six-string electric guitars created by Washburn Guitars * Most Advanced Yet Acceptable, a product design principle associated with

Form follows function Form follows function is a principle of design associated with late 19th and early 20th century architecture and industrial design in general, which states that the shape of a building or object should primarily relate to its intended function ...