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 Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...

Maria (given name) Maria is a feminine given name. It is given in many languages influenced by Latin Christianity. It has its origin as the feminine form of the Roman name '' Marius'' (see Maria gens), and, after Christianity has spread across the Roman empire, i ...

, 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 The lunar maria (; singular: mare ) are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon, formed by ancient asteroid impacts on the far side on the Moon that triggered volcanic activity on the opposite (near) side. They were dubbed , Latin for 'seas' ...

(plural of ''mare''), large, dark basaltic plains on Earth's Moon

Terrestrial

Maria, Maevatanana Maria is a town and commune ( mg, kaominina) in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Maevatanana, which is a part of Betsiboka Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 7,000 in 2001 commune census. Only primar ...

, Madagascar *

Maria, Quebec Maria is a municipality in Quebec, Canada. History Maria had been the location of a Mi'kmaq summer coastal community prior to European settlement. In 1774, the area began to be settled by American Loyalists, and Scottish and Irish settlers. In 184 ...

, Canada * Maria, Siquijor, 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 Îles Maria or simply Maria, also known as Hull Island, is a small coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean. Its original name is Nororotu. The nearest island is Rimatara situated to the ESE. The atoll consists of four islets (''îles''), with a den ...

, French Polynesia *

María de Huerva María de Huerva is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 censusInstituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain) the municipality has a population of 2,125 inhabitants. María de Huerva is named after ...

, Aragon, Spain *Villa Maria (disambiguation)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

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

Literature

*María (novel), ''María'' (novel), an 1867 novel by Jorge Isaacs * Maria (Ukrainian novel), ''Maria'' (Ukrainian novel), a 1934 novel by the Ukrainian writer Ulas Samchuk *Maria (play), ''Maria'' (play), a 1935 play by Isaac Babel *''Maria'', a poetic novel (1825) by Antoni Malczewski *''Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman'', a 1798 unfinished novel by Mary Wollstonecraft

Music

Artists *Maria (band), a Japanese all-female band *Maria (Danish singer), born 1978 *Maria (South African singer), 1945–1980 *Maria (Bulgarian singer), born 1982 *Maria (Bruneian singer), born 1989 Albums *Maria (album), ''Maria'' (album), a 1995 album by Jane Siberry *María (EP), ''María'' (EP), a 2020 EP by Hwasa Songs *María (Cátulo Castillo song), "María" (Cátulo Castillo song), 1945 *Maria (West Side Story song), "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), "Maria" (Rodgers and Hammerstein song), from the musical ''The Sound of Music'' 1959 *María (Franco song), "María" (Franco song), 1988 *María (Ricky Martin song), "María" (Ricky Martin song), by Ricky Martin, 1995 *Maria (Blondie song), "Maria" (Blondie song), 1999 *Maria (Östen med Resten song), "María" (Östen med Resten song), 2003 *Maria (US5 song), "Maria" (US5 song), 2005 *"Maria (I Like It Loud)", by Scooter, a cover of "I Like It Loud" by Marc Acardipane *"Maria", by Animal Liberation Orchestra from ''Roses & Clover'' *"María", by Café Tacuba from ''Café Tacuba (album), Café Tacuba'' *"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)