Associations to the word «Maria»

Wiktionary

MARIA, proper noun. A unisex given name.
MARIA, proper noun. A Dravidian language spoken in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh provinces in India.
MARIA, proper noun. A Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
MARIA, noun. Plural of mare (lunar plain).

Dictionary definition

MARIA, noun. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
MARIA, noun. Valuable timber tree of Panama.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats