Maria

¹

[muh-ree-uh]

noun

1. calaba.

Maria

²

[muh-ree-uh, -rahy-uh, mah-ree-ah]

noun

1. a female given name, form of Mary.

maria

/ ˈmɑːrɪə /

noun

1. the plural of mare 2

Word History and Origins

Origin of Maria¹

Shortening of Santa Maria ( def. ).

Example Sentences

The man says that at the time he believed he was communicating with a woman called Maria Joseph, and did not know that he was, in fact, communicating with Wootton, according to the claim.

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Perhaps Maria plunges into her yearlong effort to secure long-term care for her mom—getting the insurance company to talk to the third-party records handler, who won’t talk to Kaiser and so forth.

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"My hair caught fire and I started putting it out," said local resident Maria Kalchenko, outside one of the buildings.

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“I looked up and saw the gun right in front of me,” Maria Vidal, who was walking with Colosio at the scene, told the Times in 1994.

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In a statement following the verdict, TRA head Maria Fredenslund said the ruling sent an "important" signal "that violations of artists' rights has consequences".

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