maria

/məˈɹiːə/

name 5

Collocations

ADJ.

blue, long, loud, other, remarque, sad

Maria's long hair swayed gently as she walked down the street.

VERB + MARIA

name, named, sound, talks

My sister is named Maria after our grandmother.

MARIA + NOUN

brazilian, brothers, callas, father, hair, herself, lessons, lot

Maria's father taught her to cook traditional Portuguese dishes every Sunday afternoon.

PREP.

with, without

ADV.

always, seldom, suddenly

Maria always arrives at work early in the morning.

Definitions

name

A female given name from Hebrew.

Yet herein they come short of the monks and friars in their conceits of the word Maria; they have so tossed it and turned it, so anagrammatized and transposed it, that never were five poor letters so worried since time did put them into the alphabet.

By their dresses, their names, and the airs of quality they give themselves, I am rendered ridiculous among all my acquaintance. My wife, who is a very plain good woman, and whose name is Amey, has been new-christened, and is called Amelia; and my little daughter, a child of a year old, is no longer Polly, but Maria.

Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, in Latin, Spanish, etc. contexts.

A surname originating as a matronymic.

name

A Dravidian language spoken in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh provinces in India.

name

A Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the m

mare

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Yet herein they come short of the monks and friars in their conceits of the word Maria; they have so tossed it and turned it, so anagrammatized and transposed it, that never were five poor letters so

Wiktionary

I've just kissed a girl named Maria / And suddenly I found how wonderful a sound can be! / Maria! Say it loud and there's music playing / Say it soft and it's almost like praying

Wiktionary

Maria has long hair.

Tatoeba · #5994

Maria spends a lot of money on clothes.

Tatoeba · #32353

Maria knew neither his name nor his phone number.

Tatoeba · #32354

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