Maya (disambiguation)
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The word Maya or maya can refer to:
Peoples
- The Maya, a Native American peoples of southern Mexico and northern Central America
- * Maya peoples, the contemporary indigenous peoples
- * Maya civilization, their historical pre-Columbian civilization
- * Mayan languages, the family of languages spoken by the Maya
- Maya people (Australia), an Australian Aboriginal group
- Maya language (Brazil), an unclassified language that may be related to the Panoan family
Historical persons
- Maya (Egyptian), a treasurer to the pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty
- Maya (Korean singer), K-Pop singer
- Maya (singer), the singer Maya Days
- Maya Angelou, African-American author and poet
- Maya Deren, American avant-garde filmmaker
- Maya Gold, the stage name of a Hungarian pornographic actress
- Maya Lin, American architect and sculptor, designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Maya Mishalska, a Mexican actress
- Maya Plisetskaya, a Russian ballerina
- Maya Rudolph, American actress and Saturday Night Live cast member
- Queen Maya, the mother of the historical Buddha
Religion
- Maya (illusion), a concept in Hindu and Dharmic philosophy
- Mayasura, a Hindu demon often known by the name Maya
- Queen Maya, the mother of the historical Buddha
Fictional characters or artistic works
- Maya, a book by Jostein Gaarder
- Maya, a song by the Incredible String Band
- Maya, a demi-goddess in Roger Zelazny's book Lord of Light
- Maya (album), by Banco de Gaia
- Maya (Ragnarok) is an MVP monster from the MMORPG Ragnarok Online
- , an alien character on the television series Space: 1999
- Maya (television show), an hour-long television adventure series
- Maya Chinn, a character from the American daytime soap opera Passions portrayed by Kyrie Maezumi
- Maya Ibuki, a character in the fictional Neon Genesis Evangelion anime universe
- Maya of Mirinoi, The Yellow Ranger in Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy
- Maya the Bee, a character in a popular German children's book and television series
- Maya Hernández, a doctor in Babylon 5 TV series.
Other
- Japanese cruiser Maya, of the Imperial Japanese Navy
- Maya is the common name for the Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Maya (software), a computer program for creating 3D graphics
- Maya Gold, a brand of orange-flavoured, organic chocolate produced by Green & Black's and the first product ever to carry fairtrade labelling
- Maya River, a river in the region of Sakha, Russia
- Maya sticks are sticks of resin-rich wood used as a firestarter
- Maya is a town in Western Australia
See also
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