Maia

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Maia \Ma"i*a\, n. [From L. Maia, a goddess.] (Zool.)
     (a) A genus of spider crabs, including the common European
         species ({Maia squinado}).
     (b) A beautiful American bombycid moth ({Eucronia maia}).
         [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Maia
       n : type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in
           distribution [syn: {Maja}, {genus Maja}, {genus Maia}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Maia, AS (village, FIPS 47300)
    Location: 14.18594 S, 169.41866 W
    Population (1990): 207 (32 housing units)
    Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 36.5 sq km (water)