What is maria?

  • (noun): Valuable timber tree of Panama.
    Synonyms: Calophyllum longifolium
    See also — Additional definitions below

Some articles on maria:

Luís I Of Portugal - Marriages and Descendants
... Luís married Princess Maria Pia of Savoy, daughter of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy and Maria Adelaide of Austria ... a deep love at first, but Luis's countless mistresses lead Maria Pia to depression ... Maria Pia also gave birth to another stillborn son in 1869, and suffered miscarriages in 1872 and 1879 ...
Princess Stéphanie Of Belgium - Ancestry
... Maria Amalia of Naples 23 ... Maria Carolina of Austria 1 ... Maria Theresa of Austria 6 ...
Carlota Of Mexico - Princess of Belgium
... Her favorite grandparent Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies, Queen of France, was the consort of Louis-Philippe of France, and a niece of Marie Antoinette ... Maria Amalia was Charlotte's close confidante, and on her wedding day in 1857, she wore a bracelet with a miniature portrait of her ... out of the year, Charlotte stayed in Claremont with Maria Amalia and the rest of her mother's family in exile ...
Maria (given Name)
... Maria is a female (but occasionally male) given name in many diverse cultures, including African, Arab, Armenian, Catalan, Croatian, English, Filipino, Finnish ... the name was used as a feminine form of the Roman name Marius (see Maria (gens)) ... As a first name, Maria ranked seventh out of 4,275 for females of all ages in the 1990 U.S ...
Oskar Maria Graf
... Oskar Maria Graf (22 July 1894 – 28 June 1967) was a German author ... Graf-Berg for the works he regarded as "worth being read", he selected the name Oskar Maria Graf ...

More definitions of "maria":

  • (noun): A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
    Synonyms: mare

Famous quotes containing the word maria:

    It were a blessed sight to see
    That child become a willow tree,
    His brother trees among.
    He’d be four times as tall as me,
    And live three times as long.
    —Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765–1834)

    Kidd Dabb: The boat doesn’t stop at Santa Maria this trip.
    Geoff Carter: Why not?
    Kidd: They have no bananas.
    Geoff: They have no bananas?
    Kidd: Yes, they have no bananas.
    Jules Furthman (1888–1960)

    Not since Moses has anyone seen a mountain so greatly.
    —Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926)