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'Maya' may refer to:

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People and languages

Religion and mythology

Historical persons

Geographical locations

Technology

Fictional characters or artistic works

Fictional characters

Art, film, literature, music, TV

Other

See also

People and languages

★ The Maya, Native American peoples of southern Mexico and northern Central America

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★ Maya peoples, the contemporary indigenous peoples

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★ Maya civilization, their historical pre-Columbian civilization

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★ Mayan languages, the family of languages spoken by the Maya

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★ Yucatec Maya language, specific and most widespread Mayan language, frequently referred to simply as Maya

★ Maya people (Australia), an Australian Aboriginal tribe

★ Maya language (Australia), an Aboriginal language

★ Badimaya language, an Aboriginal language of Australia, also known as "Parti-Maya"

★ Maya language (Brazil), an unclassified language that may be related to the Panoan languages

Religion and mythology

★ The Sanskrit word "Illusion".

★ Maya (Jainism), translated as "greed"; one of the 18 traditional undesirables in Jainism

★ 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

Historical persons

★ Maya (Egyptian) (13th century BC), the treasurer to Pharaoh Tutankhamun of Egypt

★ Maya (Japanese model) (b. 1982), Japanese model

★ Maya (Korean singer) (b. 1979), K-Pop singer

★ Maya Angelou (b. 1928), African-American author and poet

★ Maya Bond (b. 2000), Japanese American singer

★ Maya Bond (actress) (b. 1931), Canadian actress

★ Maya Deren (1917-1961), American avant-garde filmmaker

★ Maya Gold (b. 1981), stage name of a Hungarian pornographic actress

★ Maya Jobarteh (b. 1983), West African kora player

★ Maya Lin (b. 1959), American architect and sculptor, designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

★ Maya Mishalska (b. 1974), Mexican actress

★ Maya Plisetskaya (b. 1925), Russian ballerina

★ Maya Ritter (b. 1993), Canadian actress

★ Maya Rudolph (b. 1972), American actress and ''Saturday Night Live'' cast member

Geographical locations

★ Maya River, a river in the region of Sakha, Russia

★ Maya Biosphere Reserve, a nature reservation in northern Guatemala

★ Maya, Australia, a location in Western Australia

★ Mount Maya, a mountain in Kobe, Japan and the namesake of the Navy cruiser

★ Maya (Indonesia), an island West Borneo, Indonesia.

Technology

★ Japanese cruiser ''Maya'' of the Imperial Japanese Navy

★ Maya, the NATO reporting name for Aero L-29 Delfin, a Czech military jet trainer aircraft

★ Maya (software), a computer program for creating 3D graphics

★ Maya Signature Series, six-string electric guitars created by Washburn Guitars

Fictional characters or artistic works

Fictional characters

★ Maya, the original name given to Aelita (Code Lyoko) in the TV show ''Code Lyoko''.

★ , an alien character on the television series ''Space: 1999''

★ Maya the Bee, a character in a popular German children's book and television series

★ Maya of Mirinoi, the Yellow Ranger in ''Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy''

★ Maya Chinn, a character from the American daytime soap opera ''Passions''

★ Maya Do'Urden, a sister of Drizzt Do'Urden in ''Forgotten Realms''

★ Maya Gallo, a character in the NBC sitcom ''Just Shoot Me''

★ Maya (Battlestar Galactica), a character in ''Battlestar Galactica''

★ Maya Fey, a character from the Ace Attorney videogame series

Art, film, literature, music, TV

★ Apocalypto, a 2006 movie by Mel Gibson

★ ''Maya'', a 1999 book by Jostein Gaarder

★ ''Maya'', a song by the Incredible String Band from the 1968 album ''Wee Tam and the Big Huge''

★ ''Maya'' (album), by Banco de Gaia

★ ''Maya (film)'', a 2001 film by Digvijay Singh

★ ''Maya (1966 film)'', a 1966 American film starring Sajid Khan and Jay North.

★ ''Maya'' (TV series), a U.S. television adventure series that ran from 1967 to 1968 and was a follow-up to the 1966 film

★ ''Maya Memsaab'', a 1992 Bollywood movie directed by Ketan Mehta

★ ''Maya with Doll'', a 1938 painting by Pablo Picasso of his daughter Maya

★ Tamperer featuring Maya, a British pop group

Other

★ Maya, the Filipino name for the Eurasian Tree Sparrow

★ Maya Gold, a brand of orange-flavoured, organic chocolate produced by Green & Black's

★ Maya sticks, pieces of resin-rich wood used as a firestarter

See also

★ Maia

★ Majo/Maja
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