Maya

Maya may refer to:

People and languages

• The Maya peoples, peoples of southern Mexico and northern Central America
  • Maya civilization, their historical pre-Columbian civilization
  • Mayan languages, the family of languages spoken by the Maya
  • 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
• Maya (given name), the name.

Religion and mythology

• Maya (illusion), the word for "illusion" in Sanskrit and a concept in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism (Dharmic philosophy)
• Maya (Jainism), translated as "greed"; one of the 18 traditional undesirables in Jainism
• Mayasura, a Hindu demon often known by the name Maya
• Queen Maya, the mother of the historical Buddha
• Mahamaya - "Great Maya" - a Vajrayana Buddhist Tantra & meditational deity

Historical persons or events

• Maya (Egyptian) (13th century BC), the treasurer to Pharaoh Tutankhamun of Egypt
• 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 Bouskilla (b. 1977), Israeli singer
• Maya Deren (1917-1961), American avant-garde filmmaker
• Maya Gabeira (b. 1987), Brazilian surfer and daughter of the politician Fernando Gabeira
• 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
• Battle of Maya a battle in 1813 of the Peninsular War, between British and French forces
• Maya Dolas (1966-1991) An Indian gangster who worked for notorious underworld don Dawood Ibrahim

Geographical locations

• Maya, Western Australia, a location in Western Australia
• Maya Biosphere Reserve, a nature reservation in northern Guatemala
• Maya Karimata, an island in West Borneo, Indonesia
• Maya Mountains, a range in Guatemala and Belize
• Maya River, a river in the region of Sakha, Russia
• Mount Maya, a mountain in Kobe, Japan and the namesake of the Navy cruiser

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

Culture and art

Fictional characters

• Maya, the original name given to Aelita (Code Lyoko) in the TV show Code Lyoko.
• Maya (Space: 1999), 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
• Maya Herrera, a character in the NBC drama series, Heroes
• Maya Santos, a character from Maya & Miguel
• Maya (Killer Instinct), from Killer Instinct 2 and Killer Instinct: Gold.

Art, film, literature, music, TV

• Maya, a 1999 book by Jostein Gaarder
• Maya, An Assamese Monthly Magazine
• 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 (album), by Zubeen Garg, Assam
• 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
• Veil of Maya, a deathcore/technical metal band out of Chicago, Illinois.

Other

• Maya, the Filipino name for the Eurasian Tree Sparrow
• Maya Gold (candy), organic chocolate produced by Green & Black's
• Maya sticks, pieces of resin-rich wood used as a firestarter
• Maya, a Bottlenose Dolphin at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, MD

See also

• Maia
• Majo/Maja