Marija

Marija

English

Proper noun

Marija

1. A transliteration of the Macedonian or Serbo-Croatian female given name Марија (Marija), equivalent to Mary

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Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1460. From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), ultimately from Hebrew מִרְיָם‎ (miryám). Cognate to English Mary.

Proper noun

Marija f

1. Mary (Biblical figure)
2. a female given name from Latin
3. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Мария (Marija).
4. A transliteration of the Spanish or Italian female given name Maria.
5. A transliteration of the French female given name Marie.

Related terms

• Maija, Maira, Mairita, Māra, Marianna, Marika, Mārīte, Maruta
• Mairis, Māris

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Marija was the only given name of 18 826 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

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Lithuanian

Proper noun

Marija f

1. Mary (Biblical figure)
2. a female given name

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Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian Marìa, from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), from Aramaic מַרְיָם‎‎ (Maryām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈriː.ja/

Proper noun

Marija f (plural Marijiet)

1. (also biblical) a female given name from Sicilian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Aramaic], equivalent to English Mary

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m ̀a.ri.ja/
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ri‧ja

Proper noun

Màrija f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̀рија)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Mary

Declension

Declension of Marija

	singular
nominative	Marija
genitive	Marije
dative	Mariji
accusative	Mariju
vocative	Marijo
locative	Mariji
instrumental	Marijom

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maríːja/

Proper noun

Marȋja f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Mary

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Maríja
genitive	Maríje
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Maríja
genitive (rodȋlnik)	—
dative (dajȃlnik)	—
accusative (tožȋlnik)	—
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Maríji
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Maríjo