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Definition of: Maia
(mā′yə, mī′ə)
1. In Greek mythology, the eldest of the Pleiades, mother by Zeus of Hermes.
2. In Roman mythology, a goddess of growth and spring: identified with the Greek Maia and the Bona Dea. Also Maia Ma·jes·ta (mə·jes′tə).
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