A female given name from Latin of recent usage.
Used in a Sentence
maia
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for maia.
Editorial note
The extent of powers of the Maia and Valar are never explained explicitly why should they be for Sauron.
Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A female given name from Latin of recent usage.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of maia gathered in one view.
A language spoken in the Madang province of Papua New Guinea.
(Roman mythology) The goddess of growth after whom the month May (Latin maius) was named.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for maia.
noun
A female given name from Latin of recent usage.
See also: maja, genus-maia, genus-maja
noun
A language spoken in the Madang province of Papua New Guinea.
See also: maja, genus-maia, genus-maja
noun
(Roman mythology) The goddess of growth after whom the month May (Latin maius) was named.
See also: maja, genus-maia, genus-maja
noun
(Greek mythology) Daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes.
See also: maja, genus-maia, genus-maja
Example sentences
The extent of powers of the Maia and Valar are never explained explicitly why should they be for Sauron.
Picking up misc pieces, yes 4o was tiny when served at Q4, which is what Maia 100 did (with some Q6).
Microsoft says each server has 4 Maia 100 chips and 256GB total.
We know Microsoft uses Maia 100s to serve GPT-4o for Azure!
This matches the information from Microsoft Maia servers above.
The LLMs do play rated engines (maia and eubos).
Time Magazine science writer Maia Szalavitz interprets...
I like this game between grok-4.1-fast and maia-1100 (engine, not LLM).
Third, and this is a curiosity, gemini-3-pro-preview seems to have played the same game twice against Maia 1900[3][4] and in both cases Maia 1900 blundered (quite suspiciously might I add) mate in one when in a winning position with Qa3??
This makes Maia 200 the most performant, first-party silicon from any hyperscaler, with three times the FP4 performance of the third generation Amazon Trainium, and FP8 performance above Google’s seventh generation TPU.
Second (and this is a minor one) Maia 1900 is currently rated at 1774 on lichess[2], but is 1816 on the leaderboard, to the author’s credit they do admit this in their methodology section.
That is they then play each other as well, but it is not really possible for Gemini to have a higher elo than maia with such a small sample size (and such weak other LLMs).
Quote examples
"Sauron is a powerful Maia, and it's reasonable to assume that he has powers which we aren't told about which he could use against the eagles." To me, things like this discount the use of the term "plot hole".
Add to that the whole business of being "Oldest" and "Fatherless", yet being neither a Vala, nor a Maia, nor even Eru Iluvatar, is enough to make him worthy of deep scrutiny, research, conversation, and speculation.
Proper noun examples
And finally, apart from Gemini (and Survival bot for some reason?), LLMs seem unable to pass Maia-1100 (rated 1635 on lichess).
We know that Sauron is unequaled in power among the Maia.
Wasteland 2, Eternity, Godus, Castle Story, Planetary Annihilation, War for the Overworld, Double Fine, Maia...
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use maia in a sentence?
The extent of powers of the Maia and Valar are never explained explicitly why should they be for Sauron.
What does maia mean?
A female given name from Latin of recent usage.
What part of speech is maia?
maia is commonly used as noun.