maria

«maria» in Mova's school dictionary: Maria: a common girl's name in many countries — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

proper noun (Maria); noun (maria — plural of mare, in astronomy)

meaning for a pupil

1) Maria: a common girl's name in many countries. tree →

2) (astronomy) maria: the plural of «mare», the large dark flat areas on the Moon, once thought to be seas. tree →

3) Maria is also the name of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, used in old exclamations like 'Sancta Maria!' tree →

sense in the lessons

As a name, it appears in stories and maths word problems («Maria has 5 apples»). In science lessons about the Moon, the maria are the dark patches made of old cooled lava; they make the «face» some people see in the Moon. Phrases: lunar maria.

examples

• Maria has twelve stickers and gives away five. tree →
• Maria is the tallest girl in our class. tree →
• The dark patches on the Moon are called maria. tree →
• The maria were made by lava long ago. tree →
• Maria and her dad went fishing. tree →
• You can see the lunar maria without a telescope. tree →
• Ask Maria to share the crayons. tree →
• "Sancta Maria!" resounded from the interior. tree →

note

As a name it takes a capital M. As the astronomy word it is plural; the singular is «mare» (said MAR-ay), not the horse «mare». Trap: the maria are not real seas; there is no water in them.

In the corpora

• Maria Prymachenko was a Ukrainian folk artist from the village of Bolotnia who painted bright, imaginary animals.
• Every Granny Smith tree comes from one seedling found in Australia around 1868 by Maria Ann Smith.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «maria» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.