Mariias

Proper noun

Mariia (plural Mariias)

1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Мари́я (Maríja), equivalent to Mary.
   • Sophia Dorothea adopted the Russian Orthodox name Mariia Fedorovna.1982, Hugh Ragsdale, “Paul I (Pavel Petrovich)”, in Joseph L[eon] Wieczynski, editor, The Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History, volume 27 (Pares, Bernard – Peterhof Conferences of 1905)...
2. A transliteration of the Ukrainian female given name Марі́я (Maríja), equivalent to Mary.
   • The post office searched for the sender and found another Gordichuk, who also came from Bukovyna and had a wife there named Mariia.1981, William A[ndrew] Czumer, translated by Louis T. Laychuk, “The Political Process in the Whitford District of Alberta”, in Recollections About the Life of the First Ukrainian Settlers in Canada...