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{{Wiktionarypar|Maya|maya}}{{TOCright}}Maya may refer to:

People and languages

The Maya peoples, peoples of southern Mexico and northern Central America
- Maya civilization, their historical pre-Columbian civilization
- Mayan languages, the family of languages spoken by the Maya
- Yucatec Maya language, specific and most widespread Mayan language, frequently referred to simply as Maya
Maya people (Australia), an Australian Aboriginal tribe
Maya language (Australia), an Aboriginal language
Badimaya language, an Aboriginal language of Australia, also known as "Parti-Maya"
Maya language (Brazil), an unclassified language that may be related to the Panoan languages
Maya (given name), the name.

Maya (illusion), the word for "illusion" in Sanskrit and a concept in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism (Dharmic philosophy)
Maya (Jainism), translated as "greed"; one of the 18 traditional undesirables in Jainism
Mayasura, a Hindu demon often known by the name Maya
Queen Maya, the mother of the historical Buddha
Mahamaya - "Great Maya" - a Vajrayana Buddhist Tantra & meditational deity

Maya (Egyptian) (13th century BC), the treasurer to Pharaoh Tutankhamun of Egypt
Maya (Korean singer) (b. 1979), K-Pop singer
Maya Angelou (b. 1928), African-American author and poet
Maya Bond (b. 2000), Japanese American singer
Maya Bond (actress) (b. 1931), Canadian actress
Maya Bouskilla (b. 1977), Israeli singer
Maya Deren (1917-1961), American avant-garde filmmaker
Maya Gabeira (b. 1987), Brazilian surfer and daughter of the politician Fernando Gabeira
Maya Gold (b. 1981), stage name of a Hungarian pornographic actress
Maya Jobarteh (b. 1983), West African kora player
Maya Lin (b. 1959), American architect and sculptor, designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Maya Mishalska (b. 1974), Mexican actress
Maya Plisetskaya (b. 1925), Russian ballerina
Maya Ritter (b. 1993), Canadian actress
Maya Rudolph (b. 1972), American actress and Saturday Night Live cast member
Battle of Maya a battle in 1813 of the Peninsular War, between British and French forces
Maya Dolas (1966-1991) An Indian gangster who worked for notorious underworld don Dawood Ibrahim

Japanese cruiser Maya of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Maya, the NATO reporting name for Aero L-29 Delfin, a Czech military jet trainer aircraft
Maya (software), a computer program for creating 3D graphics
Maya Signature Series, six-string electric guitars created by Washburn Guitars

Maya, the original name given to Aelita (Code Lyoko) in the TV show Code Lyoko.
(Maya (Space: 1999)), an alien character on the television series Space: 1999
Maya the Bee, a character in a popular German children's book and television series
Maya of Mirinoi, the Yellow Ranger in Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy
Maya Chinn, a character from the American daytime soap opera Passions
Maya Do'Urden, a sister of Drizzt Do'Urden in Forgotten Realms
Maya Gallo, a character in the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me
Maya (Battlestar Galactica), a character in Battlestar Galactica
Maya Fey, a character from the Ace Attorney videogame series
Maya Herrera, a character in the NBC drama series, Heroes
Maya Santos, a character from Maya & Miguel
Maya (Killer Instinct), from Killer Instinct 2 and Killer Instinct: Gold.

Maya, a 1999 book by Jostein Gaarder
Maya, An Assamese Monthly Magazine
Maya, a song by the Incredible String Band from the 1968 album Wee Tam and the Big Huge
Maya (album), by Banco de Gaia
Maya (album), by Zubeen Garg, Assam
Maya (film), a 2001 film by Digvijay Singh
Maya (1966 film), a 1966 American film starring Sajid Khan and Jay North.
Maya (TV series), a U.S. television adventure series that ran from 1967 to 1968 and was a follow-up to the 1966 film
Maya Memsaab, a 1992 Bollywood movie directed by Ketan Mehta
Maya with Doll, a 1938 painting by Pablo Picasso of his daughter Maya
Tamperer featuring Maya, a British pop group
Veil of Maya, a deathcore/technical metal band out of Chicago, Illinois.