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👩 A woman's name 🏘️ A town in Italy
Maida

Maida

9.9
A small town in southern Italy known for an 1806 battle
  • proper noun
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  • After visiting many places in Italy, they finally traveled to Maida, where their ancestors once lived.
  • Maida Vale

Examples

  • At half-past midnight on February 1st, 1851, two police officers heard shouts of 'Murder!' coming from Herbert Villa, Howley Road, Maida Vale.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Are you gonna be able to drive all the way to Maida Vale?

    You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)

  • It'sLamacq Live from Radio 1, and we can go across now to our Maida Vale studios.

    Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams (2018)

  • Maida Vale

    Blog text (26)

  • He had attended Maida Hill Academy, just off the Edgware Road, in the late 1830s.

    Academic text (2010)

  • The historic town of Maida in Calabria is famous for the Battle of Maida in 1806.

  • During his history class, he learned about the significance of Maida in the Napoleonic Wars.

Surface Forms

Maida main

Etymology

Maida is the name of a small town in Calabria in southern Italy and is best known for the 'Battle of Maida' fought there in 1806, so in history the word usually points to that place and the battle.