mya (unit), an abbreviation for "million years ago", used as a unit of time in astronomy and geology
Bo Mya, Chief Commander of the Karen National Union
Mya (EnglishVariant of Maia), EnglishVariant of Maia, Greek mythology
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mya (124 words)
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Either a variant of MERVYN or else possibly means "famous friend" in Old English.
Usual English form of Maria, which was the Latin form of the New Testament Greek names Μαριαμ (Mariam) or Μαρια (Maria) (the spellings are interchangeable), which were from the Hebrew name מִרְיָם (Miryam)...
English form of Ματθαιος (Matthaios), which was a Greek form of the Hebrew name מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattityahu) which meant "gift of YAHWEH"...
In ancient times, myrrh was worth more than its weight in gold, priced at 5 times that of frankincense, and it was one of the gifts of the Magi to the baby Jesus.
: Variant of Nell, a nickname for Eleanor, Ellen and Helen.
: Variant of English Paris, itself from the French city name, itself from the name of a Celtic tribe called the Parisii.
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mya, the ISO 639 alpha-3 code for the Burmese language
General Bo Mya, Chief Commander of the Karen National Union
Mya, EnglishVariant of Maia, In Greek and Roman mythology she was the eldest of the Pleiades, the group of seven stars in the constellation Taurus, who were the daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
in Greek mythology Maia is the most beautiful of the Pleiades and the mother of Mercury
in Roman mythology Maja (later seen as identical with the Greek Maia) was a Goddess of fertility and of the growth in Spring
from the name of a religious holiday 'Maria de mercede redemptionis captivorum' (with an English translation of 'Mary of the mercy to redeem captives' or similar)
www.aboutnames.ch /HWM.htm (813 words)
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Further, the effects of the various selective forces are thought to vary with the magnitude of other parameters, such as island area and absolute body size.
We know of one other variant of men in middle earth, the Drúedain, and they are first mentioned only a couple of hundred years after the awakening, hardly time for them to have evolved from men (or vise versa).
If we're trying to associate with the look that PJ/Weta have come up with, the hyena line works for me, even though despite their canine looks, hyenas are actually a completely different line of carnivores than canines and are in fact more closely related to felines.
