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[โ€“] Valmond 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In France I know a Maia, in Sweden a Maja!

[โ€“] Dasus 4 points 1 month ago

Oh I haven't heard of French Maias, but I did know Sweden has Maja, that's probably where it came to Finnish from, I'd wager. Yeah, Wikipedia says the Scandic equivalent is Maja, yeah. It's a deviation on "Mary" as I suspected from Mary Poppins.