"Maze" meaning in English

See Maze in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: * As an English surname, variant of Mays. * As an English and Irish surname, variant of Maye, from Irish Ó Miadhaigh (“descendant of Miadhach”), see miadh (“esteem, respect”). Compare May. * As a Breton surname Mazé, shortened from Mazéo, Breton form of Matthew. * As a French surname Mazé, from a place in Maine-et-Loire, from Latin Masiacum (“estate of Masius”). * Also as a French surname, shortened pet form of Thomas. * Also as a French surname, variant of Mas, from the noun mas (“farmhouse”). * As a Slovene surname, shortened from Tomaž, a form of Thomas. Or, from the verb mazati (“to grease”). * As an Ashkenazic Jewish surname, from Hebrew מאז״ה (Mazeh), an acronym of מִזֶּרַע אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן (mi-zéra' Aharón ha-Kohén, “from the seed of Aaron the priest”), compare Cohen. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|Ó Miadhaigh|t=descendant of Miadhach}} Irish Ó Miadhaigh (“descendant of Miadhach”), {{der|en|br|-}} Breton, {{der|en|fr|-}} French, {{der|en|la|Masiacum|t=estate of Masius}} Latin Masiacum (“estate of Masius”), {{der|en|sl|-}} Slovene, {{der|en|he|מאז"ה|tr=Mazeh}} Hebrew מאז״ה (Mazeh) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Maze
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Maze-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A former prison in Northern Ireland; in full, HM Prison Maze. Categories (place): Places in Northern Ireland
    Sense id: en-Maze-en-name-BiO-sz7b Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Prison Disambiguation of Prison: 0 69 31 0
  3. A townland in County Down, Northern Ireland, the site of the former prison (Irish grid ref J 2261). Categories (place): Places in County Down, Northern Ireland, Places in Northern Ireland
    Sense id: en-Maze-en-name-5mdegPzh
  4. An unincorporated community in Delaware Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States. Categories (place): Places in Pennsylvania, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania, USA
    Sense id: en-Maze-en-name-HTVzaiec Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 14 30 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 13 30 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 14 30 53
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