Mārtiņš Meiers

Măcicaș River (Covasna)

Mārtiņš Trautmanis

Mārtiņš Laksa

Māīka

Mădălin Vlad Lemnaru (born 26 March 1989) is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays in the wing and occasionally fullback position for amateur SuperLiga club Timişoara and București based European Challenge Cup side the Wolves. Dumitru also plays for Romania's national team the Oaks. Lemnaru made his international debut in 2009 in the wing position against Spain. He played for Romania in the IRB Nations Cup and in their 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifying and previously appearing for them in the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Mātale

Māru-ōkoku no Ningyō-hime 2

Mārtiņš Saulespurēns (born 1943) is an audio engineer who co-founded Blue Microphones with musician Skipper Wise. Saulespurēns also developed the tunable capsule for contemporary microphone design and invented the Champagne Microphone Cable.

The Măceșu River is a tributary of the Lotru River in Romania.

Mārtiņš Rubenis (born 26 September 1978) is a retired Latvian luger who competed between 1998 and 2014. He won the bronze medal at the men's singles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, becoming the first Latvian (i.e. representing Republic of Latvia) to win a medal at the Winter Olympics and the only one from Latvia at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Following this he was chosen as Latvian Sportsman of the Year for 2006. He won his second bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi in the Team Relay event. In total he competed in five Olympics.

Mădălin Ştefan Voicu (born 10 July 1952 in Bucharest) is a Romanian musician and politician of Romani ethnicity. Voicu is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and has been a parliamentarian in the Chamber of Deputies since 1996. He is one of only two ethnic Romani politicians in the current parliament; the other is Nicolae Păun, who holds the seat specifically reserved for a member of the Romani minority. Mădălin is the son of Ion Voicu, a well-known Romani-Romanian musician. In his youth, he was close friends with Nicu Ceauşescu, the son of Communist Romania's leader Nicolae Ceauşescu, as well as with other young members of the nomenklatura. Voicu graduated from the National University of Music, completed training as a conductor at various schools abroad, and was employed by orchestras in Craiova and Ploieşti. He began his political activity as a member of the defunct Party of Liberty and Social Unity (PLUS) and then became active in the Social Democratic Roma Party of Romania. Voicu was elected to the seat reserved for minorities in the 1996-2000 legislature before running on the PSD list in 2000.

Mārtiņš Pļaviņš

Mădălin Răileanu (born 31 May 1997) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Metalul Buzău, on loan from Astra Giurgiu.

The Măcica River is a tributary of the Danca River in Romania.

Mārtiņš Roze

Mārtiņš Ķibilds

Māsa Sudō

Mārtiņš Laksa (born 26 June 1990) is a professional Latvian basketball player, who plays as shooting guard. He is currently playing for the Spanish club Monbus Obradoiro in Liga ACB. Laksa is three-time Latvian champion (2011, 2014, 2016). Laksa started his career with ASK Rīga junior squad. In August 2009 Laksa tried out for Spanish club Bilbao Basket. Starting from 2009-2010 season Laksa played for VEF Rīga, where he spent three years. After playing in Riga Laksa made a move to BK Ventspils. Laksa has represented the Latvian national youth team in several competitions. Mārtiņš Laksa is son of former Latvian NT player Jānis Laksa.

Măceu

Māris Gulbis (born October 4, 1985) is a Latvian professional basketball player who currently plays for the BK Ventspils.He is 2.00 m (6 ft 6.75 in) and a power forward.

Māris Ārbergs

Măcicașu

Mārupe Municipality

Mārtiņš Onskulis (born 18 June 1994) is a Latvian alpine skier. He was born in Sigulda. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in giant slalom and slalom.

Mātuhituhi

Mātara District

Māris Bērziņš

Mārtiņš Pļaviņš (born 8 May 1985 in Riga) is a Latvian beach volleyball player. He teamed up with Aleksandrs Samoilovs in 2004. Pļaviņš and team mate Samoilovs represented Latvia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China after which they stopped playing together. At the 2008 Olympics, the #21-ranked Latvian team achieved a major upset in the preliminary round, beating the #1-ranked team of Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser (United States). Latvian team won its preliminary round group and in round of 16 lost to Austrian team Florian Gosch and Alexander Horst. After the 2008 Olympics, he began playing together with Jānis Šmēdiņš. At the 2010 European Beach Volleyball Championships, Pļaviņš and Šmēdiņš won the bronze medal. They followed this up by winning the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. They lost to Rego and Cerutti of Brazil in the semi-final but beat Nummerdor and Schuil of the Netherlands in the bronze medal match.

Mădălina Maria Zamfirescu

Mārtiņš Podžus

Sir Māui Wiremu Pita Naera Pōmare (1875 or 1876 – 27 June 1930) was a New Zealand doctor and politician, being counted among the more prominent Māori political figures. He is particularly known for his efforts to improve Māori health and living conditions. However, Pōmare's career was not without controversy: he negotiated the effective removal of the last of Taranaki Maori land from its native inhabitants - some 18,000 acres - in a move which has been described as the "final disaster" for his people. He was a member of the Ngati Mutunga iwi originally from North Taranaki; he later lived in Wellington and the Chatham Islands after the 1835 invasion.

Mārtiņš Zīverts

Dancer

Mārtiņš Bondars

Mădârjeşti

Mārīte Ozers

Mārtinš Rubenis

The Măcrișu River is a tributary of the Zăbala River in Romania.

Măcin Mountains

Māṇḍūkya

Māris Bērziņš (born 1962) is a Latvian writer and playwright. Māris Bērziņš has a professional background as a civil servant and his first book was published in 2003. He has written short stories and novels. In 2015, he was awarded the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature.

Mārtiņš Krūmiņš (March 2, 1900 – 1992) was a Latvian-American Impressionist painter. He left Latvia after World War II and came to the United States in 1950. As Janis Siliņš wrote in a book about Mārtiņš Krūmiņš (Published by the Latvian Humanities and Social Science Association in 1980 and not copyrighted) "Mārtiņš Krūmiņš ... belongs to those artists of his generation, who amidst the changing trends of contemporary art, after thirty years in exile and emigration, as still basically close to and developing the traditions of their homeland art – of the 'Latvian or Riga School'".

Mădălin Lemnaru

Māris Ziediņš

Măciuceni

Mātrika metre

Mārtiņs Vilšķērsts

Mārtiņš Trautmanis (born 7 July 1988 in Ventspils) is a Latvian cyclist.

Māris Krakops (born April 3, 1978 in Latvia) is a Latvian chess Grandmaster (1998). Māris Krakops started real chess career in 1992 when he participated in Open Junior Championship of USSR in Jūrmala.In 1994 he placed second in the Junior World Championship under 16 in Szeged, Hungary (after Peter Leko). In 1994 he achieved the International Master title. Then, in 1995, Māris Krakops was 8th in the World Junior Chess Championship U-18 in Guarapuava, Brazil and again he placed 8th in the World Junior Chess Championship U-20 in Siófok, Hungary. Māris Krakops won the Latvian Chess Championship in 1998. In 2000 he won Troll Masters in Gausdal, Norway but in 2001 was second in Patras, Greece. In 2001 Māris Krakops won second place at third board in 13th European Team Chess Championship in León. Māris Krakops played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:
* In 1998, at second board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+6, =3, -2);
* In 2000, at second board in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+2, =3, -2);
* In 2002, at fourth board in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (+3, =1, -2). Māris Krakops played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship:
* In 1997, at reserve board in Pula (+2, =5, -0);
* In 1999, at second board in Batumi (+2, =4, -3);
* In 2001, at third board in León (+5, =1, -2). Since 2003 rarely participating in chess tournaments. By profession Māris Krakops is a lawyer.

Madalina-Bianca Molie (born 27 April 1996) is a Romanian female weightlifter, who competed in the 69 kg category and represented Romania at international competitions. She won the silver medal in the snatch at the 2014 European Weightlifting Championships. Later in 2014 she tested positive on the forbidden substance stanozolol and was banned for two years by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

Māzandarān

Māris Ziediņš (born 3 July 1978 in Talsi, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Latvian ice hockey forward currently playing for the Peterborough Phantoms of the English Premier Ice Hockey League. Ziediņš spent four years in St. Norbert College before turning pro with the Rockford IceHogs of the United Hockey League. He then went on to have spells in the ECHL with the Toledo Storm, Greenville Grrrowl and the Stockton Thunder before returning to the UHL with the Chicago Hounds. In 2007, Ziediņš moved to the United Kingdom and signed with the Peterborough Phantoms. In 2008–09, he scored 34 goals and 45 assists for 79 points in 54 games for the Phantoms.

Māris Putenis (born 20 June 1982) is a Latvian racewalker. He competed in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Mārtiņš Zīverts (27 July 1903 in , Vilce parish – 4 October 1990) was a Latvian playwright.

Mātale District

Mārtiņš Saulespurēns

Mārtiņš Grundmanis (18 November 1913 – 30 November 1944) was a Latvian basketball player. Grundmanis won a gold medal at the 1935 EuroBasket competition, becoming the first European champion. He also participated at the 1936 Summer Olympics and at the 1937 EuroBasket. Overall Andersons played 20 games for the Latvian national basketball team. During Nazi occupation of Latvia during World War II, Grundmanis was conscripted into Latvian Legion. He was taken prisoner of war by Soviet Red Army in 1944. He committed suicide in 30 November 1944 at the German POW camp in Sarkandaugava, Riga.

Māris Čaklais (16 June 1940 – 13 December 2003) was a Latvian poet, writer, and journalist. Čaklais studied journalism at the University of Latvia until 1964; his first publications appeared in 1960. He translated to Latvian Bertolt Brecht, Paul Celan, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Rainer Maria Rilke, among others. He also wrote the lyrics, which were set to Imants Kalniņš' music in the movie directed by Rolands Kalniņš, Four White Shirts ("Elpojiet dziļāk!” (Breathe Deeper!)) and Ferenc Molnár's play "Liliom". He died in Riga in 2003.

Măcicaș River (disambiguation)

Mārupe parish

Mārtiņš Nukša (29 September 1878 – 17 May 1942) was a Latvian diplomat and architect. He worked as an architect in Riga during the heyday of Art Nouveau architecture and from 1920 as a diplomat representing Latvia. He was arrested by Soviet authorities after the occupation of Latvia and executed in 1942.

Mădălina Maria Zamfirescu (born 31 October 1994) is a Romanian handballer for SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea and the Romanian national team.

Mădăraş

Māris Martinsons (director)

Mārupe Municipality (Latvian: Mārupes novads) is a municipality in Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by reorganization of Mārupe parish the administrative centre being Mārupe. Riga International Airport is located in the municipality. The Latvian Civil Aviation Agency has its head office at the airport. AirBaltic has its head office on the airport property. SmartLynx Airlines has its head office in Mārupe.

Māṇḍakarṇi

Māris Verpakovskis (born 15 October 1979), is a retired Latvian footballer who played as a striker. As of 2017, he is the only Latvian player to score at the end stage of a major international football tournament.

Māris Ārbergs (born 1962) is a Latvian politician. He was a Deputy of the Saeima from 2006 to 2010, as a member of the People's Party.

Māris Kučinskis (born 28 November 1961) is a Latvian politician and former Prime Minister of Latvia.

Măcrișu River (Zăbala)

Māris Mihelsons

Māttaṛai

Mārtins Rubenis

Mārtiņš Raitums (born 14 April 1985) is a Latvian ice hockey goaltender who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Latvia men's national ice hockey team. He is currently playing for Arystan Temirtau in the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship league.

Māris Gulbis

Măcin

Mārtiņš Raitums

Mārtiņš Karsums (born February 26, 1986) is a Latvian professional ice hockey player currently playing as a right winger for HC Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Karsums was selected in the second round, 64th overall, in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins. He has played in the National Hockey League for the Bruins and the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Māui (Mowee in traditional orthography) was a pioneering traveller from the southern Bay of Islands, who also lived on Norfolk Island, with Samuel Marsden at Parramatta, and in London. Literate and very interested in religion and mathematics, Māui enthusiastically engaged with British culture and Christianity until his death in London in December 1816. He was the first Māori person to be baptised as Christian, following the arrival in New Zealand of missionaries such as Marsden. He was aged 8 or 9 when he was baptised.

Māṭhara

Măcicaş River (Timiş)

Mātara

Măceșu de Jos

Māters

Māzandarān (Shahname)

Măciuca River

Mădălina

Mădălin Licuță Mihăescu (born 21 October 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.

Măcești

Māris Rūdolfs Liepa

Mārtiņš Laksa (born 26 June 1990) is a professional Latvian basketball player, who plays as shooting guard. He is currently playing for the Spanish club Monbus Obradoiro in Liga ACB. Laksa is three-time Latvian champion (2011, 2014, 2016). Laksa started his career with ASK Rīga junior squad. In August 2009 Laksa tried out for Spanish club Bilbao Basket. Starting from 2009-2010 season Laksa played for VEF Rīga, where he spent three years. After playing in Riga Laksa made a move to BK Ventspils. Laksa has represented the Latvian national youth team in several competitions.

Māʻuluʻulu

Măceşu de Sus, Dolj

Mădălin Staicu (born 16 July 1990) is a Romanian former footballer who played in Liga I for Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.

Mārupe municipality

Mārtiņš Roze (28 September 1964 – 8 September 2012) was a Latvian politician. From 2002 till 2009 he was . He was member of Latvian Farmers' Union. He has graduated from University of Latvia.

Măceșu de Jos is a commune in Dolj County, Romania with a population of 1,673 people. It is composed of two villages, Măceșu de Jos and Săpata.

The Măcriș River is a tributary of the Urșani River in Romania.

Măcăreşti, Ungheni

Mātaatua was one of the great voyaging canoes by which Polynesians migrated to New Zealand, according to Māori tradition. Māori traditions say that the Mātaatua was initially sent from Hawaiki to bring supplies of kūmara to Māori settlements in New Zealand. The Mātaatua was captained by Toroa, accompanied by his brother, Puhi; his sister, Muriwai; his son, Ruaihona; and daughter, Wairaka. Mātaatua Māori include the tribes of Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Te Whakatōhea, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāpuhi, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Pūkenga.

Mădârjac is a commune in Iași County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bojila, Frumușica and Mădârjac.

Măcriș River (Urșani)
Măcriș River

Mădăraş, Bihor

Măceşu de Jos

Māris Bičevskis (born August 3, 1991) is a Latvian professional ice hockey player, currently playing for Mountfield HK of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). He is also a part of Latvia men's national ice hockey team. In December 2011, made his debut with Dinamo Riga in official matches in Spengler Cup. On January 9, 2012 he made his KHL debut in a win against Dynamo Moscow. Having left Dinamo Riga as a free agent, Bičevskis signed a two-year contract with Czech club, Mountfield HK of the ELH, from the 2018–19 season.

Mārtiņš Cipulis (born November 29, 1980) is a Latvian ice hockey left winger currently playing for Dinamo Riga, in the Kontinental Hockey League.

Măcrina

Măcin (Romanian pronunciation: [məˈt͡ʃin]; Turkish: Maçin) is a town in Tulcea County, in the Dobrudja region of Romania.

Mădalina Manole

Māwheranui

Mārtiņš Ķibilds (Born: 1974 ) is a Latvian journalist. Ķibilds hosted Gribi būt miljonārs?, a local version of the game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, from its inception in 2002 until 2007.

Māris Riekstiņš (born 8 April 1963 in Riga, Soviet Union) is a Latvian politician and diplomat and a former Foreign Minister of Latvia (November 2007 – April 2010). He is the current Ambassador of Latvia to the Russian Federation.

Māris Jučers (born June 18, 1987) is a Latvian professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for Podhale Nowy Targ of the Polska Hokej Liga. Between 2007 and 2011 Jučers played for the Latvian club Metalurgs Liepaja which participates in the Belarusian Extraleague. On July 19, 2011 it was announced that Māris has signed a 2-year two-way contract with Dinamo Riga. He participated at the 2012 IIHF World Championship and 2013 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Latvia men's national ice hockey team, as well playing two out of three games in qualifying for the 2014 Olympics.

Mārtiņš Grundmanis

Măcica River

Măceșu de Jos, Dolj

Māyū Kībbī al Gharbī Region

Mātā Amritanandamayī

Mădălina Bianca Molie

Māris Kučinskis

Māru-ōkoku no Ningyō-hime

Grandmaster

Māris Bružiks

Māris Grīnblats (born 5 January 1955 in Kuldīga, Soviet Union) is a Latvian politician for For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK (TB/LNNK). Grīnblats was a member of the Citizens' Congress, and a leader of the that emerged from it. He became the founding leader of For Fatherland and Freedom (TB), a party that was created from 18 November Union, in 1993. After the 1995 parliamentary election, Grīnblats, as leader of the centre-right 'National Bloc' coalition formed around TB, was asked to become Prime Minister, but, on 23 November, he failed to get the confidence of the Saeima: falling short by one vote. Instead, he became Minister for Education and Science and a to Andris Šķēle. During Grīnblats leadership of TB, it merged with Latvian National Independence Movement to form the TB/LNNK, and Grīnblats became the party's first chairman. He remained in that position until 2002, at the beginning of the , when he became President of the TB/LNNK's faction in the national legislature, the Saeima, which he remained in the .

Măceşu de Sus

Mārtiņš Grundmanis (18 November 1913 – 30 November 1944) was a Latvian basketball player. Grundmanis won a gold medal at the 1935 EuroBasket competition, becoming the first European champion. He also participated at the 1936 Summer Olympics and at the 1937 EuroBasket. In the first half of the 1930s Grundmanis played for the JKS (Latvian Christian Youth) team. He was also a member of the Latvian Christian Youth Society, and graduated from a four-year physical education program at the University of Tartu. In late 1930s Grundmanis played for the military team Rīgas ASK, and became a two time Latvian champion (1939-1940). Overall Andersons played 20 games for the Latvian national basketball team. During Nazi occupation of Latvia during World War II, Grundmanis was conscripted into Latvian Legion. He was taken prisoner of war by Soviet Red Army in 1944. He committed suicide in 30 November 1944 at the German POW camp in Sarkandaugava, Riga.

Mārupe Parish

Mārtiņš Rubenis

Māui (Hawaiian mythology)

Mădălin Staicu

Māris Grīnblats (born 5 January 1955 in Kuldīga, Soviet Union) is a Latvian politician for For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK (TB/LNNK). Grīnblats was a member of the Citizens' Congress, and a leader of the that emerged from it. He became the founding leader of For Fatherland and Freedom (TB), a party that was created from 18 November Union, in 1993. After the 1995 parliamentary election, Grīnblats, as leader of the centre-right 'National Bloc' coalition formed around TB, was asked to become Prime Minister, but, on 23 November, he failed to get the confidence of the Saeima: falling short by one vote. Instead, he became Minister for Education and Science and a to Andris Šķēle.

Madalina-Bianca Molie

Mădârjac

Mădăras (Hungarian: Madarász; Slovak: Madaras) is a commune in Bihor County, Romania, 3 km from Salonta, located nearby the Hungarian border - on the European road , and the Körös River canal. In 2011, it had 2,828 inhabitants. The commune Hungarian name means "fowler", the Romanian name derives from that as well. It is composed of four villages: Homorog (Oláhhomorog), Ianoșda (Jánosd), Marțihaz (Marciháza) and Mădăras. Homorog has a Romanian Orthodox church; built in the 1830s, it is decorated with a valuable mural from the 1840s.

Māzǔ

"Māya Love" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released on his 1974 album Dark Horse. The song originated as a slide guitar tune, to which Harrison later added lyrics relating to the illusory nature of love – maya being a Sanskrit term for "illusion", or "that which is not". Harrison's biographers consider the lyrical theme to be reflective of his failed marriage to Pattie Boyd, who left him for his friend Eric Clapton shortly before the words were written. Harrison recorded the song at his home, Friar Park, on the eve of his North American tour with Ravi Shankar, which took place in November and December 1974. The recording features Harrison's slide guitar extensively and contributions from four musicians who formed the nucleus of his tour band: Billy Preston, Tom Scott, Willi

Măcislău River

Māttaḷai

Māris Smirnovs (born 2 June 1976 in Daugavpils) is a former Latvian football defender, currently the assistant manager of FK Ventspils, playing in the Latvian Higher League. Smirnovs has played 22 international matches for Latvia national football team. He debuted in 2002, and played at the Euro 2004. Māris Smirnovs played for Dinaburg FC, FK Valmiera, FK Ventspils, Amica Wronki, FC Ditton, Dinamo Bucureşti, Górnik Zabrze, FK Jūrmala and FC Tranzit. After the 2010 Latvian Higher League season Smirnovs retired from professional football.

Māriselu Wind Farm

Māris Riekstiņš

Măcișeni

Māʻili

The Măciuca River is a tributary of the Beşineu river in Romania.

Mădălina Ghenea

Măcicăşeşti

Măcriș River (disambiguation)

Mădălin Ştefan Voicu (born 10 July 1952 in Bucharest) is a Romanian musician and politician of Romani ethnicity. Voicu is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and has been a parliamentarian in the Chamber of Deputies since 1996. He is one of only two ethnic Romani politicians in the current parliament; the other is Nicolae Păun, who holds the seat specifically reserved for a member of the Romani minority. Voicu graduated from the National University of Music, completed training as a conductor at various schools abroad, and was employed by orchestras in Craiova and Ploieşti.

Māris Putenis

Mārtiņi ([mɑːrt̪iɲi]) or Mārtiņdiena is an ancient Latvian winter welcoming holiday, when the time of pieguļa and shepherding came to an end. According to a solar calendar, Mārtiņdiena marks the midpoint between the autumnal equinox (Miķeļi) and winter solstice (Ziemassvētki), and is celebrated in the middle of November. Mārtiņi ended Veļu laiks (Time of the Dead) and started Ledus laiks (Time of Ice), when the swamp became passable and raids of armed men sitting on horses were expected.

Mārtiņš (Latvian god)

Măcreşti

Māyū Kībbī ash Sharqī Region

Măceșu River

Māris Krakops (born April 3, 1978 in Latvia) is a Latvian chess Grandmaster (1998). Māris Krakops started real chess career in 1992 when he participated in Open Junior Championship of USSR in Jūrmala.In 1994 he placed second in the Junior World Championship under 16 in Szeged, Hungary (after Peter Leko). In 1994 he achieved the International Master title. Then, in 1995, Māris Krakops was 8th in the World Junior Chess Championship U-18 in Guarapuava, Brazil and again he placed 8th in the World Junior Chess Championship U-20 in Siófok, Hungary. Māris Krakops won the Latvian Chess Championship in 1998. In 2000 he won Troll Masters in Gausdal, Norway but in 2001 was second in Patras, Greece. In 2001 Māris Krakops won second place at third board in 13th European Team Chess Championship in León.

Mădălina-Bianca Molie

Māui Pōmare

Māris Rūdolfs Liepa (27 July 1936, Riga – 26 March 1989, Moscow) was a Soviet Latvian ballet dancer. He graduated from Riga Choreography School where he was taught by Valentin Blinov (Russian: Валентин Блинов). He performed in Moscow for the first time in 1950. At the height of career, Liepa was considered one of the finest male dancers in the world and one of the most versatile, at home in a wide range of roles. In 1953 Liepa began studies in Moscow Choreography School in a class taught by Nikolay Tarasov and initially was developing as character-role dancer, yet upon graduation transformed into a classic ballet dancer. After graduation from Moscow Choreography School in 1955 he returned to Riga and the Latvian Opera and Ballet Theatre. The company of theatre went on road-show to Moscow during December of the same year, where Māris Liepa was noticed by one of the Bolshoi's prima ballerinas, Maya Plisetskaya. She invited Liepa to join her ballet company on a tour in Budapest in 1956. He accepted the invitation to become a part of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre, and after four seasons he became one of the lead artists. Māris Liepa was invited to become a part of Moscow State Academic Bolshoi Theatre troupe that toured Poland, and shortly after this tour Liepa was offered a place in the company by the Theatre's Ballet Master Leonid Lavrovsky. Liepa's debut on the stage of the Moscow State Academic Bolshoi Theatre saw him perform Basil in Don Quixote, again with Maya Plisetskaya in the early 1960s, and shortly after he played the most crucial role of his career – Count Albert in staging of Giselle. Collaboration with the new Ballet Master of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre Yuri Grigorovich began in 1964. In 1966 Liepa had his first performance in re-staged Fokin's Spirit of the Rose, in 1968 he played a part in the new version of Spartacus and received the highest accolades for the role of Krass in 1970. The relationship of Māris Liepa and the Ballet Master of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre flattened during the 1970s and he remained off the list of performers of the new productions staged by Grigorovich. Liepa danced his last large role with the theater in 1977, in a staging of Chipollino. After leaving, he staged and organized several of his own creative performances and actively cooperated with the new ballet troupe of Boris Eifman. Liepa submitted a resignation in 1982; however, the end to his ballet and artistic career was to come much later. He worked as a ballet teacher and became the Artistic Director of Sofia National Opera between 1983 and 1985. In 1989 Liepa created his own ballet theatre in Moscow. Repertoire of Māris Liepa included couple dozen roles, from Swan Lake to Spartacus. He has performed on stages of Europe and USA. Liepa has played roles in movies and TV, in Hamlet and Spartacus. A book, I Want to Dance for Hundred Years, written by Māris Liepa, was published in Riga in 1981. Liepa is a winner of many distinguished Soviet Union awards, prizes and bestowals, including the medal, Paris Ballet Academy Vaslav Nijinsky award and Marius Petipa Prize. Latvian National Opera hosts the annual Māris Liepa memorial concerts that are organized by his children - son Andris and daughters Ilze (ballet dancer) and Maria (actress and singer).

Mădrigești

The Măcin Mountains (Romanian: Munții Măcin) is a mountain range in Tulcea County, Dobrogea, Romania. Part of the Northern Dobruja Massif, they are located between Danube River to the north and west, Taița River and Culmea Niculițelului to the east and to the south. Seen from the Danube, they seem only low hills. However, they are a mountainous region. The Măcin Mountains are one of the oldest in Romania, being formed in the second part of the Paleozoic, in the Carboniferous and Permian, during the Hercynian orogeny. The predominant rock is granite. Erosion (caused by the difference of temperature) has created steep slopes, with the aspect of ruins. They are divided in Culmea Măcinului (the southern part) and Culmea Pricopanului (the northern part). The highest peak is Țuțuiatu (also called Greci), which has a height of 467 meters. Other important peaks are Priopcea Hill (410 m) and Muntele lui Iacob (Iacob's Mountain – 341 m).

Măceşu River

Mārtiņš Karsums

The Măcin Mountains (Romanian: Munții Măcin) is a mountain range in Tulcea County, Dobrogea, Romania. Part of the Northern Dobruja Massif, they are located between Danube River to the north and west, Taița River and Culmea Niculițelului to the east and to the south. Seen from the Danube, they seem only low hills. However, they are a mountainous region.

Măceşu

Mădăras

Mārtiņš Cipulis

Mārsnēni parish

Mārtiņš Rubenis (born 26 September 1978) is a retired Latvian luger who competed between 1998 and 2014. He won the bronze medal at the men's singles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, becoming the first Latvian (i.e. representing Republic of Latvia) to win a medal at the Winter Olympics and the only one from Latvia at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Following this he was chosen as Latvian Sportsman of the Year for 2006. He won his second bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi in the Team Relay event. In total he competed in five Olympics. Rubenis has also won the gold medal at the 1998 World Junior Championships, as well as the silver and bronze medals at the 2003 and 2004 World Championships respectively. He also won three medals in the Team Relay event at the FIL European Luge Championships with a golds in 2008 and 2010, and a bronze in 2006. Rubenis retired after the 2014 Winter Olympics. He announced his retirement after the men's event, in which he finished 10th, yet a few days later Rubenis won a bronze medal being a part of the Latvian Relay Team. As a result, he and his team-mates in the relay squad were featured on a commemorative stamp issued by Latvian Post. Following his retirement, he was appointed as coach of the Latvian national luge team, and additionally uses his skills as a mechanical engineer to design sleds for the team, having already made his own sleds whilst competing. He also became a member of the Latvian Olympic Committee, having previously served as an athlete representative to the International Luge Federation. He has been a practitioner of Falun Gong since 2005. Rubenis is a musician and DJ and a member of the DJs group Värka Kru.

Māris Jučers

Măcărești, Ungheni

Māris Ziediņš (born 3 July 1978 in Talsi, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Latvian ice hockey forward currently playing for the Peterborough Phantoms of the English Premier Ice Hockey League. Ziediņš spent four years in St. Norbert College before turning pro with the Rockford IceHogs of the United Hockey League. He then went on to have spells in the ECHL with the Toledo Storm, Greenville Grrrowl and the Stockton Thunder before returning to the UHL with the Chicago Hounds. In 2007, Ziediņš moved to the United Kingdom and signed with the Peterborough Phantoms. In 2008–09, he scored 34 goals and 45 assists for 79 points in 54 games for the Phantoms. Ziediņš represented Latvia in the 2005 World Ice Hockey Championship and the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Mārtiņš Meiers (born March 30, 1991) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Enisey of the VTB United League.He has previously represented the Latvian national team in EuroBasket 2011, EuroBasket 2013, and EuroBasket 2015.

Māris Grīnblats

Măceşu de Jos, Dolj

Mārtiņš Porejs

Mātaatua

Māya Love

Mădălina Zamfirescu

Mārtiņi

Mădălin Răileanu

Māttaṛai District

Māris Verpakovskis

Mădălin Voicu

Mădălina Molie

Māui

Mădrigeşti

Măcăi

Mārkandeya Purana

Māsūlé

Māris Čaklais

Mă Hóngkuí

Măcişeni

Măcrești

Măceşti

Măderat

Māyādevī

Mārtiņš Pļaviņš (born 8 May 1985 in Riga) is a Latvian beach volleyball player. He teamed up with Aleksandrs Samoilovs in 2004. Pļaviņš and team mate Samoilovs represented Latvia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China after which they stopped playing together. At the 2008 Olympics, the #21-ranked Latvian team achieved a major upset in the preliminary round, beating the #1-ranked team of Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser (United States). Latvian team won its preliminary round group and in round of 16 lost to Austrian team Florian Gosch and Alexander Horst.

Mārtiņš Vilšķērsts

Māris Ļaksa

The māʻuluʻulu is a traditional Tongan dance, performed by a group of seated men and women; stylistically, the dance form is a direct successor of the ancient Tongan ʻotuhaka having been synthesized with the Samoan Māuluulu which was imported during the 19th century. In the ʻUiha tradition the arrangement is different: the women sit on the ground in the frontrow(s) but the men stand behind them and act more as in a lakalaka.

Mārtiņš Bondars (born 31 December 1971) is a Latvian financier, politician, and former basketball player. He has been member of the Latvian parliament since 2014. Bondars previously served as chief of staff to then President of Latvia Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga and chairman of the Latvijas Krājbanka board (until 2009).

Măceșu de Sus, Dolj

Māris Jass

Mārsnēni parish (Latvian: Mārsnēnu pagasts) is an administrative unit of the Priekuļi Municipality, Latvia.

Mārtiņš Vilšķērsts, also known as Martin Vilskersts (born 26 March 1993 in Rīga) is a Latvian rock drummer. He is the drummer of the Latvian rock band Crow Mother.

Mārtiņš Podžus (born 29 June 1994) is a Latvian tennis player. Podžus has a career high ATP singles ranking of 434 achieved on 8 October 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 576 achieved on 26 November 2018. Podžus has represented Latvia at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 15–14. He debuted in the Latvian Davis Cup team at 17 years and 10 days old, in 8 July 2011, against Denmark. Podžus has a twin brother Jānis Podžus who is also a tennis player.

Māris Smirnovs

Mārtiņš Freimanis (7 February 1977 – 27 January 2011) was a Latvian musician, singer, songwriter, actor, and TV personality. Freimanis was born in Liepāja, but spent his childhood in Aizpute.

Mădălina-Victorița Gojnea (born 23 August 1987 in Ploiești) is a former Romanian tennis player. On 4 July 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 149 whilst her best doubles ranking was 191 on 9 July 2007. In 2013, only 25 years old, she announced her retirement due to multiple injuries. In May 2015, after almost two years of absence from the pro circuit, Mădălina made her comeback to playing tennis at the Pamira Open, an ITF event held in Sibiu. But her last pro match took place in August of the same year.

Măcrişu River (Zăbala)

Mātihetihe

Mārtiņš Krūmiņš

Măcăreşti

Mārūt

Māris Ļaksa (born 8 September 1981 in Ventspils) is a Latvian professional basketball forward who, as of 2012, is a member of BC Rakvere Tarvas. He is also a member of Latvia national basketball team. His father, , is a basketball coach.

Mārôr

Măcrişu River (Pleşu)

Mātrika metre is a quantitative system of poetic metre in Indic languages. The unit of measurement is the mātrā or 'beat', from which it takes its name. A short vowel or a pause is counted as one mātrā, and long vowels, diphthongs, or a short vowel followed by a consonant cluster counts as two mātrās. In recitation, however, 'long vowels may be pronounced as short, or short as long, in order to fit the words into the desired metre. For this reason, the mātrā count does not always correspond exactly to the written vowel arrangement.' Different mātrika metres have different rules determining caesurae; most require a specific pattern of rhyme. The most popular of these metres in Hindi are the chaupāī (sixteen mātrās), the chaupaī (fifteen mātrās), and the dohā (thirteen mātrās in the first and third feet and eleven, along with end-rhyme in the second and fourth).

Māris Bružiks (born 25 August 1962 in Pļaviņas, Latvia) is a retired triple jumper who represented the USSR, and later, following its dissolution, Latvia. He first won the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1986, setting a championship record (CR) with 17.54 metres. The record still stands, having been equalled by Christian Olsson in 2002. Outdoor Bružiks reached 17.56 metres, in September 1988. He was New York City-based former model Ines Misan's first husband.

Mātā Amritanandamayī Devi

Māris Diļevka

Māru-Gurjara architecture

Mădăraş, Haghita

Māris Liepa

Mădălin Mihăescu

Măcrișu River (disambiguation)

Măcrișu River

Māris Krakops

Māris Bičevskis

Mădălina Gojnea

Māui (early Christian convert in New Zealand)

Māṇḍakarṇi (Sanskrit माण्डकर्णि) was a hermit, mentioned in Book III (Aranya Kanda) of Ramayana. His story is told to Rama by sage Dharmabhrit during the journey through the Dandaka forest, when Rama, standing on the bank of the forest lake, asks about the origin of wondrous music coming from an unknown source.

Măcicaş River (Covasna)

Măcărești is a commune in Ungheni District, Moldova. It is composed of two villages, Frăsinești and Măcărești.

Măcicaşu

Mārtiņš Antons (7 January 1888, in Kocēni parish – 1941) was a Latvian lawyer and politician. He graduated from St. Petersburg University in 1912, Faculty of Law, then worked as a lawyer in Riga.During the First World War he was a member, and the Latvian Riflemen Organizing Committee. He was elected member of the Constitutional Assembly (1920), and Labor Party member of the presidium. Involved with politicians in Stockholm, he was deported to Russia, and was killed in 1941 during World War II.

Mădârjești

Māwhera (disambiguation)

Poet, writer

Mārtiņš Bondars (born 31 December 1971) is a Latvian financier, politician, and former basketball player. He has been member of the Latvian parliament since 2014. Bondars previously served as chief of staff to then President of Latvia Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga and chairman of the Latvijas Krājbanka board (until 2009). He was the leader of the Latvian Association of Regions and a member of its constituent party, the . He participated in the Latvian election for President in 2015 as the nominee of his alliance. On July 28, 2017 he quit his post as the head of the Regional Alliance, protesting the party's decision to support Inguna Sudraba as head of the recently established parliamentary committee investigating the so-called "oligarch transcripts". On December 18 Bondars also left the alliance. In 2018, he joined their former allies during the 2017 Riga City Council elections, the party For Latvia's Development.

Māris Čaklais (16 June 1940 – 13 December 2003) was a Latvian poet, writer, and journalist. Čaklais studied journalism at the University of Latvia until 1964; his first publications appeared in 1960. He translated to Latvian Bertolt Brecht, Paul Celan, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Rainer Maria Rilke, among others. He also wrote the lyrics, which were set to Imants Kalniņš' music in the movie directed by Rolands Kalniņš, Four White Shirts ("Elpojiet dziļāk!” (Breathe Deeper!)) and Ferenc Molnár's play "Liliom". Čaklais worked at the newspapers "Literatūra un Māksla" (Literature and Art) and "Literatūra un Māksla Latvijā” (Literature and Art in Latvia), and for the Radio Free Europe. In 2000, Čaklais was a member of the Latvian delegation to the European writers project Literature Express Europe 2000.From 2000 to 2003, he was the editor-in-chief of the literary journal "Karogs". Following re-establishing of Latvian independence in 1990, Čaklais received the Fridtjof Nansen International Award (1994), the Latvian Annual Literature Award (2000), the Order of the Three Stars (2000), and the Herder Prize (2002). He died in Riga in 2003.

Mārtiņš Freimanis

Mārsnēni Parish

In Hawaiian religion, Māui is a culture hero and ancient chief who appears in several different genealogies. In the Kumulipo, he is the son of ʻAkalana and his wife Hina-a-ke-ahi (Hina). This couple has four sons, Māui-mua, Māui-waena, Māui-kiʻikiʻi, and Māui-a-kalana. Māui-a-kalana's wife is named Hinakealohaila, and his son is named Nanamaoa. Māui is one of the Kupua. His name is the same as that of the Hawaiian island Maui, although native tradition holds that it is not named for him directly, but instead named after the son of Hawaii's discoverer (who was named after Māui himself).

Māris Diļevka (born March 3, 1992) is a Latvian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for HK Liepājas Metalurgs of the Belarusian Extraleague. He participated at the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships as a member of the Latvia men's national junior ice hockey team.

Māris Smirnovs (born 2 June 1976 in Daugavpils) is a former Latvian football defender, currently the assistant manager of FK Ventspils, playing in the Latvian Higher League. Smirnovs has played 22 international matches for Latvia national football team. He debuted in 2002, and played at the Euro 2004. Māris Smirnovs played for Dinaburg FC, FK Valmiera, FK Ventspils, Amica Wronki, FC Ditton, Dinamo Bucureşti, Górnik Zabrze, FK Jūrmala and FC Tranzit. After the 2010 Latvian Higher League season Smirnovs retired from professional football. Before the start of the 2012 Latvian First League season Smirnovs was appointed as the assistant manager of FK Ventspils-2. In 2013, he became the assistant manager of FK Ventspils first team.

Măcicaș River

Mārtiņš Skirmants born December 7, 1977 in Rīga, Latvia is a former Latvian professional basketball player who played the Center position.

Mārtiņš Lācis

Māris Rūdolfs Liepa (27 July 1936, Riga – 26 March 1989, Moscow) was a Soviet Latvian ballet dancer. He graduated from Riga Choreography School where he was taught by Valentin Blinov (Russian: Валентин Блинов). He performed in Moscow for the first time in 1950. At the height of career, Liepa was considered one of the finest male dancers in the world and one of the most versatile, at home in a wide range of roles.

Māris Jass (born January 18, 1985) is a Latvian professional ice hockey forward. He is currently playing a free agent having last played for GKS Katowice of the Polska Hokej Liga.

Māris Poikāns (born 11 November 1962, Vidriži) is a Latvian bobsledder who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s for Soviet Union. He won the combined men's Bobsleigh World Cup championship in 1989–90. He also won a bronze medal alongside brakeman Andrei Gorochov in the two-man race at the European Championship in 1990. Competing in two Winter Olympics, Poikans earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event at Calgary in 1988.

Măcăreuca

Māṇḍakarṇi (Sanskrit माण्डकर्णि) was a hermit, mentioned in Book III (Aranya Kanda) of Ramayana. His story is told to Rama by sage Dharmabhrit during the journey through the Dandaka forest, when Rama, standing on the bank of the forest lake, asks about the origin of wondrous music coming from an unknown source. Māṇḍakarṇi is said to have performed austere rites by staying in a stream and feeding on nothing but air for ten thousand years. Through these rites he gained great power, which alarmed the Gods. Frightened by his Tapas, they sent five lovely Apsaras to beguile him and seduce him from his vows. They succeeded in their mission, and became bound to Māṇḍakarṇi as his wives. Through his holy power he created a wondrous palace under the lake for the heavenly dames to enjoy. The lake is called Panchāpsaras ([the lake of] Five Apsaras (Nymphs)). When wanderers come to the bank of the lake, they sometimes hear heavenly strains and charming music coming from beneath the water. This, Ramanaya tells, is the sound of Apsaras playing with their zones and bracelets for Māṇḍakarṇi's pleasure, who also restored his youth through his exceptional penance.

Māyū Kībbī ash Sharqī

Mārtiņš Porejs (born July 6, 1991 in Riga) is a Latvian ice hockey player, currently playing for Dinamo Riga of Kontinental Hockey League. He played for and SK LSPA/Riga teams before joining HK Riga. On November 23, 2012, he made his debut in KHL playing for Dinamo Riga on 1–0 win against Neftekhimik.

Mārupes novads

Māyū Kībbī al Gharbī

Mārtiņš Antons

Mātsarya

The māʻuluʻulu is a traditional Tongan dance, performed by a group of seated men and women; stylistically, the dance form is a direct successor of the ancient Tongan ʻotuhaka having been synthesized with the Samoan Māuluulu which was imported during the 19th century. The performers sit down in a row on the ground, crosslegged, usually the right leg over the left. If possible men and women alternate. To the left and/or right is/are the nafa (see below), behind them stand the langituʻa, the singers. On informal occasions the dancemaster may walk around, clapping his hands to keep up the rhythm and to encourage the performers. On formal occasions, like a presentation to the king, the dancemaster also stands in the back. Only when the dancemaster is the chief , he is allowed per tradition to be in front. If there are many dancers, often the case when a school performs, up to 500 at a really huge occasion, they sit in staggered rows. The dancers of front row (which gets the most attention and therefore sits the best dancers or the ones with the highest social status) sit on the ground. The second row on a low bench, the next row on a higher bench, and so forth. The last row usually stands, or if that is still not enough, they may stand on benches and tables. If the dance is an effort of a local community, young and old perform. The youngest children then cutely sit at the ends of the rows. In the ʻUiha tradition the arrangement is different: the women sit on the ground in the frontrow(s) but the men stand behind them and act more as in a lakalaka. Like the ʻotuhaka, the māʻuluʻulu consists usually of a sung and a silent part. It starts with the beating of the nafa, huge drums made from discarded 200 litre, iron, fuel drums, covered with a leather skin. The nafa-master can make a whole show of it, hitting the drums with his two decorated sticks almost performing a dance himself. Once he has calmed down and he, and his helpers have settled down in a continuous beating of the drums, the tafua starts. This is the silent part of the performance in which the dancers are performing all the typical haka (dance gestures) of the main dance, as whether they want to show them off before you would be distracted by the singing later. In semi-formal performances this is the moment that the public, which has become māfana (excited), can come forward to put on the dancers they fancy to be the best or close family. On really formal performances this is not allowed, on really informal performances, often fundraising, the fakapale goes on about for the whole dance, which unfortunately distracts a lot.When the tafua is over the nafa usually stops and singing starts. Like all other Tonga dances, the gestures do have some relationship with the words, but are largely symbolic. Like in the ʻotuhaka the haka are supposed to be performed close the body, haka nounou (short armed) as opposed to the lakalaka. However the Vavaʻu tradition allows much wilder and wider arm movements. The lyrics of the song is usually made for the occasion, praising the object into the skies. A silver jubilee of a school, a birthday of the king, and so on. The music is very limited. There are about 10 different tunes which can be used in a māʻuluʻulu, so that to the untrained ear they all sound much alike.Once the song is over another tafua follows. At this time the tempo of the dance has been increased feverishly, and so has the excitement of the public. A māʻuluʻulu takes around 15 minutes to complete. But it may have taken the performers 2 or 3 months to memorise the sequence of gestures. For a school there are daily sessions at the end of the class hours, for a community it will fill all their free nights, often combined with a faikava.

Mārtiņš Skirmants

Mārtiņš Onskulis

Mātrika metre is a quantitative system of poetic metre in Indic languages. The unit of measurement is the mātrā or 'beat', from which it takes its name. A short vowel or a pause is counted as one mātrā, and long vowels, diphthongs, or a short vowel followed by a consonant cluster counts as two mātrās. In recitation, however, 'long vowels may be pronounced as short, or short as long, in order to fit the words into the desired metre. For this reason, the mātrā count does not always correspond exactly to the written vowel arrangement.' Different mātrika metres have different rules determining caesurae; most require a specific pattern of rhyme.

Māris Poikāns

Mārtiņš Nukša

Mārttānda Varma

"Māya Love" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released on his 1974 album Dark Horse. The song originated as a slide guitar tune, to which Harrison later added lyrics relating to the illusory nature of love – maya being a Sanskrit term for "illusion", or "that which is not". Harrison's biographers consider the lyrical theme to be reflective of his failed marriage to Pattie Boyd, who left him for his friend Eric Clapton shortly before the words were written. Harrison recorded the song at his home, Friar Park, on the eve of his North American tour with Ravi Shankar, which took place in November and December 1974. The recording features Harrison's slide guitar extensively and contributions from four musicians who formed the nucleus of his tour band: Billy Preston, Tom Scott, Willie Weeks and Andy Newmark. Reviewers note the track as an example of its parent album's more diverse musical genres, namely funk and rhythm and blues, compared with the more traditional rock orientation of Harrison's earlier solo work. Harrison played "Māya Love" throughout his 1974 tour, although no live recording has ever been officially released. The song later appeared as the B-side of Harrison's second single off his 1975 album Extra Texture, "This Guitar (Can't Keep from Crying)", which was the final release by Apple Records in its original incarnation.

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