Meanings
proper noun
- A surname.
1 more example
The suit was filed by Rupa Marya, an internal medicine physician and professor at UCSF, identified as an expert in decolonial theory. Marya was placed on leave in September 2024 and had her clinical privileges briefly suspended by the UCSF executive medical board following comments she made on X that questioned the impacts of Zionism as “a supremacist, racist ideology” on healthcare.
2025 June 7, Edward Helmore, “Professor sues University of California for suspension over comments about Israel’s war in Gaza”, in The Guardian
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APA
Marya. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marya
MLA
“Marya.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marya. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Marya,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Marya.
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