maxima

plural maximae · plural maximas

1. entertainmentA music note typically equal to two longae (eight semibreves).

   Synonyms: larga, duplex longa, octuple whole note

1. pluralplural of maximum

1. A female given name.

   Luke LaJoye and Polly Ralda (-with baby Maxima)

   2020 February 12, Nadine Kam, “To market together […]”, in Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Honolulu, Haw., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 3

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   Well—this lady—whose name is Miss Maxima Molendillula has turned out to be the Editress of the greatest periodical of the South Seas! is it not delightful?

   1855 October 19, Anna Maria Aspasia Logarithmetica [pseudonym], quotee, “Interesting Disclosure”, in The Hobart Mercury, volume 2, number 171, Hobarton, Van Diemen’s Land: John Davies, →OCLC, page [2], column 3

   She was brought by her guardian to the Summit Manor House, where now his own old maiden cousin, Miss Maxima Rowley, had been induced to come and act as the chaperone of the young heiress, until such time as her marriage with Gerald Fitzgerald should enable her to dispense with such feminine protection.

   1875 March 24, [Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte] Southworth, “Only a Girl’s Heart. […] Chapter IV.—(Continned).^([sic])”, in Taranaki Herald, volume XXIII, number 2,291, New Plymouth, Taranaki: William Henry John Seffern, →OCLC, page [4], column 2

   Sister Mary Maxima, daughter of the late William and Sarah Curoe of Dubuque, died at the residence of the sisters of charity, 513 Sixth avenue, at 7:30 Sunday morning.

   1896 January 28, “Sister Mary Maxima. Death of One of the Sisters of Charity of St. Ambrose School.”, in The Des Moines Leader, Des Moines, Ia.: Strauss & Dawson, →OCLC, page 5, column 3

   “It’s a nightmare,” said Domitille McCulloch, who lives in nearby West University Place and regularly shops in Rice Village with her 2-year-olds, Olympia and Maxima.

   2015 September 4, Erin Mulvaney, “‘It’s brutal to park here’”, in Houston Chronicle, volume 114, number 326, Houston, Tex., →ISSN, →OCLC, page D1, column 2

   In welcoming the birth of his first child on his Facebook page, Zuckerberg posted a photo of himself, his wife and their new daughter, Maxima, nicknamed Max, along with a post entitled “A letter to our daughter.”

   2015 December 2, Yasmeen Abutaleb, “[Mark] Zuckerberg, wife to give 99% of shares to their foundation […]”, in The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, Fargo, N.D., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A2, columns 4–5