The thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, representing the consonant sound /m/.

An Indigenous people and language of the Northeastern Woodlands, especially in eastern Canada.

A singular noun or adjective referring to a member of the Mi'kmaq people or to their language and culture.

A Tahitian term meaning a native or Indigenous person of Tahiti and the surrounding Society Islands.

A Hawaiian term for a person who traditionally embodies both masculine and feminine roles or qualities.

The Indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand, or their language.

An Arabic form of the name of the ninth-century physician and medical writer Yūḥannā ibn Māsawayh, known in Latin as Mesue.

An Arabic phrase meaning “the balance of truth,” also used as the title of a nineteenth-century Christian apologetic work.

The Indigenous name of the Musqueam people and their traditional territory around the lower Fraser River and present-day Vancouver, British Columbia.

A Sanskrit name for the fifth nakshatra, or lunar mansion, traditionally associated with the head of a deer.

An informal term for one’s mother.

An object of worship or deity, especially in Islamic theological language.

A Muslim official authorized to perform or register marriages, especially in Egypt and other Arabic-speaking regions.

In Sufism and Islamic thought, spiritual knowledge or direct inner recognition of divine truth.

An Islamic ethical concept referring to what is recognized as good, right, or socially honorable.

A Western romanization of Mazu, the Chinese sea goddess and protector of sailors and fishermen.

A South Asian term for mother, also used respectfully as a title for a goddess or revered woman.

A Nilotic people of Kenya and Tanzania who traditionally speak the Maa language.

The Maa language spoken by the Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania.

A fairy queen, especially the mischievous supernatural figure known as Queen Mab.