noun

• A female given name from Aramaic or Hebrew.
• (religion) The mother of Jesus, believed in Christianity and Islam to have been a virgin at his birth, and believed by some Christians to have been born herself without sin, to have ascended to Heaven without death, and to act as a sympathetic intermediary for believers.
• (biblical) Any of several other women in the New Testament, notably:
• Mary Magdalene, a disciple of Jesus.
• Mary of Bethany, the sister of Lazarus and Martha.
• (Islam) The 19th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an, recounting the events leading up to the birth of Jesus.
• (chiefly US, gay slang) A term of address for a male homosexual.
• (Ireland, dated) A male middle name, given in honour of the Virgin Mary.
• The capital city of the Mary Region, Turkmenistan.
• A region in southeast Turkmenistan.
• Alternative letter-case form of Mary (“male homosexual”) [A female given name from Aramaic or Hebrew.]