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María.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
María.
Principal English Translation: 

Mary, a woman's name, and in the Catholic religion the reference is to the mother of Jesus Christ; many indigenous women were given this name upon baptism

Attestations from sources in English: 

Ma ximopaquiltitie yn timahuizteocaltzin yn sanctissima Trinidad. Pater noster. Aue maria. = May you be joyful, you who are the honored temple of the Most Holy Trinity. Our Father. Hail Mary. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Louise M. Burkhart, Before Guadalupe: The Virgin Mary in Early Colonial Nahuatl Literature, IMS Monograph series, No. 13 (Albany, New York, Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, University of Albany, 2001), 119.

o sctã Mariae ychpochtle yn titlachihualtzin = oh Saint Mary, oh maiden, you are the creation
(central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Louise M. Burkhart, Before Guadalupe: The Virgin Mary in Early Colonial Nahuatl Literature, IMS Monograph series, No. 13 (Albany, New York, Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, University of Albany, 2001), 119.

themes: 
Religion (Christian)