== 語源・通称 ==
The name is presumably derived from [[Proto-Celtic]] この名称は、原ケルト語で「平原」を表す*''makajā'' denoting "a plain" (genitive makajā(主格*''makajās'' "of the plain").makajās「平原の」)に由来すると推定される<ref>[http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/institutes/sassi/spns/ProtoCelt.pdf Proto-Celtic lexicon] {{webarchive |url=, https://web.archive.org/web/20070927041947/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/institutes/sassi/spns/ProtoCelt.pdf |date=27 September 2007 }}</ref> In modern [[Scottish Gaelic]], the etymologically related term ''[[machair]]'' refers to a fertile grassy plain that is maintained by continuous trampling and grazing of livestock.。現代のスコットランド・ゲール語では、語源的に関連する用語machairは、家畜が継続的に踏みつけ、放牧することによって維持されている肥沃な草原を指す。
In the Dindsenchas Macha is called ''Grian Banchure'', the "Sun of Womanfolk" and is referred to as the daughter of [[Midir]] of Brí Léith.<ref name=dindsenchas-rennes-094-Ard_Macha/>