Main

• The German river is from Latin Moenis.
• The Irish river is from an Mhaing, possibly from Old Irish mang (“fawn”), which is said to be related to Proto-Celtic *makʷos (“son”); also compare Proto-Germanic *maguz.[1][2]
• As a Scottish surname, reduced from the North Germanic name Magnus. Also from the adjective main.
• As a Scottish, English, French and Norman surname, from personal names derived from Proto-West Germanic *magan (“to be able”), similar to Mein.
• As a Scottish, English and Norman surname, from the French province of Maine. Compare Mansell.
• As a Scottish, English, and Norman surname, from the Anglo-Norman adjective maine (“great, large”), from Old French magne.
• As a Scottish, English, Norman and French surname, from the noun main (“hand”).

Main

1. A river in southern Germany, flowing from Bavaria to the Rhine.
2. A river in Northern Ireland, flowing into Lough Neagh.
3. A surname.

• Frankfort-on-Main
• Frankfurt am Main
• Gemünden am Main

• main

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Main”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 493.

• Amin, Iman, Mani, Mian, Mina, NAMI, NIMA, Naim, amin, iman, mani, mina

• IPA^(key): /maɪ̯n/

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Main m (proper noun, strong, genitive Maines or Mains)

1. A tributary of the Rhine, in southern Germany

• Mainhattan
• Mainmetropole
• Frankfurt am Main
• Hochheim am Main

• “Main” in Duden online
• “Main” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Main on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Main m

1. Main (a river in southern Germany)

   Synonym: Meno