Maine

Map of US highlighting Maine

From French Maine, named by its French explorers after the province in France with the same name, in turn named after the river with the same name that runs through it. From Old French Cemaine, from Latin *Cenomania, from the name of the Gaulish Cenomani tribe of Gallia Celtica. The word was rebracketed as ce (“this”) + Maine, and the ce- was lost by the 12th century.[1]

• (province of France):
  • IPA^(key): /mɛn/, /meɪn/
• (place in the United States):
  • (UK, US) IPA^(key): /meɪn/

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  • Rhymes: -eɪn
  • Homophones: main, mane

Maine

1. A former province of Pays de la Loire, France. Capital: Le Mans.
2. A state of the United States; probably named for the province in France. Capital: Augusta. Largest city: Portland.
3. A town in New York.
4. A town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin; named for the state.
5. A river in Maine, United States, flowing 5.5 miles from Pocomoonshine Lake in Princeton into Crawford Lake in Crawford.
6. University of Maine.

• Maine, Outagamie County, Wisconsin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Maine, New York on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Maine River (Maine) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From French Maine.

• IPA^(key): /mɛːn/

Maine

1. A river in France, flowing 12 km through the city of Angers from the confluence of the Mayenne and Sarthe into the Loire.

• Maine-et-Loire

Maine

1. A Scottish and English surname from Old French, a variant of Main.
2. A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin; named for county sheriff Uriah E. Maine.

• Maine, Marathon County, Wisconsin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Irish An Mhaing

Maine

1. A river in County Kerry, Ireland, flowing 43 km from Tobermaing into the Atlantic at Castlemaine.

• Castlemaine

From Old Irish Maine.

Maine

1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Irish kings Maine mac Cerbaill and Maine mac Néill.

Maine

1. Alternative form of Main: A river in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

• -amine, I mean, amine, anime, animé, manie, minae, minæ

From French Maine.

Maine ?

1. Maine

Borrowed from English Maine.

Maine (genitive Maines)

1. Maine (US state)

From English Maine.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmei̯n/, [ˈme̞i̯n] (inflects like risti)
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑi̯ne/, [ˈmɑi̯ne̞] (rare)

Maine

1. Maine (a state of the United States)
2. Maine (a province of France)

• Minea, Naemi, anime

• IPA^(key): /mɛn/

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From Old French Cemaine, from Latin *Cenomania, from the name of the Gaulish Cenomani tribe of Gallia Celtica. The word was rebracketed as ce (“this”) + Maine, and the ce- was lost by the 12th century.

Maine m

1. Maine (a province of France)
2. Maine (a state of the United States)

From earlier Maienne, from Latin Meduāna, of uncertain origin. Doublet of Mayenne.

Maine f

1. Maine (a small river in western France)

• Maine-et-Loire

• anime, animé, en ami, manie, manié, menai

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Maine

1. (archaic) dative singular of Main

Maine

1. Maine (a state of the United States)

Borrowed from English Maine.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛjn/, /ˈmejn/
• Rhymes: -ɛjn, -ejn

Maine m

1. Maine (a state of the United States)

• ameni, anime, emani, emina, manie, menai

• IPA^(key): /mɛjn/
• Rhymes: -ɛjn
• Syllabification: Maine

Borrowed from English Maine, from French Maine, from Old French Cemaine, from Latin *Cenomania, from the name of the Gaulish Cenomani tribe of Gallia Celtica.

Maine n (indeclinable)

1. Maine (a state of the United States)

Borrowed from French Maine, from Old French Cemaine, from Latin *Cenomania, from the name of the Gaulish Cenomani tribe of Gallia Celtica.

Maine n (indeclinable)

1. A province in northwest France. Capital: Le Mans

• Maine in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Maine in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from French Maine.

Maine

1. Maine (a province of France)

Maine m

1. Maine (a state of the United States)

• IPA^(key): [mejn]

Maine m (genitive singular Mainu, declension pattern of dub)

1. Maine (a state of the United States)

• Maine in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

From French Maine.

Maine ?

1. Maine (a state of the United States)

• mainés

• Maine on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es