Maine

See also: maine, máine, and mâine

English

Etymology 1

Map of US highlighting Maine

From French Maine.

Pronunciation

  • (province of France):
    • IPA(key): /mɛːn/
  • (place in the United States):
    • (UK, US) IPA(key): /meɪn/
    • (file)
    • Rhymes: -eɪn
    • Homophones: main, mane

Proper noun

Maine

  1. A province in northwest 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.
Derived terms
Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Place names in Maine

Further reading

Etymology 2

From French Maine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛːn/

Proper noun

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.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Maine

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

Further reading

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Maine

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

Etymology 5

From Old Irish Maine.

Proper noun

Maine

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

Etymology 6

Proper noun

Maine

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

Anagrams


Catalan

Etymology

From French Maine

Proper noun

Maine ?

  1. Maine

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Maine.

Proper noun

Maine (genitive Maines)

  1. Maine (US state)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Maine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmei̯n/, [ˈme̞i̯n] (inflects like risti)
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯ne/, [ˈmɑi̯ne̞] (rare)
  • Hyphenation: Mai‧ne

Proper noun

Maine

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

Declension

Inflection of Maine (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative Maine
genitive Mainen
partitive Mainea
illative Maineen
singular plural
nominative Maine
accusative nom. Maine
gen. Mainen
genitive Mainen
partitive Mainea
inessive Mainessa
elative Mainesta
illative Maineen
adessive Mainella
ablative Mainelta
allative Mainelle
essive Mainena
translative Maineksi
instructive
abessive Mainetta
comitative

Anagrams


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛn/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

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.

Proper noun

Maine

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

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

Maine

  1. Maine (a river in France)
Derived terms

Anagrams


Italian

Etymology

From English Maine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.in/, /ˈme.in/

Proper noun

Maine m

  1. Maine (a state of the United States)

Portuguese

Etymology

From French Maine

Proper noun

Maine f

  1. Maine (a province of France)

Proper noun

Maine m

  1. Maine (a state of the United States)

Spanish

Etymology

From French Maine

Proper noun

Maine ?

  1. Maine
  • mainés

See also

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