Maine
A former province of Pays de la Loire, FranceA former province of Pays de la Loire, France. Capital: Le Mans.
» Mike Pompeo claims Iran sank the USS Maine.
Майк Помпео стверджує, що Іран потопив американський броненосний крейсер «Мен».
Meaning
11 senses(error lua exec)A former province of Pays de la Loire, France. Capital: Le Mans.
(error lua exec)A state of the United States; probably named for the province in France. Capital: Augusta. Largest city: Portland.
Maine (US-Bundesstaat)
Мен, МэнMɛn
Мен
(error lua exec)A town in New York.
(error lua exec)A town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin; named for the state.
(error lua exec)A river in Maine, United States, flowing 5.5 miles from Pocomoonshine Lake in Princeton into Crawford Lake in Crawford.
(error lua exec)University of Maine.
A river in Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France, a tributary of the Loire, flowing 12 km through the city of Angers from the confluence of the Mayenne and Sarthe into the Loire.
A Scottish and English surname from Old French, a variant of Main.
A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin; named for county sheriff Uriah E. Maine.
A river in County Kerry, Ireland, flowing 43 km from Tobermaing into the Atlantic at Castlemaine.
A male given name from Old Irish, of historical usage, notably borne by Irish kings Maine mac Cerbaill and Maine mac Néill.
Examples
6 sentencesMike Pompeo claims Iran sank the USS Maine.
Майк Помпео стверджує, що Іран потопив американський броненосний крейсер «Мен». — deniko
Mike Pompeo claims that Iran sank the USS Maine.
Майк Помпео стверджує, що Іран потопив американський броненосний крейсер «Мен». — deniko
Maine is a remote place.
The Applachian Trail ends in Maine.
Do you love Maine?
Translations
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Origin
The US state is from French Maine, named by its French explorers after the province in FraThe US state is from French Maine, named by its French explorers after the province in France with the same name. 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.
From French Maine, from earlier Maienne, from Latin Meduāna, of uncertain origin. Doublet of Mayenne. Unrelated to the French province of the same name.
From Irish An Mhaing
From Old Irish Maine.
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