Maine
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English
Etymology 1
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]
Pronunciation
- (province of France):
- (place in the United States):
Proper noun
Maine
- A former province of Pays de la Loire, France. Capital: Le Mans.
- A river in Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France, a tributary of the Loire.
- A state of the United States; probably named for the province in France. Capital: Augusta. Largest city: Portland.
- Holonym: New England
- A town in New York.
- A town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin; named for the state.
- A river in Maine, United States, flowing 5.5 miles from Pocomoonshine Lake in Princeton into Crawford Lake in Crawford.
- University of Maine.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
former province in France
US State
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See also
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| Federal district: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Maine”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
Maine, Outagamie County, Wisconsin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Maine, New York on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Maine River (Maine) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Maine
- 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
- 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.
Further reading
- Maine, Marathon County, Wisconsin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 4
Proper noun
Maine
- A river in County Kerry, Ireland, flowing 43 km from Tobermaing into the Atlantic at Castlemaine.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 5
Proper noun
Maine
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Irish kings Maine mac Cerbaill and Maine mac Néill.
Etymology 6
Proper noun
Maine
- Alternative form of Main: A river in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Proper noun
Maine ?
- Maine (a river in France)
- Maine (A traditional region of France, now in Pays de la Loire.)
- Maine (a state of the United States)
Derived terms
Danish
Etymology
Proper noun
Maine (genitive Maines)
- Maine (US state)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Maine
- Maine (a state of the United States)
- Maine (a province of France)
Declension
| Inflection of Maine (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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| 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 | — | |
| abessive | Mainetta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
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 m
- Maine (a province of France)
- Maine (a state of the United States)
Etymology 2
From earlier Maienne, from Latin Meduāna, of uncertain origin. Doublet of Mayenne.
Proper noun
Maine f
Derived terms
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Maine
Hawaiian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Maine
- Maine (a state of the United States)
References
- Hawaiian Language Committee, compilers (2003), Māmaka Kaiao: A Modern Hawaiian Vocabulary, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Maine m
- Maine (a state of the United States)
Anagrams
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Unadapted borrowing from English Maine, from French Maine, from Old French Cemaine, from Latin *Cenomania, from the name of the Gaulish Cenomani tribe of Gallia Celtica.
Proper noun
Maine n (indeclinable)
- Maine (a state of the United States)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French Maine, from Old French Cemaine, from Latin *Cenomania, from the name of the Gaulish Cenomani tribe of Gallia Celtica.
Proper noun
Maine n (indeclinable)
Further reading
- Maine in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French Maine.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Maine
Proper noun
Maine m
- Maine (a state of the United States)
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Maine m inan (genitive singular Mainu, declension pattern of dub)
- Maine (a state of the United States)
References
- “Maine”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Proper noun
Maine ?
- Maine (a state of the United States)
Related terms
See also
- Maine on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es