Maine

Maine

See also: maine, máine, and mâine

English

Etymology 1

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]

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (US)

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  • Rhymes: -eɪn
  • Homophones: main, mane

Proper noun

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.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Bas-Maine
• Haut-Maine
• Mainiot
• Mainer
• Mainiote
• ME

Translations

former province in France

Czech: Maine (cs) Finnish: Maine (fi) French: Maine (fr) m Limburgish: Meen Macedonian: Мен m (Men) Occitan: Maine (oc) m Polish: Maine (pl) n Portuguese: Maine (pt) f Russian: Мен (ru) m (Men)

US State

Arabic: مِين‎ m (mīn) Chinese: Mandarin: 緬因州／缅因州 (zh) (Miǎnyīn-zhōu) Czech: Maine (cs) Danish: Maine Esperanto: Majno Finnish: Maine (fi) French: Maine (fr) m Galician: Maine (gl) m Georgian: მენი (meni) German: Maine (de) n (US-Bundesstaat) Greek: Μέιν (el) n (Méin) Hindi: मेन m (men) Italian: Maine (it) m Japanese: メイン州 (Mein-shū) Khmer: មេន (km) (mein) Korean: 메인 (Mein) Latin: Cenomannica f Macedonian: Мејн m (Mejn) Navajo: Méíin hahoodzo Occitan: Maine (oc) m Polish: Maine (pl) n Portuguese: Maine (pt) m Russian: Мэн (ru) m (Mɛn) Spanish: Maine (es) Swedish: Maine (sv) n Thai: เมน (meen) Turkish: Maine Ukrainian: Мен m (Men) Yiddish: מעין‎ (meyn)

See also

Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)

States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming

Federal District: Washington, D.C.

Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “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

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

• Maine-et-Loire

Proper noun

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.

Further reading

• Maine, Marathon County, Wisconsin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 4

From Irish An Mhaing

Proper noun

Maine

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

Derived terms

• Castlemaine

Translations

river in County Kerry

Irish: An Mhaing

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.

Proper noun

Maine

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

Anagrams

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

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Catalan

Etymology

From French Maine.

Proper noun

Maine ?

1. Maine

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Maine.

Proper noun

Maine (genitive Maines)

1. Maine (US state)

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Maine.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Maine

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

Possessive forms of Maine (type nalle)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Maineni	Mainemme
2nd person	Mainesi	Mainenne
3rd person	Mainensa

Anagrams

• Minea, Naemi, anime

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛn/

• Audio

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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

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 f

1. Maine (a small river in western France)

Derived terms

• Maine-et-Loire

Anagrams

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

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Maine

1. (archaic) dative singular of Main

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Hawaiian

Proper noun

Maine

1. Maine (a state of the United States)

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Maine.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Maine m

1. Maine (a state of the United States)

Anagrams

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

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Polish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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.

Proper noun

Maine n (indeclinable)

1. 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)

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

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Maine.

Pronunciation

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐj.n(ɨ)/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐj.n(ɨ)/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmej.n(ɨ)/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈme.n(ɨ)/

Proper noun

Maine

1. Maine (a province of France)

Proper noun

Maine m

1. Maine (a state of the United States)

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mejn]

Proper noun

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

1. Maine (a state of the United States)

References

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

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Spanish

Etymology

From French Maine.

Proper noun

Maine ?

1. Maine (a state of the United States)

Related terms

• mainés

See also

• Maine on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es