maine

IPA: mˈeɪn

Root Word: Maine

noun

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • A river in France, 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 of historical usage, notably borne by Irish kings Maine mac Cerbaill and Maine mac Néill.
  • Alternative form of Main: A river in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. [A river in southern Germany, flowing from Bavaria to the Rhine.]
  • Obsolete form of main. [That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.]

adjective

  • Obsolete form of main. [Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.]
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