Maine
English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Maine
- A province in northwest France. Capital: Le Mans.
- 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.
Translations
province in France
US State
See also
- Appendix:Place names in Maine
Further reading
Maine, Outagamie County, Wisconsin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Maine, New York on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Maine River (Maine) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛːn/
Proper noun
Maine
Derived terms
Proper noun
Maine
- A Scottish and English surname, 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
Proper noun
Maine
Derived terms
- Castlemaine
Translations
river in County Kerry
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Proper noun
Maine
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Irish kings Maine mac Cerbaill and Maine mac Néill.
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmei̯n/, [ˈme̞i̯n] (inflects like risti)
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯ne/, [ˈmɑi̯ne̞] (rare)
- Hyphenation: Mai‧ne
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 | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | Mainetta | — | |
comitative | — | — |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛn/
Audio (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.
Derived terms
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.in/, /ˈme.in/
Portuguese
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