Maine

Meaning

1. A former province of Pays de la Loire, France. Capital: Le Mans.
2. A river in Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France, a tributary of the Loire.
3. A state of the United States; probably named for the province in France. Capital: Augusta. Largest city: Portland.
4. A town in New York.
5. A town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin; named for the state.
6. A river in Maine, United States, flowing 5.5 miles from Pocomoonshine Lake in Princeton into Crawford Lake in Crawford.
7. University of Maine.

Synonyms

ME

Pine Tree State

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɛn/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

Partridge was born in Norway , Maine , a town in Oxford County .