Maine

  1. (masculine) Maine (a former province of Pays de la Loire, France)
  2. (masculine) Maine (a state of the United States; probably named for the province in France)

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mɛn/
Etymology

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.

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المين

Μέιν

Cenomannica

Mein

USS Maine

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