Maine

See also: maine, máine, and mâine

English

Etymology 1

From French Maine, named after the Maine River, from the name of the Gaulish tribe the aulerci cenomanni, who inhabited a territory centered around its capital city of Vindinon (“white place”), today le Mans (a corruption of Cenomannis to *Celmans to Le Mans).

Cenomanni's name is a corruption of Cenimagni[1], another Celtic tribe whose name is from Iceni + Latin magni (“great”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛːn/

Proper noun

Maine

  1. A province in northwest France, centred on the city of Le Mans.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Map of US highlighting Maine

From the French province

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /meɪn/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪn
  • Homophones: main, mane

Proper noun

Maine

  1. The northeasternmost state of the United States of America, whose capital is Augusta.
  2. A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
  3. A town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
  4. A town in Broome County, New York.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Maine

  1. A river, a tributary of the Loire, in the Maine-et-Loire département in France.
See also

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society (1910): Norfolk Archaeology, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to the Antiquities of the County of Norfolk, Volume 17, p. 24-25
  2. ↑ A.L.F. Rivet and Colin Smith, The Place-Names of Roman Britain (1979) London: Batsford

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From French Maine

Proper noun

Maine ?

  1. Maine

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Maine.

Proper noun

Maine (genitive Maines)

  1. Maine (US state)

French

Etymology

Named after the Maine River, from the name of the Gaulish tribe the aulerci cenomanni, who inhabited a territory centered around its capital city of Vindinon (“white place”), today le Mans (a corruption of Cenomannis to *Celmans to Le Mans).

Cenomanni's name is a corruption of Cenimagni[1], another Celtic tribe whose name is from Iceni + Latin magni (“great”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛn/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Maine

  1. Maine

Anagrams

References

  1. ↑ Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society (1910): Norfolk Archaeology, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to the Antiquities of the County of Norfolk, Volume 17, p. 24-25
  2. ↑ A.L.F. Rivet and Colin Smith, The Place-Names of Roman Britain (1979) London: Batsford

Portuguese

Etymology

From French Maine

Proper noun

Maine f

  1. Maine (a province of France)

Proper noun

Maine m

  1. Maine (a state of the United States)

Spanish

Etymology

From French Maine

Proper noun

Maine ?

  1. Maine
  • mainés

See also

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