Maine

Meaning

Proper Noun

• former province Pays de la Loire (region) France (country) .
• state US (country) ; probably named for the province in France.
• town New York (state).
• town county, Outagamie County Wisconsin (state) ; named for the state.
• river Maine (state) US (country) flowing 5.5 miles from Pocomoonshine Lake in Princeton into Crawford Lake in Crawford.
• University of Maine.
• river France (country) flowing 12 km through the city of Angers from the confluence of the Mayenne and Sarthe into the Loire.
• , a variant of Main.
• village county, Marathon County Wisconsin (state) ; named for county sheriff Uriah E. Maine.
• river county, County Kerry Ireland (country) flowing 43 km from Tobermaing into the Atlantic at Castlemaine.
• Alternative of Main: river county, County Antrim Northern Ireland (country).

Origin

• Image:Map of USA ME.png|thumb|right|Map of US highlighting Maine
• 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 + Maine, and the ce- was lost by the 12th century.
• From French Maine.
• From Old Irish Maine.