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Maine.

Maine (a former province of Pays de la Loire, France)

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name/mɛn/
  1. Maine (a former province of Pays de la Loire, France)

    masculine
  2. Maine (a state of the United States; probably named for the province in France)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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.

name/mɛn/
  1. Maine (a river in Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France, a tributary of the Loire, flowing 12 km through the city of Angers from the confluence of the Mayenne and Sarthe into the Loire)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From earlier Maienne, from Latin Meduāna, of uncertain origin. Doublet of Mayenne.

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