Antonyms for
maine
A state of the United States
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No Antonyms Found for Maine

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All Definitions for Maine

Below are all the dictionary definitions of maine:

1A state of the United States
2Probably named for the province in France. Capital: Augusta. Largest city: Portland.
3A former province of Pays de la Loire, France. Capital: Le Mans.
4A town in New York.
5A town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin
6Amed for the state.
7University of Maine.
8A river in Maine, United States, flowing 5.5 miles from Pocomoonshine Lake in Princeton into Crawford Lake in Crawford.
9A 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.
10A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin
11Amed for county sheriff Uriah E. Maine.
12A river in County Kerry, Ireland, flowing 43 km from Tobermaing into the Atlantic at Castlemaine.
13A male given name from Old Irish, of historical usage, notably borne by Irish kings Maine mac Cerbaill and Maine mac Néill.
14A Scottish and English surname from Old French, a variant of Main.
15Alternative form of Main: A river in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. [A river in southern Germany, flowing from Bavaria to the Rhine.]
16Obsolete form of main. [(not in generic modern use) That which is chief or principal
17The chief or main portion
18The bulk, the greater part, gross.]
19Obsolete form of main. [Of chief or leading importance
20Prime, principal.]

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