Maine

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

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.

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)

Related: Maine-et-Loire

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