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maine | dayton |

As a noun maine

is mania.

As a proper noun dayton is

.

maine

English

Etymology 1

Apprently from the name of the Celtic tribe the aulerci cenomanni, who inhabited a territory centered around its capital city of , today le Mans (a corruption of Cenomannis to *Celmans'' to ''Le Mans ).

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A province in northwest France, centred on the city of Le Mans.
    • Derived terms
    * Bas-Maine * Haut-Maine * Mainiot * mainiot * Mainiote * mainiote

    Etymology 2

    From the (etyl) province

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The northeasternmost state of the United States of America, the capital of which is Augusta.
  • A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
  • A town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
  • A town in Broome County, New York.
    • Derived terms
    * Mainer * ME

    Etymology 3

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A river, a tributary of the Loire, in the Maine-et-Loire in France.
    • See also
    * Maine-et-Loire *

    External links

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    Anagrams

    * ----

    dayton

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (surname)
  • A community in Nova Scotia.
  • A town in Alabama.
  • A city in Idaho.
  • A town in Indiana.
  • A city in Iowa
  • A city in Kentucky.
  • A town in Maine
  • A city in Minnesota
  • A town in New York
  • A city in Ohio, United States
  • A city in Tennessee
  • A city in Texas
  • A town in Virginia
  • A city in Washington
  • A town in Wyoming
  • An English surname, variant of Deighton
  • (Jonathan Dayton) (1760-1824), an early American politician

    • External links

    * English surnames from Old English