Maine Coon

maine coon English thumb|Maine Coon Alternative forms en Coonie shortening, endearing en Maine shortening en MC shortening Etymology The attribute “Maine” is after the region where the breed originally became popular. For the second part, there are several theories. The dominant one is that it refers to a resemblance of the breed to the raccoon,Maine Coon Cats Jennifer Quasha Rosen Publishing 2000 https://books.google.com/books?id=ThKAaeNwbgEC&pg=PA1&dq=raccoon&hl=en 1 leading some to propose the theoretical impossibility of the cat being a crossbreed with the raccoon.The Maine Coon Cat Liza Gardner Walsh Down East Books 2013 https://books.google.com/books?id=IGpVBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA26&dq=raccoon&hl=en 26 Another theory is that the name derives from a legendary Captain Tom Coon, who is said to have brought over such exotic cats. Noun Maine Coon A large, fluffy semi-longhair domestic cat of a breed that originated in Maine. Synonyms en American longhair en gentle giant Descendants fr maine coon 1 ja メインクーン 1 km មែនឃូន 1 ko 메인쿤 1 ru мѐйн-ку́н 1 th เมนคูน 1 uk мейн-ку́н 1 Translations domestic cat Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 緬因貓 miǎnyīnmāo Dutch: nl Maine Coon f, nl mainecoon f Finnish: fi Maine coon French: fr maine coon m Japanese: ja メインクーン Mein Kūn Korean: ko 메인쿤 Russian: ru мейн-кун m Thai: th เมนคูน Ukrainian: uk мейн-кун m References Further reading Maine Coon cats Anagrams en aceimnnoo Neocomian monoecian en terms derived from toponyms en Domestic cats