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main mäin -main
English
<dab!>
Pronunciation
en
Etymology 1
+ (river)
From en la Moenis.
Proper noun
en Q1670en Rivers in Hesse, Germany en river in southern c/Germany, flowing from Bavaria to the Rhine.
Derived terms
en Frankfort-on-Main Frankfurt am Main Gemünden am Main
Translations
river in southern Germany
Armenian: hy Մայն
Bulgarian: bg Майн m
Catalan: ca Main m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 美因河, cmn 美茵河 Měiyīn hé
Czech: cs Mohan m
Esperanto: eo Majno
French: fr Main m
German: de Main m
Bavarian: bar Moa
East Franconian: vmf Mee
Greek: el Μάιν m
Hindi: hi माइन
Hungarian: hu Majna
Italian: it Meno m
Japanese: ja マイン川 Main gawa
Korean: ko ^마인 강
Lao: lo ເມນ, lo ແມ່ນ້ຳເມນ
Latin: la Moenis m, la Moenus m
Marathi: mr माइन f
Polish: pl Men m
Portuguese: pt Meno m
Russian: ru Майн m
Slovak: sk Mohan m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb Mohan m
Spanish: es Meno m
Thai: th เมน, th แม่น้ำเมน
Etymology 2
River + (County Antrim)
From ga an ga Mhaing, possibly from en sga mang fawn, which is said to be related to en cel-pro *makʷos son; also compare gem-pro *maguz.The Scottish Celtic Review. (1885). United Kingdom, p. 26mang
Proper noun
en Q15879012en Rivers in Ireland Rivers in the United Kingdom en river p/Northern Ireland, flowing into Lough Neagh.
Etymology 3
+ (surname)
As a Scottish surname, reduced from the en gmq - name en Magnus. Also from the adjective en main.
As a Scottish, English, en fr - and en nrf - surname, from personal names derived from en gmw-pro *magan to be able, similar to en Mein.
As a Scottish, English and Norman surname, from the French province of en Maine. Compare en Mansell.
As a Scottish, English, and Norman surname, from the en xno - adjective xno maine great, large, from en fro magne.
As a Scottish, English, Norman and French surname, from the noun fr main hand.
Proper noun
en Q16876282en.
Etymology 4
From en main.
Proper noun
en Main Street a street named "Main Street".
Derived terms
en South Main SoMa
Noun
en Main Street en main street a central street of a community.
References
Further reading
See also
en main
Anagrams
en aimn Iman amin NIMA NAMI iman mani mnai Mina mina Naim Mani Mian Amin
German
+ (river)
Etymology
From de la Moenis.
Pronunciation
de /maɪ̯n/
de De-Main.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
m,(e)s
de tributary riv/Rhine in southern c/Germany
Declension
m,(e)s.sg
Related terms
de Mainhattan Mainmetropole Frankfurt am Main Hochheim am Main Neustadt am Main Main-Kinzig-Kreis Main-Spessart Main-Tauber-Kreis Main-Taunus-Kreis
Further reading
de
Portuguese
Proper noun
m
pt river in southern c/Germany Main
pt Meno