Maine

American  

[meyn] / meɪn /

noun

1. a state in the northeastern United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 square miles (86,027 square kilometers). Augusta. ME (for use with zip code), Me.

2. a historical region and former province in northwestern France.

3. (italics) a U.S. battleship blown up in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, on February 15, 1898, an incident that stimulated popular support in the United States for the Spanish-American War.

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Maine British  

/ meɪn /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Me.   ME.  a state of the northeastern US, on the Atlantic: chiefly hilly, with many lakes, rivers, and forests. Capital: Augusta. Pop: 1 305 728 (2003 est). Area: 86 156 sq km (33 265 sq miles)

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Maine Cultural  

1. State in the northeastern United States; northernmost of the New England states. Bordered by Quebec, Canada, to the northwest; New Brunswick, Canada, to the northeast; the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast; and New Hampshire to the west. Its capital is Augusta, and Portland is its largest city.

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Also worth your time is our profile of Troy Jackson, the former Maine Senate president expected to become the Democratic nominee against Sen. Susan Collins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

For once this cycle, the Maine Senate race just had to be normal.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

District Court of Maine, alleging that federal agents are using facial recognition and license plate readers to surveil and threaten legal observers in the state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

“We’ve found that over time, healthcare costs can be one of the larger expenses that people face in retirement,” said Frank Maltais, a Fidelity financial consultant in Portland, Maine.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

He’d always known his DNA came from strangers; did it really matter if they were strangers from Bangladesh or Ethiopia or China instead of Kansas or Kentucky or Maine?

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix