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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Maine

Schultz’s original bill would have phased out pesticides with PFAs and put California in line with Maine and Minnesota, which passed laws restricting their use.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Canada is the top customer for 26 US states, including Maine, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

“Two other states, Alaska and Maine, feature both close Senate races and long-standing close relations across the border.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

New York, Venice, Maine: For people like the writer and his friends, the world became both more expansive and more intimate through the personal and artistic lines—poetic and painterly—that brought them together.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Several large streams in the area, my Appalachian Trail Guide to Maine noted blithely, “can be difficult or dangerous to cross in high water.”

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson