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Maine

[ meyn ]

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.


Maine

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noun

  1. 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) AbbreviationMewith zip codeME
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Maine

  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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“In retrospect,” he said, he recognized that the change “created an undue burden on the people of Maine, which was not the intent.”

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Heard in the warm, Americana twangs that complete “Kansas Anymore,” these sounds are an ode to his upbringing in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.

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On the frigid coast of Maine, hard-bitten b***hes turn out to be the battered survivors in a brutal world of tradeoffs.

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There was a law on the books in Maine until the 1960s that forbade speaking French in public schools.

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No Labels, the group that hosted the Maine lawmaker, presents itself as a counterweight to progressives, but a review of its finances shows that it has often backed Republicans.

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