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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Main
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]river in southern Germany
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Etymology 2
[edit]From an Mhaing, possibly from Old Irish mang (“fawn”), which is said to be related to Proto-Celtic *makʷos (“son”); also compare Proto-Germanic *maguz.[1][2]
Proper noun
[edit]Main
- A river in Northern Ireland, flowing into Lough Neagh.
Etymology 3
[edit]- As a Scottish surname, reduced from the North Germanic name Magnus. Also from the adjective main.
- As a Scottish, English, French and Norman surname, from personal names derived from Proto-West Germanic *magan (“to be able”), similar to Mein.
- As a Scottish, English and Norman surname, from the French province of Maine. Compare Mansell.
- As a Scottish, English, and Norman surname, from the Anglo-Norman adjective maine (“great, large”), from Old French magne.
- As a Scottish, English, Norman and French surname, from the noun main (“hand”).
Proper noun
[edit]Main
- A surname.
Etymology 4
[edit]From main.
Proper noun
[edit]Main
- Ellipsis of Main Street.: A street named "Main Street".
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]Main (plural Mains)
- Ellipsis of Main Street (“main street”).: A central street of a community
References
[edit]- ^ The Scottish Celtic Review. (1885). United Kingdom, p. 26
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “mang”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Main”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 493.
See also
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[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Main m (proper noun, strong, genitive Maines or Mains)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Main [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Main” in Duden online
- “Main” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Main on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Portuguese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Main m
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