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The state legislature in 2001 adopted a resolution establishing Franco-American Day, which stated that the state was named after the former French province of Maine. [3] Other theories mention earlier places with similar names or claim it is a nautical reference to the mainland. [4]
Maine: After the French province of Maine. [54] English (Broad)mayne: A more recent proposal is that the state was named after the English village of Broadmayne, which was the family estate of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, the colony's founder. [30] [55] Maryland: January 18, 1691: English (ultimately from Hebrew) Myriam
The Gallic tribe Aulerci Cenomani lived in the region during the Iron Age and Roman period. The province of Maine was named after them, in the 6th century AD as in Cinomanico (in pago Celmanico in 765, *Cemaine, then Le Maine from the 12th century).
The region of New England in the United States has numerous place names derived from the indigenous peoples of the area. New England is in the Northeastern United States, and comprises six states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Maine (/ m eɪ n / ⓘ MAYN) [10] is a state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeastern most state in the Lower 48.It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and northwest, and shares a maritime border with Nova Scotia.
The Rockland tourism industry has lobsters to thank for a new accolade to tout this summer, having been named one the "10 Best Places to Travel in August" in the world by travel magazine, AFAR ...
Reno (named after Major General Jesse Lee Reno, a Union officer killed in the American Civil War. Reno's family name was a modified version of the French surname "Renault") Valmy, named after the place in France of a famous battle during the Revolutionary period.
Image credits: ssshield #2. I don't remember her name, but I saw one on a cold case tv show that left me screaming at the detectives. Woman mysteriously vanished from her work without a trace and ...