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Maine (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 45 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 45.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 069 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -69.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Red Paint people settled here as early as 9th mill. BCE; later Algonquians arrived; Norsemen possibly visited in 11th cen.; colonies established by French in 1604 and English in 1607; fought in Revolution & with Union; Canadian border disputed in 19th cen. |
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| Maine (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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............ | used since 17th cen., from old spelling of "main," referring to mainland as opposed to the islands |
| Maine ()
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| ME (C,V,USPS)
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| מיין (C,U,Hebrew )
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Maine (state) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| state (preferred, B) |
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since March 15, 1820 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Augusta .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States, Maine, Kennebec county) [7013345] |
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