Main vs Maine

Main

name
  • A river in Northern Ireland, flowing into Lough Neagh. 

  • A river in southern Germany, flowing from Bavaria to the Rhine. 

  • A surname. 

Maine

name
  • A river in County Kerry, Ireland, flowing 43 km from Tobermaing into the Atlantic at Castlemaine. 

  • A river in Maine, United States, flowing 5.5 miles from Pocomoonshine Lake in Princeton into Crawford Lake in Crawford. 

  • A town in New York. 

  • A former province of Pays de la Loire, France. Capital: Le Mans. 

  • A Scottish and English surname from Old French, a variant of Main. 

  • A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin; named for county sheriff Uriah E. Maine. 

  • A river in France, flowing 12 km through the city of Angers from the confluence of the Mayenne and Sarthe into the Loire. 

  • University of Maine. 

  • A town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin; named for the state. 

  • A state of the United States; probably named for the province in France. Capital: Augusta. Largest city: Portland. 

  • A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Irish kings Maine mac Cerbaill and Maine mac Néill. 

How often have the words Main and Maine occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )