ETYM From Main strength, possibly influenced by Old Fren. maine, magne, great, Latin magnus. Related to Magnate.
(Homonym: mane).
Of force; of the greatest possible intensity.

River in central western Germany, 515 km/320 mi long, flowing through Frankfurt to join the river Rhine at Mainz. A canal links it with the Danube.

1. A principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage.
2. Any very large body of (salt) water; SYN. briny.