[DOC] [TLE] History of Maine - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of the area comprising the U.S. state of Maine spans thousands of 
years, measured ... French and English settlers would contest central Maine until 
the 1750s ... of the new Province of Massachusetts Bay as Yorkshire, a name 
which survives .... British army and naval forces from nearby Nova Scotia 
captured and... [DOC] [TLE] Maine - Wikipedia [PAR] Maine is the northernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern 
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coast of Maine in .... Maine is the only state whose name has exactly one syllable. 
..... so long (often since the 1600s) that they choose to identify simply as 
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tidal river. Delaware, From ... of Louis XIV of France. Maine, First used to 
distinguish the mainland from the offshore islands. ... New Hampshire, From the 
English county of Hampshire. New Jersey, From the Channel Isle of Jersey. New 
Mexico... [DOC] [TLE] How All 50 States Got Their Names | Mental Floss [PAR] Oct 16, 2015 ... Let's look at each state and discuss the origin of its name. ... In their Algonquian 
language, the word means long river place or beside the long tidal river. .... 
Maine, were both English Royal Navy veterans, and the name may have .... been 
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the mountain so Champlain gave the location its present name Isle des Mont 
dserts. The term desert in late Medieval French and English described a 
location ... I do not know how long it took for the Europeans to realize that there 
were no... [DOC] [TLE] Word Games - American English [PAR] be placed upon word building, spelling, meaning, sound/symbol correspon ... He 
came to America today. .... Use the definitions to identify the words ending in city. 
... Rules: Letters may be combined in any order, but a letter may be used only as 
... Proper names and abbreviations are not permitted. Maine. How many words... [DOC] [TLE] The Wicked Good Guide to Mainah English [PAR] Jan 1, 2007 ... n., Old unregistered beat-up pickup truck used for haulin' anything. ... Submitted 
by Jon Hughes (from Isle au Haut, Maine) ..... County long 'bout 'Tha Time of the 
Blue Madness' to rake berries an' give us locals headaches!" .... Algonquian word
, either the name of a tribe that inhabited an area near Hartford,... [DOC] [TLE] The Word Hoosier - Indiana University Bloomington [PAR] One can only wonder how long before this Hoosier was used orally. ... Indiana 
flatboatmen taking corn or maize to New Orleans came to be known as ... French 
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"Whatever its origin, the name of Hoosier has had a lasting appeal for Indiana... [DOC] [TLE] Canada Emigration and Immigration Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki [PAR] Jun 28, 2016 ... Emigration records list the names of people leaving and immigration records list 
... Newly landed immigrants tended not to stay in Canada very long. ... For 
Canadians who came to the United States, major sources of information are ... 
Officials used shipping company passenger lists (manifests) to determine... [DOC] [TLE] potato facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about ... [PAR] When the Spanish arrived in South America around 1537, they were not ... when 
they came ashore to dry their catches on their return voyages from Newfoundland
. ... In Sicily, potatoes were used like voodoo dolls: the name of an enemy was ... 
It was the English who coined the word "spud" for potato, a slang expression that
... [DOC] [TLE] The History of English - Late Modern English (c. 1800

Question: Maine's name came from this longer English word used to distinguish it from the nearby isles
Answer: the mainland