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Geography

* Main River (disambiguation) **Most commonly the
Main (river) The Main () is the longest tributary of the Rhine. It rises as the White Main in the Fichtel Mountains of northeastern Bavaria and flows west through central Germany for to meet the Rhine below Rüsselsheim, Hesse. The cities of Mainz and Wie ...
in Germany * Main, Iran, a village in Fars Province *"
Spanish Main During the Spanish colonization of America, the Spanish Main was the collective term for the parts of the Spanish Empire that were on the mainland of the Americas and had coastlines on the Caribbean Sea or Gulf of Mexico. The term was used to ...
", the Caribbean coasts of mainland Spanish territories in the 16th and 17th centuries *'' The Main'', the diverse core running through Montreal, Quebec, Canada, also separating the Two Solitudes * Main (lunar crater), located near the north pole of the Moon * Main (Martian crater)


People and organisations

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Main (surname) Main is a surname. People with it include: * Alan Main, Scottish football goalkeeper * Alexander H. Main. American politician * Anne Main, British politician * Bert Main, Australian zoologist * Charles T. Main, American engineer * Frank Main (b ...
, a list of people with this family name *Ma'in, alternate spelling for the
Minaeans The Minaean people were the inhabitants of the kingdom of Ma'in ( Minaean: ''Maʿīn''; modern Arabic ''Maʿīn'') in modern-day Yemen, dating back to the 10th century BCE-150 BCE. It was located along the strip of desert called Ṣayhad ...
, an ancient people of modern-day Yemen * Main (band), a British ambient band formed in 1991 * Chas. T. Main, an American engineering and hydroelectric company founded in 1893 *MAIN (Mountain Area Information Network), former operator of
WPVM-LP WPVM-LP (103.7 FM) is a non-commercial LPFM radio station licensed in Asheville, North Carolina. In 2015, after a decade of internal conflicts and financial struggles, the station's license was transferred to a new organization, Friends of WPVM. ...
(MAIN-FM) in Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.


Ships

* ''Main'' (ship), an iron sailing ship launched in 1884 * SS ''Main'', list of steamships with this name * ''Main'' (A515), a modern German replenishment ship * Short for
mainsail A mainsail is a sail rigged on the main mast of a sailing vessel. * On a square rigged vessel, it is the lowest and largest sail on the main mast. * On a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, it is the sail rigged aft of the main mast. The sail's foot i ...


Other

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Main (cigarette) Main is a brand of cigarettes, currently owned by British American Tobacco and manufactured by its Danish subsidiary, House of Prince. History Main was launched in 2004 and is a cigarette with a so-called Action Filter, providing a greater filtra ...
, a European brand *Main function, another name for the
entry point In computer programming Computer programming is the process of performing a particular computation (or more generally, accomplishing a specific computing result), usually by designing and building an executable computer program. Programmin ...
in a computer program, where control switches from the operating system to the program *
Main course A main course is the featured or primary dish in a meal consisting of several courses. It usually follows the entrée ("entry") course. Typically, the main course is the meal that is the heaviest, heartiest, and most intricate or substantial ...
, the featured or primary dish in a meal *
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See also

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Main Street (disambiguation) Main Street is the generic street name (and often the official name) of the primary retail street of a village, town, or small city in many parts of the world. Main Street may refer to: Places Canada * Main Street (Toronto, Ontario) * Main Stre ...
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Maine (disambiguation) Maine is a U.S. state. Maine may also refer to: Places * Gulf of Maine, a gulf off the coast of the U.S. state * Province of Maine, 17th-century English colonial entities on territory that eventually became the U.S. state France *Maine (provi ...
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Mains (disambiguation) Mains may refer to: * Mains electricity ("line power" in the United States) * Mains electricity by country * Electricity transmission * Public utility, "mains services", including electricity, natural gas, water, and sewage disposal * Main co ...
* Mane (disambiguation) *
Justice Main (disambiguation) Justice Main may refer to: * James Allen Main (born 1945), associate justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama * John F. Main, associate justice of the Washington Supreme Court See also * Main Justice, the centralized headquarters of the United Stat ...
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