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Mai Kolachi Mai Kolachi (Auntie Kolachi) an old fisherwoman by the name of who settled near the delta of the Indus River to start a community. This port was named after her as Kolachi and this community developed into modern Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Mai Lin Mai Lin (born June 221953) is an Asian American pornographic actress. During the mid-1980s, she was reputed by Hustler's Erotic Video Guide to be "a fixture in any video with an Asian-sounding title".
Mai Nakamura Mai Nakamura (born July 16, 1979 in Niigata) is a former backstroke swimmer from Japan, who won the silver medal in the 100m Backstroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. At the same tournament she was a member of the Women's Relay Team, that captured the bronze in the 4x100 Medley.
Mai Phuong Thuy Mai Phương Thúy (August 6, 1988) was crowned the 10th Miss Vietnam at the Vinpearl Resort in Nha Trang, Vietnam on August 26, 2006. She competed for Vietnam at the Miss World 2006 pageant in Warsaw, Poland on September 30th, in the Asia-Pacific group.
Mai Po Marshes Mai Po Marshes (米埔濕地) is a nature reserve located near Yuen Long in Hong Kong. It is part of Deep Bay, an internationally significant wetland that is really a shallow estuary, at the mouths of Sham Chun River, Shan Pui River (Yuen Long Creek) and Tin Shui Wai Nullah.
Mai Selim Mai Selim Hamdan (Arabic: مي سليم حمدان) (born in 1984 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates), commonly Known as Mai Selim, is a young Arabic artist who started off her singing career in early 2005. Sister of Comedian Mais Hamdan.
Mai Tai The mai tai is a well-known alcoholic cocktail purportedly invented at the Trader Vic restaurant in Oakland, California in 1944. Trader Vic's amicable rival, Don the Beachcomber, claimed to have created it first in 1933 at his own newly opened little bar (later a famous restaurant) in Hollywood.
Mai Tai (music group) Dutch pop-act Mai Tai (named after a tropical cocktail) was formed in 1983 by the succesfull Dutch record producers Eric van Tijn and Jochem Fluitsma. With the three former backing-singers Jetty Wheels, Mildred Douglas and Caroline De Windt they created the most succesfull Dutch soul and disco pop-act in history so far.
Mai Tokiha is the protagonist of the series My-HiME, although she also appears in its alternate universe My-Otome and both series' manga adaptations. She is voiced by Mai Nakahara in Japanese and Carol-Anne Day in English.
Mai Yamani Dr Mai Yamani (born 1957) is a Saudi-Arabian activist , writer and an Anthropologist . Best known for her book Changed Identities: Challenges of the New Generation in Saudi Arabia (Arabic: هويات متغيرة : تحديات الجيل الجديد في السعودية ).
Mai-Mai Mai-Mai, also known as Mayi-Mayi, is a general term referring to a broad variety of Congolese militia groups who were active in the Second Congo War in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Most were formed to resist the invasion of Rwandese forces and Rwanda-affiliated Congolese rebel groups, or out of simple desire for money from loot or cattle rustling.
Maia (star) MAIA (20 Tauri). The Pleiades (star cluster), the Seven Sisters star cluster (one of two naked eye clusters that belong to Taurus, the other the Hyades (star cluster)), twinkle high in northern hemisphere autumn and winter skies, while shining closer to the horizon in the skies of southern hemisphere spring and summer.
Maia Lewis Maia Ann Mereana Lewis (born 20 June 1970 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a cricketer and current captain of the New Zealand women's cricket team. As of July 2005, Lewis has played in 9 women's Test matches, captaining in two of them.
Maia Sharp Maia Sharp is a talented singer and songwriter. In addition to her solo career, she has written songs for Trisha Yearwood, Bonnie Raitt, Edwin McCain, Art Garfunkel, The Dixie Chicks, Paul Carrack, Cher and Mindy Smith.
Maia Wojciechowska Maia Wojciechowska (August 7, 1927 – June 13, 2002) was a writer of children's books. She was born in Warsaw, Poland, spent some time in France and England, and later came to the United States with her parents.
Maiales During World War II, the Maiale (seapig) mini-sub was used by Italy to transport frogmen into a harbor or anchorage occupied by enemy ships. When close to an intended target, the frogmen would exit their ship, place a mine on the enemy's hull, set a timer, and then return to their craft.
Maiana Maiana is a district of Kiribati and an atoll in the North Gilbert Islands. The north and eastern sides of the atoll are comprised of a single island whilst the western edge is consists of submerged reefs, all of which surrounding a lagoon.
Maianthemum Maianthemum is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Ruscaceae, native to North America, Central America, northern Europe, northern and eastern Asia, and the Himalaya. The name derives from Latin for "May flower".
Maianthemum canadense Maianthemum canadense (Canadian May-lily) is a dominant understory perennial flowering plant in the family Ruscaceae, native to the sub-boreal conifer forests in Canada and the northern United States, from Yukon and British Columbia east to Newfoundland and south to Nebraska and
Maianthemum trifolium Maianthemum trifolium (syn. Smilacina trifolia) is a species of flowering plant in the family Ruscaceae, native to Canada and the northeastern United States, from Yukon and British Columbia east to Newfoundland and south to Delaware.
Maibara Station Maibara Station (米原駅) is a train station in Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is the southern terminus of the JR Hokuriku Main Line, and the boundary of control between JR-West and JR-Tokai over the Tokaido Main Line.
Maicer Izturis Maicer Izturis (IPA pronunciation: ) (born September 12, 1980 in Barquisimeto, Lara State, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball infielder who plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He bats switch and throws right-handed.
Maicobi Maicobi is an Amerindian settlement in the Potaro-Siparuni Region of Guyana, on the right bank of the Potaro River near Tumatumari. This community is populated by Amerindians only and is managed by a Village Captain, a Vice Captain and five councilors.
Maicon Douglas Sisenando Maicon Douglas Sisenando, known as Maicon (born 26 July 1981 in Criciuma) is a Brazilian football player, currently playing for Internazionale in Italy. A talented right sided fullback or left back, Maicon debuted for Cruzeiro Esporte Clube in 2001 and after two successful seasons in Brazil which included winning a championship and being called up for the Brazil national football team in 2003, he was signed by French club AS Monaco FC in June 2004.
Maicosuel Reginaldo de Matos Maicosuel Reginaldo de Matos or simply Maicosuel (born in CosmĂłpolis, SĂŁo Paulo on June 16, 1986) is a footballer (midfielder) currently playing for Cruzeiro of Belo Horizonte as of 2007. Flamengo of Rio de Janeiro and Cruzeiro acquired togheter 50% of the players rights (25% each) by US$ 650,000.
Maid A maidservant or in current usage maid is a female employed in domestic service. Once part of an elaborate hierarchy in great houses, today the maid may be the only domestic worker that upper and even middle-income households can afford.
Maid in Akihabara Maid in Akihabara (めいど in あきはばら) is a 6 episode series that was produced in Japan on 2005 and released on Feb 24, 2006. Each episode ran about 15 minutes, and took place in Akihabara, Tokyo - the cyber city of Japan.
Maid Marian and her Merry Men Maid Marian and her Merry Men was a UK children's television series created and written by Tony Robinson and directed by David Bell. It began in 1989 on BBC One and ran for four series, with the last episode shown in 1994.
Maid of Lorraine prophecies For some years before and around the time of activity of Joan of Arc, a number of vague prophecies concerning a young Maid who would save France were circulating. The prophecies were attributed to several sources, including St.
Maid of the Mist Stakes The Maid of the Mist is a thoroughbred horse race for New York-bred two-year-old fillies run at Belmont Park each year during its celebration of New York born horses. All the races on that day's card are for New Yorkers.
Maid service A maid service, also known as a residential cleaning service or home cleaning service is a business which provides cleaning services as a convenience to homeowners who do not have (or do not wish to spend) the time to clean their own homes. Maid services have become more common over the last 20 years or so, partly because of the rise in two-income families.
Maida Hill Maida Hill is the old name given to the electoral ward of Harrow Road, to the area south of Maida Vale roughly down to the Harrow Road in the south, traditionally the boundary with Westbourne Park. Generally speaking, though, the area is subsumed in to Maida Vale or West Kilburn.
Maida Vale Maida Vale is a road in north-west London, and a residential district surrounding it in the City of Westminster. The road is the section of Edgware Road (or A5) from Kilburn, near Kilburn High Road station running south-east, past Maida Vale tube station, through the district known as Maida Vale.
Maida Vale tube station Maida Vale tube station is a London Underground station in Maida Vale in inner north-west London. The station is on the Bakerloo Line, between Kilburn Park and Warwick Avenue stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 2.
Maiden (beheading) The maiden (also known as the Scottish maiden) was a gibbet, in this case to mean an early type of guillotine, used as a means of execution in Scotland (the word gibbet denotes several different devices used in capital punishment).
Maiden City Festival The Maiden City Festival occurs between August 7th and 14th every year in the walled city of Derry in Northern Ireland. The festival was created to extend an understanding of local Protestant culture among all communities in the city and offers a variety of exhibitions, shows, talks and evening entertainment including cross-community events involving Ulster-Scots, Chinese, and other minorities, culminating with the Relief of Derry celebrations by the Apprentice Boys of Derry.
Maiden of Ludmir The Maiden of Ludmir, (full name: Hannah Rachel Verbermacher), (1805-1888), also known as the "Ludmirer Maud", is popularly known as one of the only female Rebbes in the history of the Hasidic movement.
Maiden of Mysteries -- The Music of Enya Maiden of Mysteries -- The Music of Enya (1998) is the fourth album out of nine released by the Taliesin Orchestra, and is a tribute to the Irish singer Enya. There have been three other Enya tribute albums released by the Orchestra: Orinoco Flow, An Instumental Tribute to the Hits of Enya, and Thread of Time.
Maiden Tower (Baku) The Maiden Tower (Azeri: Qız Qalası, Russian: Девичья башня; old name: Göz Qalası - "The Eye Tower"), is a tower in old town Baku, originally on the shore of the Caspian Sea. It was constructed in the 12th century, or possibly earlier - its architectural style and construction sequence is obscure, and estimates for its age go back to an unlikely 2,500 years.
Maiden voyage The maiden voyage of a ship, aircraft or other craft is the first journey made by the craft after shakedown. Notable maiden voyages that ended in disaster include those of the RMS Titanic and the Swedish warship Vasa.
Maiden's Tower, Istanbul Maiden's Tower (Turkish: Kız Kulesi), also known in the ancient Greek and medieval Byzantine periods as Leander's Tower (Tower of Leandros), sits on a small islet located in the Bosphorus strait off the coast of Üsküdar in Istanbul, Turkey.
Maidenform Maidenform is a brand of women's underwear, founded in 1922 by seamstress Ida Rosenthal, her husband William Rosenthal, and Enid Bissett who owned the shop that employed her. They rebelled against the flat-chested designs of the time and instead produced both dresses and support undergarments, particularly bras that accentuated the natural shape of a woman's figure, hence the name Maidenform.
Maidenhead Citadel Band Maidenhead Citadel Band (MCB) is part of the Maidenhead Corps of The Salvation Army. The band can trace its history back to 1886 when William Thomas, a young farmer from the Salisbury area moved to Maidenhead and became the first Bandmaster of Maidenhead Citadel Band.
Maidenhead railway station Maidenhead railway station is a railway station in the town of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western from London Paddington to Reading stations.
Maidenhead Railway Bridge Maidenhead Railway Bridge is a railway bridge carrying the main line of the Great Western Railway over the River Thames in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. The bridge was designed by the Great Western's famous engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and it was completed in 1838.
Maider Tellería Maider Tellería Goñi (born July 14, 1973 in San Sebastián) is a former field hockey player from Spain, who was a member of the Women's National Team that surprisingly won the golden medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics on home soil (Barcelona).
Maidstone Maidstone Maidstone is at the heart of the Garden of England surrounded by beautiful countryside with orchards, vineyards and rolling downlands. The River Medway runs through the town centre where there is one of the south east's finest museums, the country's best collection of carriages and the medieval Archbishops' Palace.
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a selective grammar school in Maidstone, UK. It operates under the 11 plus exam system, in which students take an exam at the end of primary school in order to be accepted at a school.
Maidstone United F.C. Maidstone United Football Club are an English football team from Maidstone, Kent. Former members of the Football League between 1989 and 1992, they were forced out of the league by financial ruin but the youth squad formed the nucleus of a new club.
Maidstone, Ontario Maidstone, Ontario is a small hamlet along Essex County Road 34, in the town of Tecumseh, Ontario (Formerly part of Sandwich South Township, Ontario). The town is home to a school, cemetery, church, and a grain elevator along a CN Rail line.
Maidu language Maidu (also Northeastern Maidu, Mountain Maidu) is a severely endangered Maiduan language spoken by Maidu peoples traditionally in the mountains east and south of Lassen Peak in the American and Feather river drainages.
Maier Zipser Maier Zipser, Hungarian rabbi; born at Balassagyarmat, August 14, 1815; died at Rechnitz, December 10, 1869. He studied in various yeshibot, among his teachers being Wolf Boskowitz and Maier Eisenstadt; and he acquired a secular education partly through the assistance of Löw Schwab and partly through his own endeavors.
Maiev Shadowsong Maiev Shadowsong is a fictional character in the Warcraft universe — a fictional universe in which a series of games and books are set. She was the leader of the Night Elf military division known as the Watchers.
Maigari Bello Bouba Maigari Bello Bouba (born 1947) is a politician in Cameroon. He is the current Minister of Post and Telecommunications as well as former Prime Minister of Cameroon from 6 November 1982 to 22 August 1983 as well as other ministerial posts.
Maigh Seola Maigh Seola was a term used to describe the land along the east shore of Lough Corrib, bounded by the Hy-Many vassal kingdom of Soghain. Its rulers up to the 1220s were the UĂ­ Briuin Seola, a branch of the Connachta who took the surname O'Flaherty.
Maighread NĂ­ Dhomhnaill Maighread NĂ­ Dhomhnaill (1951- ) is an Irish singer from Rannafast, County Donegal and County Meath. She is generally regarded as one of Ireland's finest traditional singers, with extraordinary sales of 500,000 records, such massive sales are rare in the traditional music industry.
Maihaugen Maihaugen is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Lillehammer. The founder Anders Sandvig collected old houses and farmyards from Gudbrandsdal to sample Norwegian culture and history in this out- and indoor museum.
Maihuenia Maihuenia is a genus of cacti (family Cactaceae) and the sole genus of the subfamily Maihuenioideae, which is the smallest subfamily of the Cactaceae. The genus comprises 2 cushion-forming, mucilaginous species.
Maike Evers Maike Evers is a fashion model and former MTV VJ born and raised in Australia to a German father and a Filipino mother. Evers is one of the more recognizable faces in the world of modeling in Asia, particularly in Southeast Asia and in China.
Maikel Folch Maikel Folch Vera (born 1980 in Florencia, Ciego de Ávila Province, Cuba) is a lefthanded pitcher for the Cuban national baseball team. Folch plays for Ciego de Ávila in the Cuban National Series, where he posted a league-low 2.
Mail Mail is part of the postal system which itself is a system wherein written documents typically enclosed in envelopes, and also small packages containing other matter, are delivered to destinations around the world. Anything sent through the postal system is called mail or post In Australia, Canada and the U.
Mail & Guardian The Mail & Guardian is a South African newspaper that was started by a group of journalists in 1985 after the closures of the two leading liberal newspapers, the Rand Daily Mail and Sunday Express. The paper was originally known as the Weekly Mail, as the paper did not have enough money to publish daily.
Mail Abuse Prevention System The Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS) was founded in 1996 as a non-profit organization to pioneer innovative anti-spam techniques (e-mail). The organization is probably best known for its real-time blackhole list (RBL); it also offers a Transport Security Initiative (TSI), Dialup Users List (DUL) and Relay Spam Stopper (RSS).
Mail banking Mail banking is a service provided by a financial institution which allows its customers to deposit cheques into their account by mail. It is primarily used by virtual banks (since they may not offer branches or ATMs that accept deposits) and by customers who live too far from a branch.
Mail delivery agent A Mail Delivery Agent (MDA) is software that accepts incoming e-mail messages and distributes them to recipients' individual mailboxes (if the destination account is on the local machine), or forwards to another SMTP server (if the destination is on a remote server).
Mail delivery by animal Mail delivery by animals has been utilised in many countries throughout history. It used to be the only way to quickly transport large bundles of letters over long distances, until motorised vehicles became more widespread.
Mail forwarding Post offices and other mail service providers typically offer a mail forwarding service to redirect mail destined for one location to another — usually for a given period of time. (In the case of the United States Postal Service's First Class Mail it is generally for a period of one year, although at least one exception has been made in the case of mail addressed to the World Trade Center.
Mail fraud Mail fraud refers to any scheme which attempts to unlawfully obtain money or valuables in which the postal system is used at any point in the commission of a criminal offence. Mail fraud is a legal concept in the United States Code which provides for enhanced penalty of any criminally fraudulent activity if it is determined that the activity involved using the United States Postal Service.
Mail merge Mail merge is a software function describing the production of multiple (and potentially large numbers of) documents from a single template form and a structured data source. This technique is used to create personalised letters and pre-addressed envelopes or mailing labels for mass mailings from a database mailing list of names and addresses.
Mail order Mail order is a term which describes the buying of goods or services by mail delivery. The buyer places an order for the desired products with the merchant through some remote method such as through a telephone call.
Mail Order Monsters Mail Order Monsters is an innovative 1985 computer game created by Paul Reiche III, Evan Robinson and Nicky Robinson and published by Electronic Arts ( Ariolasoft in Europe) for the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit family home computers.
Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn A Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn, or simply Mail Pouch Barn, is a barn with one or more sides painted from 1890 to 1992, in advertisement for the West Virginia Mail Pouch chewing tobacco company (Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company), based in Wheeling, West Virginia. These barns can be found in Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, although an increasing number have fallen into dilapidation or have been demolished.
Mail transfer agent A mail transfer agent or MTA (also called a mail transport agent, mail server, or a mail exchanger in the context of the Domain Name System) is a computer program or software agent that transfers electronic mail messages from one computer to another.
Mail-interviews In 1994 Dutch mail artist Ruud Janssen began a series of mail-interviews, the body of which are now recognized as an influential contribution in the field of mail art. He interviewed Fluxus and Mail-Art personalities by using all the communication-forms that were available (Fax, E-Mail, Envelope, Personal Meeting, Telephone Call).
Mail-order bride Mail-order bride is a label applied to a woman who lists herself in a catalog or with a marriage agency that publishes her intent to marry someone who lives far away. Although the label is widely used, it has derogatory connotations and may be offensive.
Maila Nurmi Maila Nurmi (born Maila Syrjäniemi, December 21, 1921 in Petsamo, Finland — now Pechenga, Russia) created the well-remembered 1950s character of Vampira. Her portrayal of this character as a television horror host and in films was influential over decades that followed.
Mailbomb A mailbomb (or mail bomb), also called parcel bomb or letter bomb, is an explosive device sent via the postal service, and designed to explode when opened, injuring or killing the recipient, usually someone the sender has a personal grudge against, or more indiscriminately as part of a terrorist campaign. Some countries have agencies the job of which is in part the interdiction of mailbombs and the investigation of mailbombings.
Mailbox baseball Mailbox baseball is the act of using a baseball bat to knock over or smash roadside mailboxes by a passenger in a car. It can either be played as a game with score kept similar to baseball, or just done for fun.
Maildir Maildir is a format for an e-mail spool that does not require file locking to maintain message integrity because the messages are kept in separate files with unique names. A Maildir is a directory (often named Maildir) with three subdirectories named tmp, new, and cur.
Maildramon Maildramon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, an Android Digimon who is created using the Digi-Egg of Miracles and Gatomon. She towers over most opponents and can crush them with her large bulk and thick tail although she prefers to attack with lightning and thunder.
Maile Maile (pronounced MY-lay*) Alyxia oliviformis ("chain resembling olive") is a flowering vine in the family Apocynaceae that can be found in native forests of the Hawaiian Islands. Maile grows on a vine with green oval pointed leaves.
Mailia An intelligent network, able to make searches and compute information under a specific logic. This is the scenario that seem to appear to the on the horizon of the programming language research, prefigurated by net visionary as Tim Berners Lee, but dreamed and feared at the same time by every netsurfer.
Mailinator Mailinator is a disposable e-mail address service created in 2003 by Paul Tyma, a software engineer at Google. It accepts mail for any username and allows anyone to read it without having to create an account or enter a password.
Mailing list A mailing list is a collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material to multiple recipients. The term is often extended to include the people subscribed to such a list, so the group of subscribers is referred to as "the mailing list", or simply "the list".
Maillot blanc The Maillot blanc (French for white jersey) is the jersey given to the best young rider in the Tour de France as determined by the best overall time. The winner must be under the age of 25 on January 1 the year of the Tour.
Maillot vert The maillot vert (French for green jersey) is the jersey worn by the leader of the Tour de France's points classification. It was introduced for the 1953 Tour de France to complement the existing Maillot jaune (French for yellow jersey), which distinguished the overall leader.
MailManager MailManager is an Open Source email response management program that runs on the Zope application server. The software is intended to be useful for teams that are dealing with large volumes of email, such as commercial helpdesks, customer service departments, sales teams, or contact centers.
Mailoc Mailoc (or Maeloc) was a Galician-British bishop who participated in the Council of Braga (572). He represented the British (Brythonic) colony established in northern Galicia (in modern-day Spain) by Romano-British migrants fleeing the Anglo-Saxon invasions of Great Britain from the fifth to seventh century.
Mailon Rivera Mailon Rivera is a New York City native and actor. With starring roles in films such as "Midnight Blue" and "Skin Deep" and guest appearances on over 35 top rated television shows, he is also known for his role as Nation of Islam leader, Min.
Mailsort Mailsort is a five-digit address-coding scheme used by the Royal Mail (the UK's postal service) and its business customers for the automatic direction of mail. Mail users who can present mail sorted by Mailsort code and in quantities of 4,000 upwards receive a discounted postal rate.
MailSlot A MailSlot is a type of interprocess communication that allows communication between processes both locally and over a network. The use of MailSlots is generally simpler than named pipes or sockets, but they are more limited.
Mailtraq Mailtraq ® is a secure mail server oriented primarily toward small businesses, the government and education sectors and communication consultants. It runs under Microsoft Windows and was developed by Fastraq Limited in 1996.
Mailuu-Suu Mailuusuu (Kyrgyz Майлуусуу) is a mining town in Jalalabad oblast of southern Kyrgyzstan which has fallen on very hard times after the demise of the Soviet Union. Uranium mining and processing is no longer economical, leaving much of the local population of about 20,000 without meaningful work.
Maimansingha Gitika Maimansingha gitika or MĂ´emonshingha gitika is a collection of folk ballads from the region of Mymensingh and around of Bangladesh.Chandra Kumar De and Dinesh Chandra Sen were the collectors and editors; the collection was published from Calcutta University, along with another similar publication named purbabanga-gitika.
Maimonides Maimonides (March 30, 1135 or 1138–December 13, 1204) was a Jewish rabbi, physician, and philosopher in Spain and Egypt during the Middle Ages. He was one of the various medieval Jewish philosophers who also influenced the non-Jewish world.
Maimonides School Maimonides School (Hebrew: ישיבת רמב"ם) is a coeducational, Modern Orthodox, Jewish day school located in Brookline, Massachusetts. The school was founded in 1937 by Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik zt'l' 'and it is named for Maimonides, the famous Jewish sage.
Maimun Najar Maimun Najar was a rabbi at Constantine, Algeria, in the first half of the 15th century. Like his contemporaries and countrymen Isaac ben Sheshet and Simon ben Ẓemaḥ Duran, he left Spain in consequence of the persecutions and fled (1395) to Algeria.
Main The Main (pronounced in German like the English word mine) is a river in Germany, 524 km long (including White Main 574 km), and one of the more significant tributaries of the Rhine river. It flows through the German states of Bavaria, Baden-WĂĽrttemberg (forming the border to Bavaria for some miles) and Hessen.
Main (lunar crater) Main is a lunar crater that is located in the proximity of the north pole of the Moon. The southern rim of this formation has merged with the larger Challis crater to the south, and the level interior floor connects the two craters through a narrower gap.
Main (ship) The Main was a 1691 ton, iron sailing ship built by Russel & Company for the Nourse Line and launched in August 1884. She is recorded as having completed the journey from Sharpness to Calcutta on 20 July 1900 in 100 days but was mainly used to transport Indian indentured labourers to the colonies.

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