Mainz

English

Alternative forms

• Mayence, Mentz (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mainz, from Latin Mogontiacum, from a Celtic language.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /maɪnts/
• (US) IPA^(key): /maɪn(t)s/
• Rhymes: -aɪnts, -aɪns

Proper noun

Mainz

2. A city, the state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the River Rhine.

Translations

the state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate

• Albanian: Majnci m
• Amharic: ማይንጽ m (maynəṣ)
• Arabic: مَايْنْتْس m (māynts)
• Aragonese: Maganza f
• Armenian: Մայնց (Mayncʻ)
• Azerbaijani: Mayns
• Basque: Mainz (eu)
• Catalan: Magúncia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 緬恩斯／缅恩斯 (min⁵ jan¹ si¹), 美因茨 (mei⁵ jan¹ ci⁴)

  Mandarin: 美茵茨 (Měiyīncí)

  Wu: 美因茨

• Czech: Mohuč (cs) f
• Dutch: Mainz (nl) n
• Esperanto: Majenco
• Finnish: Mainz (fi)
• French: Mayence (fr) f
• Galician: Maguncia (gl) f
• Georgian: მაინცი (mainci)
• German: Mainz (de) n

  Rhine Franconian: (Palatine) Määnz n, Meenz n

• Greek: Μάιντς (el) n (Máints), Μαγεντία f (Magentía)
• Hebrew: מיינץ f, (archaic) מגנצא f
• Hindi: मैन्ज़ m (mainz)
• Hungarian: Mainz (hu)
• Italian: Magonza (it) f, (archaic) Maganza f
• Japanese: マインツ (Maintsu), (dated) マイエンス (Maiensu)
• Korean: 마인츠 (Maincheu)
• Latin: Mogontiacum n, Magontiacum n, Moguntiacum (la) n
• Latvian: Mainca f
• Limburgish: Meind n
• Lombard: (modern spelling) Magunza f, (traditional spelling) Magonza f
• Macedonian: Мајнц m (Majnc)
• Marathi: माइंत्स m (māintsa)
• Occitan: Maiança f
• Old Norse: Meginzuborg f
• Pennsylvania German: Meenz n
• Persian: ماینْتْس (mâynts)
• Polish: Moguncja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Mogúncia f, Mainz f
• Romansch: Magonza f
• Russian: Майнц (ru) m (Majnc)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Мајнц m

  Roman: Mainz m, Majnc m

• Sicilian: Magunza f
• Spanish: Maguncia (es) f
• Thai: ไมนทซ์ (maints)
• Turkish: Mainz
• Ukrainian: Майнц m (Majnc)
• Urdu: مینز m (Maynz)
• Yiddish: מיינץ n (meynts), מאַגנצאַ f (magntsa)

Anagrams

• Ziman, Manzi, nizam, Nzima

German

Alternative forms

• Meintz, Mäintz, Maintz (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German Meinze, from earlier Megenze, from Old High German Meginza, Maginza, from Latin Mogontiacum, from a Celtic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɪ̯n(t)s/, [maɪ̯nt͡s]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɪnts
• Homophone: meins (except in very careful speech)

Proper noun

Mainz n (proper noun, strong, genitive Mainz' or (rare) Mainzens or (with an article) Mainz)

1. Mainz (a city, the state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Declension

Declension of Mainz [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Mainz
genitive	des	Mainz', Mainz1
dative	dem	Mainz
accusative	das	Mainz

¹With an article.

Derived terms

• Mainzer
  • Mainzerin
• mainzisch

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Mainz, from Latin Mogontiacum, from a Celtic language.

Proper noun

Mainz

1. Mainz (a city, the state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

   Synonym: Mogúncia