Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Mainz, Germany
: of or from the city of Mainz, Germany : of the kind or style prevalent in Mainz
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/muynts/, n.
a port in SW central Germany, at the confluence of the Rhine and Main rivers: capital of Rhineland-Palatinate. 172,400. French, Mayence.
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[mīn(t)s]a city in western Germany, capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, situated at the confluence of the Rhine and Main rivers; pop. 183,000
Useful english dictionary. 2012.