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Maine (
The area was inhabited by a small eponymous
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: Маине) is a hamlet
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in northern Budva
Budva ( cnr, Будва, or ) is a Montenegrin town on the Adriatic Sea. It has 19,218 inhabitants, and it is the centre of Budva Municipality. The coastal area around Budva, called the Budva riviera, is the center of Montenegrin tourism, kno ...
, Montenegro
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, located by the Grđevica River, between Budva
Budva ( cnr, Будва, or ) is a Montenegrin town on the Adriatic Sea. It has 19,218 inhabitants, and it is the centre of Budva Municipality. The coastal area around Budva, called the Budva riviera, is the center of Montenegrin tourism, kno ...
and Pobori.
The area was inhabited by a small eponymous Albanian tribe
The Albanian tribes ( sq, fiset shqiptare) form a historical mode of social organization (''farefisní'') in Albania and the southwestern Balkans characterized by a common culture, often common patrilineal kinship ties tracing back to one progeni ...
, the Mahine (also called ''Mainjani'' or ''Maini'') at the border between the Montenegrin Littoral The Montenegrin Littoral ( Montenegrin: Црногорско приморје/Crnogorsko primorje), historically known as the Littoral or the Maritime, is the littoral or coastline region of Montenegro which borders the Adriatic Sea. The littoral wa ...
(''Primorje'') and Old Montenegro
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in the 17th century, located below the Lovćen
Lovćen ( cyrl, Ловћен, ) is a mountain and national park in southwestern Montenegro. It is the inspiration behind the names ''Montenegro'' and ''Crna Gora'', both of which mean "Black Mountain" and refer to the appearance of Mount Lov ...
between the Stanjević Monastery and Budva. In the 17th century, the ''kadi'' of Ottoman Montenegro
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demarcated the borders between Montenegro and the maritime areas, i.e. between Budva
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and Mainjani. The tribe participated in the Battle of Vrtijeljka
The Battle on Vrtijeljka ( sr, бој на Вртијељци, boj na Vrtijeljci) was fought on the hill of Vrtijeljka near Cetinje between a Venetian irregular force and an advancing Ottoman force on 7 May 1685 at the start of the Morean War. T ...
(1685). In 1838, the three small ''knežine'' of Maine, Pobori and Braići, above Budva, had 1705 inhabitants, all of Orthodox faith. The Podmaine monastery
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is located in the hamlet; the monastery was the gathering place of the Maine tribe who traditionally held meetings on the feast day
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of St. George
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