Maryland

Map of US highlighting Maryland

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • state US (country) ; named for {{w Henrietta Maria Queen Mary, queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland|capital=Annapolis|largest city=Baltimore}}.
  • town New York (state) ; named for the state.
  • neighbourhood in Newham (London borough) Greater London (county) England (constituent country) ; named for the state .
  • suburb of city, Newcastle New South Wales (state) Australia (country).
  • village county, Monmouthshire Wales (constituent country).
  • village on {{w Brownsea Island in|county/Dorset|c/England|;|named for the wife of the founder}} .
  • University of Maryland, College Park.

Origin

  • Mary + -land Named after the wife of Charles I of England

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