English Explanatory Dictionary

Maryland

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A state of the United States; named for Queen Mary, queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland. Capital: Annapolis. Largest city: Baltimore.
  2. University of Maryland, College Park.
  3. A former colony of England, from 1632 to 1707, and of Great Britain, from 1707 to 1776, roughly matching the present state.
  4. A town in Otsego County, New York; named for the state.
  5. A deserted village on Brownsea Island in Dorset, England; named for the wife of the founder (OS grid ref SZ0188).
  6. A neighbourhood in the borough of Newham, Greater London, England; named for the state (OS grid ref TQ3984).
  7. A hamlet in Trellech United community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO5105).
  8. A county of Liberia. Capital: Harper.
  9. A locality in the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  10. A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
  11. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɛəɹɪlənd/ /ˈmɛəɹɪlænd/ /ˈmɛɹɪlənd/ /ˈmæɹɪlənd/ /ˈmɛɹlən/ en-us-Maryland.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Zazollo-Maryland.wav

Word forms

Maryland

Etymology

From Mary + -land. Named after Henrietta Maria of France, the wife of Charles I of England.

Derived words

chicken Maryland Maryland chicken Delmarva Marylander Marylandian MD terrapin à la Maryland

Translations

Arabic: مَارِيلَانْد Armenian: Մերիլենդ Bengali: ম্যারীস্তান Bulgarian: Ме́риленд Cherokee: ᎺᎵᏂ Chinese Mandarin: 馬里蘭 /马里兰 Czech: Maryland Esperanto: Marilando Finnish: Maryland French: Maryland Galician: Maryland Georgian: მერილენდი German: Maryland German: Marieland Greek: Μέριλαντ Hawaiian: Melelana Hebrew: מרילנד Hindi: मेरीलैंड Hindi: मैरिलैण्ड Ido: Maryland Italian: Maryland Japanese: メリーランド Khmer: ម៉ារីលែន Korean: 메릴랜드 Central Kurdish: مەریلەند Northern Kurdish: Maryland Lao: ມາຣີແລນ Lao: ແມຣິແລນ Latin: Marylandia Latin: Terra Mariae Limburgish: Maryland Macedonian: Мериленд Marathi: मेरिलंड Navajo: Méelin hahoodzo Navajo: Tóbinídahaazyíní hahoodzo Persian: مریلند Polish: Maryland Portuguese: Maryland Portuguese: Marilândia Russian: Мэ́риленд Spanish: Maryland Swedish: Maryland Thai: แมริแลนด์ Turkish: Maryland Ukrainian: Ме́ріленд Urdu: میری لینڈ
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