Baltimore

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Baltimore (bɔːltɪmɔːr)

Baltimore (pronounced "bɔːltɪmɔːr") is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.

Etymology

The city is named after Cecil Calvert, second Lord Baltimore of the Irish House of Lords and founding proprietor of the Province of Maryland. "Baltimore" is an anglicization of the Irish name Baile an Tí Mhóir, meaning "town of the big house", which was the name of the estate in County Longford on which the Calvert family lived in Ireland.

Related Terms

  • Maryland: A state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.
  • Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore: An English nobleman who was the first Proprietor of the Province of Maryland, ninth Proprietary Governor of the Colony of Newfoundland and second of the colony of Province of Avalon to its southeast.
  • Irish House of Lords: The upper house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from medieval times until 1800.
  • Province of Maryland: An English and later British colony in North America that existed from 1632 until 1778, when it joined the other twelve of the Thirteen Colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of Maryland.

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