Etymology

Maryland

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Today it means: A state of the United States; named for Queen Mary, queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland. Capital: Annapolis. Largest city: Baltimore. Full definition →

English land ← Middle English lond ← Old English land
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  1. Biblical Hebrewמִרְיָם (miryɔm)
  2. Aramaicמרים
  3. Koine GreekΜᾰρῐ́ᾱ (Mărĭ́ā)
  4. LatinMarīa
  5. Old FrenchMarie
  6. Middle EnglishMarie
  7. EnglishMary
  8. Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
  9. Proto-Germanic*landą
  10. Proto-West Germanic*land
  11. Old Englishland
  12. Middle Englishlond
  13. Englishland
  14. English todayMaryland

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

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