Maryland

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US/ˈmɛəɹɪlənd/US/ˈmɛɹɪlənd/US/ˈmæɹɪlənd/US/ˈmɛɹlən/

proper noun

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

OriginEnglish land ← Middle English lond ← Old English land →
Very commonScrabble 14
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A state of the United States; named for Queen Mary, queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland. Capital: Annapolis. Largest city: Baltimore.

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

Origin

  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. EnglishMaryland

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

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Translations

Arabic مَارِيلَانْد
  • مَارِيلَانْد (mariland)US state
Bengali ম্যারীস্তান
  • ম্যারীস্তান (meristan)US state
Bulgarian Ме́риленд
  • Ме́риленд (Mérilend)US state
Chinese Mandarin 馬里蘭 /马里兰
  • 馬里蘭 /马里兰 (Mǎlǐlán)US state
Czech Maryland
  • MarylandUS state
Esperanto Marilando
  • MarilandoUS state
Finnish Maryland
  • MarylandUS state
French Maryland
  • MarylandUS state
German Maryland, Marieland
  • MarylandUS state
  • MarielandUS state
Greek Μέριλαντ
  • Μέριλαντ (Mérilant)US state
Hawaiian Melelana
  • MelelanaUS state
Hebrew מרילנד
  • מרילנד (meriland)US state
Hindi मेरीलैंड, मैरिलैण्ड
  • मेरीलैंड (merīlaiṇḍ)US state
  • मैरिलैण्ड (mairilaiṇḍ)US state
Italian Maryland
  • MarylandUS state
Japanese メリーランド
  • メリーランド (Merīrando)US state
Korean 메릴랜드
  • 메릴랜드 (Merillaendeu)US state
Latin Marylandia, Terra Mariae
  • MarylandiaUS state
  • Terra MariaeUS state
Persian مریلند
  • مریلندUS state
Polish Maryland
  • MarylandUS state
Portuguese Maryland, Marilândia
  • MarylandUS state
  • MarilândiaUS state
Russian Мэ́риленд
  • Мэ́риленд (Mɛ́rilend)US state
Spanish Maryland
  • MarylandUS state
Swedish Maryland
  • MarylandUS state
Thai แมริแลนด์
  • แมริแลนด์ (mɛɛ-rí-lɛɛn)US state
Turkish Maryland
  • MarylandUS state
Ukrainian Ме́ріленд
  • Ме́ріленд (Mérilend)US state
Urdu میری لینڈ
  • میری لینڈ (merī laiṇḍ)US state
Yiddish מערילאַנד
  • מערילאַנד (meriland)US state
Cite this entry
APA

Maryland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maryland

MLA

“Maryland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maryland. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Maryland,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maryland.

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