Baltimore

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US/ˈbɔl.tɪˌmoɹ/US/-tə-/US, cot caught merger/ˈbɑl.tɪˌmoɹ/UK/ˈbɒltɪmɔː/

proper noun

An independent city in central Maryland, United States.

CommonScrabble 13

Meanings

proper noun
  1. An independent city in central Maryland, United States.

    Earlier this week, amid freezing temperatures, students across Baltimore City returned from winter break to face unheated classrooms.

    2018 January 4, Janie Tankard Carnock, “Frigid Baltimore City schools: The racism we haven’t confronted”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2022
    1 more example

    Note the presence in the foreground of the fronds of ailanthus, often called “ghetto palm,” now ubiquitous in Baltimore but apparently already common in the 1930s.

    2006, Mark Chalkley, Hampden-Woodberry

    Synonyms: Balmer, Ballmer, Bawlmer, Charm City

  2. A number of other places in the United States:
  3. A coastal village in western County Cork, Ireland.
nounBaltimore (plural Baltimores)

plural Baltimores

  1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Baltimore oriole.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounAn independent city in central Maryland, United States.

Origin

  1. Irishbaile
  2. EnglishBaltimore

Named after Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, the first Proprietary Governor of the Province of Maryland. "Baltimore" itself is an anglicization of Irish baile an tí mhóir, "settlement of the big house."

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Translations

Arabic بَلْتِمُور
  • بَلْتِمُور (baltimōr)city in central Maryland, USA
Bulgarian Ба́лтимор
  • Ба́лтимор (Báltimor)city in central Maryland, USA
Chinese Mandarin 巴爾的摩 /巴尔的摩
  • 巴爾的摩 /巴尔的摩 (Bā'ěrdìmó)city in central Maryland, USA
Greek Βαλτιμόρη
  • Βαλτιμόρη (Valtimóri)city in central Maryland, USA
Irish Dún na Séad
  • Dún na Séadvillage in County Cork
Italian Baltimora
  • Baltimoracity in central Maryland, USA
Japanese ボルチモア, ボルティモア
  • ボルチモア (Boruchimoa)city in central Maryland, USA
  • ボルティモア (Borutimoa)city in central Maryland, USA
Korean 볼티모어
  • 볼티모어 (Boltimo'eo)city in central Maryland, USA
Polish Baltimore, Baltimore
  • Baltimorecity in central Maryland, USA
  • Baltimorevillage in County Cork
Portuguese Baltimore
  • Baltimorecity in central Maryland, USA
Russian Ба́лтимор
  • Ба́лтимор (Báltimor)city in central Maryland, USA
Vietnamese Ban-ti-mo
  • Ban-ti-mocity in central Maryland, USA

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Cite this entry
APA

Baltimore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Baltimore

MLA

“Baltimore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Baltimore. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Baltimore,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Baltimore.

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