Baltimore

//ˈbɔl.tɪˌmoɹ// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Ellipsis of Baltimore oriole. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An independent city in central Maryland, United States.

    "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."

  2. 2
    A number of other places in the United States:; A township in Henry County, Iowa.
  3. 3
    A number of other places in the United States:; A ghost town in Mound Township, Warren County, Indiana.
  4. 4
    A number of other places in the United States:; A township in Barry County, Michigan.
  5. 5
    A number of other places in the United States:; A village in Fairfield County, Ohio.
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  1. 6
    A number of other places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Cocke County, Tennessee.
  2. 7
    A number of other places in the United States:; A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
  3. 8
    A coastal village in western County Cork, Ireland.

Synonyms

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baltimore oriole

Example

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"They agreed to meet again in Baltimore, Maryland."

Etymology

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."

Related phrases

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