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Maryland
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maryland
English
thumb|240px|Flag of Maryland
region Q1391 en Location of the state of Maryland in the United States
Etymology
en :af Mary<id:Marie> -land 1
From en Mary -land. Named after Henrietta Maria of France, the wife of Charles I of England.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmɛəɹɪlənd/ /ˈmɛɹɪlənd/ /ˈmæɹɪlənd/ /ˈmɛɹlən/ local US
en en-us-Maryland.ogg US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Zazollo-Maryland.wav Maryland, US
en /ˈmɛəɹilænd/ /ˈmɛəɹɪlənd/ RP
en /ˈmɛːɹɪjland/ /ˈmɛːɹɪlənd/ SSB
Proper noun
en Q1391en state c/US ; named for Henrietta Maria Queen Mary, queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland Annapolis Baltimore.
en Edward-Isaac Dovere Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to discuss 2024 campaign w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/07/politics/harris-set-to-host-democratic-governors-this-weekend-to-discuss-2024-campaign/index.html 2024-02-07 On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico. https://web.archive.org/web/20251228151719/https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/07/politics/harris-set-to-host-democratic-governors-this-weekend-to-discuss-2024-campaign/index.html 28 December 2025
University of Maryland, College Park.
en historical en former colony of cc/England from 1632 to 1707, and of c/Great Britain from 1707 to 1776, roughly matching the present state.
en town/and/hamlet therein, in co/Otsego County s/New York ; named for the state. TopoZone: Maryland, New York
en deserted village on Brownsea Island in county/Dorset cc/England ; named for the wife of the founder OS grid ref SZ0188.
en neighbourhood in the lbor/Newham co/Greater London cc/England ; named for the state OS grid ref TQ3984. Ward map (Newham, London)
en hamlet wcomm/Trellech United co/Monmouthshire cc/Wales OS grid ref SO5105.
en Q870138 en county c/Liberia Harper.
en locality in the carea/Tenterfield north eastern s/New South Wales c/Australia.
en suburb of city/Newcastle s/New South Wales c/Australia.
en.
Derived terms
en chicken Maryland, en Maryland chicken
en Delmarva
en Marylander
en Marylandian
en Maryland yellowthroat
en MD
en terrapin à la Maryland
Translations
US state
Arabic: ar مَارِيلَانْد m mariland
Armenian: hy Մերիլենդ
Bengali: bn ম্যারীস্তান meristan
Bulgarian: bg Ме́риленд m
Cherokee: chr ᎺᎵᏂ melini
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 馬里蘭 Mǎlǐlán
Czech: cs Maryland m
Esperanto: eo Marilando
Finnish: fi Maryland
French: fr Maryland m
Galician: gl Maryland
Georgian: ka მერილენდი
German: de Maryland n, de Marieland n
Greek: el Μέριλαντ n
Hawaiian: haw Melelana
Hebrew: he מרילנד f meriland
Hindi: hi मेरीलैंड m, hi मैरिलैण्ड m
Ido: io Maryland
Italian: it Maryland m
Japanese: ja メリーランド Merīrando
Khmer: km ម៉ារីលែន
Korean: ko ^메릴랜드
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb مەریلەند
Northern Kurdish: kmr Maryland
Lao: lo ມາຣີແລນ, lo ແມຣິແລນ
Latin: la Marylandia, la Terra Mariae
Limburgish: li Maryland
Macedonian: mk Мериленд m
Marathi: mr मेरिलंड
Navajo: nv Méelin hahoodzo
Persian: fa مریلند
Polish: pl Maryland m
Portuguese: pt Maryland m, pt Marilândia f
Russian: ru Мэ́риленд m
Spanish: es Maryland m
Swedish: sv Maryland n
Thai: th แมริแลนด์
Turkish: tr Maryland
Ukrainian: uk Ме́ріленд m
Urdu: ur میری لینڈ merī laiṇḍ
Yiddish: yi מערילאַנד
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Maryland is the 53072nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 390 individuals. Maryland is most common among Black/African-American (89.23%) individuals.
See also
References
en eponyms
en Universities
Danish
da:
Etymology
Borrowed from da en Maryland.
Proper noun
da proper noun genitive Marylands
da Maryland Q1391
Finnish
fi:
thumb|right|Maryland
Etymology
From fi en Maryland.
Pronunciation
meeriländ Ma.ry.land
English pronunciation also used
Proper noun
fi Maryland Q1391
Declension
After the spelling:
sg Maryland a 0
After the pronunciation:
sg Maryland ä 0
Italian
it:
Etymology
it :bor en:Maryland
it en Maryland.
Pronunciation
Mèrylànd,Mèrylènd<r:DiPI>
Proper noun
m
it Maryland Q1391
References
Polish
pl:
region Q1391 Maryland
Etymology
pl :bor en:Maryland + 1
Pronunciation
merylend LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-Maryland.wav Ma.ry.land
Proper noun
m-in
pl Maryland Q1391
pl pieczęć Marylandu seal of Maryland
pl Nazwa stanu Maryland nie jest odwołaniem do imienia Bogarodzicy. The name of the state of Maryland is not a reference to the name of the Mother of God.
Declension
s
Derived terms
pl adjective marylandzki
pl nouns Marylandczyk Marylandka
Further reading
Portuguese
pt:
Etymology
pt :ubor en:Maryland + 1
Pronunciation
méri:lênde
pt ẽd͡ʒi 4
Proper noun
m marilandês
pt Maryland Q1391
pt Marilândia
See also
Slovak
sk:
Pronunciation
merilend
Proper noun
m-in Marylandu dub
sk Maryland Q1391
References
Spanish
Etymology
es :bor en:Maryland + 1
Pronunciation
mérilánd
Proper noun
m
es Maryland Q1391
es ¿Quién es Kilmar Ábrego García, el hombre devuelto a EE.UU. tras ser deportado a El Salvador? w:CNN en Español https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/06/06/eeuu/quien-es-kilmar-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-deportado-eeuu-orix 2025-06-06 De acuerdo con documentos judiciales, Ábrego García había sido inicialmente detenido en 2018 por policías en Maryland cuando estaba fuera de un Home Depot junto a otros hombres. https://web.archive.org/web/20250718063947/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/06/06/eeuu/quien-es-kilmar-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-deportado-eeuu-orix
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