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Maryland

ma·ry·land

UK/ˈmɛəɹilænd/ US/ˈmɛəɹɪlənd/ fairly common

noun

1.

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

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2.

one of the British colonies that formed the United States

Origin

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

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