Maryland

American  

[mer-uh-luhnd] / ˈmɛr ə lənd /

noun

1. a state in the eastern United States, on the Atlantic coast. 10,577 square miles (27,395 square kilometers). Annapolis. MD (for use with zip code), Md.

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Maryland British  

/ ˈmɛərɪˌlænd, ˈmɛrɪlənd /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Md.   MD.  a state of the eastern US, on the Atlantic: divided into two unequal parts by Chesapeake Bay: mostly low-lying, with the Alleghenies in the northwest Capital: Annapolis. Pop: 5 508 909 (2003 est). Area: 31 864 sq km (12 303 sq miles)

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Maryland Cultural  

1. State in the eastern United States bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, Delaware to the east, and Virginia and West Virginia to the south and west. Its capital is Annapolis. Baltimore is its largest city.

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One of the thirteen colonies.

Other Word Forms

• Marylander noun

Example Sentences

In a separate lawsuit announced Monday, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown sued DC Water, claiming the utility was aware of corrosion but delayed capital improvements.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

“Focusing on illegal wildlife trade is not enough,” said Meredith Gore, a conservation criminologist at the University of Maryland and a co-author of the study.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Shibley Telhami, a professor of peace and development at the University of Maryland and a fellow at the Brookings Institution think tank, says the threat of a blockade was "bewildering and seems self-defeating."

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

Researchers from the University of Concepción in Chile, working with colleagues at the University of Maryland, uncovered a previously unknown signaling pathway in the hypothalamus, the brain region that controls hunger and fullness.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Thousands took the chance to win freedom; as many as 3,400 enslaved people from Maryland and Virginia fled to British ships.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis