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Vinony

Baltimore

proper noun

  1. largest city in Maryland, United States
  2. family name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbɔl.tɪˌmoɹ/ / /ˈbɔːltɪmɔː/ / /ˈbɔːltɪmo(ː)ɹ/

name

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."

  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.”

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

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  8. A coastal village in western County Cork, Ireland.

noun

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."

  1. Ellipsis of Baltimore oriole.