Old Line State

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Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary is Mason and Dixon's line.

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Old Line State - a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies Free State, Maryland, MD U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Mid-Atlantic states - a region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland South - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line Aberdeen - a town in northeastern Maryland Annapolis, capital of Maryland - state capital of Maryland; site of the United States Naval Academy Baltimore - the largest city in Maryland; a major seaport and industrial center Fort George G. Meade, Fort George Gordon Meade, Fort Meade - a United States Army base in Maryland; headquarters of the National Security Agency Frederick - a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore Hagerstown - a town in northern Maryland Chesapeake Bay - a large inlet of the North Atlantic between Virginia and Maryland; fed by Susquehanna River Potomac, Potomac River - a river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains and flows eastward, forming the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay Susquehanna, Susquehanna River - a river in the northeastern United States that rises in New York and flows southward through Pennsylvania and Maryland into Chesapeake Bay