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Maryland
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Mar·y·land  (mr-lnd) Abbr. MD or Md.
A state of the east-central United States. It was admitted as one of the original Thirteen Colonies in 1788. The colony was founded by Lord Baltimore in 1634 as a refuge for English Roman Catholics. Annapolis is the capital and Baltimore the largest city. Population: 5,620,000.

Mary·land·er n.

Maryland [ˈmɛərɪˌlænd ˈmɛrɪlənd]
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(Placename) 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.: 5 296 486 (2000 est.). Area: 31 864 sq. km (12 303 sq. miles) Abbreviations Md (with zip code), MD
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Noun1.Maryland - a Mid-Atlantic stateMaryland - a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
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
2.Maryland - one of the British colonies that formed the United States


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First thoughts, however, speak in favour of Funk, who is a native of the Old Line State (although a long-time Florida resident now) and was golf coach to the University of Maryland squad from 1982-88.
Maureen Brooks, AMERICAN FORESTS' big tree coordinator for the Old Line State, updates her list on a web site twice each year.
The following items, gathered from newspapers in the first 2 months of 2002, give just a glimpse of a system in free fall: * Maryland: The Old Line State seems to be hardest hit by clinic closures in recent months, with 11 community mental health centers closing during the past year.
 
 
 
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