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Baltimore

Syllabification: (Bal·ti·more)
Definition of Baltimore
  • a seaport in northern Maryland, the largest city in Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay; population 636,919 (est. 2008).

Origin:

named after George Calvert, the first Baron Baltimore (circa1580–1632), who in 1632 obtained a grant of land for the colony that later became Maryland

Baltimore in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Baltimore in the British & World English dictionary