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Maryland.

A state of the United States; named for Queen Mary, queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland. Capital: Annapolis. Largest city: Baltimore.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

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  1. A state of the United States; named for Queen Mary, queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland. Capital: Annapolis. Largest city: Baltimore.

  2. A state of the United States; named for Queen Mary, queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland. Capital: Annapolis. Largest city: Baltimore. University of Maryland, College Park.

  3. A former colony of England, from 1632 to 1707, and of Great Britain, from 1707 to 1776, roughly matching the present state.

    historical

  4. A town in Otsego County, New York; named for the state.

  5. A deserted village on Brownsea Island in Dorset, England; named for the wife of the founder (OS grid ref SZ0188).

  6. A neighbourhood in the borough of Newham, Greater London, England; named for the state (OS grid ref TQ3984).

  7. A hamlet in Trellech United community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO5105).

  8. A county of Liberia. Capital: Harper.

  9. A locality in the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

  10. A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

  11. A surname.

Where this word comes from

From Mary + -land. Named after Henrietta Maria of France, the wife of Charles I of England.

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