Baltimore

An independent city in central Maryland, United States.

Proper noun

  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. - 2006, Mark Chalkley, Hampden-Woodberry:
    • Earlier this week, amid freezing temperatures, students across Baltimore City returned from winter break to face unheated classrooms. - 2018 January 4, Janie Tankard Carnock, “Frigid Baltimore City schools: The racism...

    Synonyms: Balmer Ballmer Bawlmer Charm City

  2. A number of other places in the United States:

    1. A township in Henry County, Iowa.

    2. A ghost town in Mound Township, Warren County, Indiana.

    3. A township in Barry County, Michigan.

    4. A village in Fairfield County, Ohio.

    5. An unincorporated community in Cocke County, Tennessee.

    6. A town in Windsor County, Vermont.

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

Origin

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."

Wikipedia

Baltimore

Derived

Baltimorean Baltimore bird Baltimore breaks Baltimore chop Baltimore clipper Baltimore club Baltimore County Baltimore finch Baltimore flyer Baltimore house Baltimore oriole Baltimorgue Baltimoron Bodymore Bulletmore Lord Baltimore cake

Noun

  1. Ellipsis of Baltimore oriole.

Forms

Baltimores