Baltimore

English

Etymology

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 mhóir, "settlement of the big house."

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Baltimore

  1. An independent city in central Maryland, United States.
    • 2006, Mark Chalkley, Hampden-Woodberry:
      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.
    • 2018 January 4, Janie Tankard Carnock, “Frigid Baltimore City schools: The racism we haven’t confronted”, in CNN[1]:
      Earlier this week, amid freezing temperatures, students across Baltimore City returned from winter break to face unheated classrooms.
  2. A coastal village in western County Cork, Ireland.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Baltimore (plural Baltimores)

  1. Ellipsis of Baltimore oriole.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbaw.t͡ʃi.moʁ/ [ˈbaʊ̯.t͡ʃi.moh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈbaw.t͡ʃi.moɾ/ [ˈbaʊ̯.t͡ʃi.moɾ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈbaw.t͡ʃi.moʁ/ [ˈbaʊ̯.t͡ʃi.moχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbaw.t͡ʃi.moɻ/ [ˈbaʊ̯.t͡ʃi.moɻ]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbal.ti.mɔɾ/ [ˈbaɫ.ti.mɔɾ]

Proper noun

Baltimore f

  1. Baltimore (a city in Maryland, United States)