Baltimore

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Baltimore

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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 tí mhóir, "settlement of the big house."

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔl.tɪˌmoɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːltɪmɔː/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːltɪmo(ː)ɹ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːltɪmoə/
• Hyphenation: Bal‧ti‧more

• Audio:

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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:

     Earlier this week, amid freezing temperatures, students across Baltimore City returned from winter break to face unheated classrooms.

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.

Derived terms

• 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

Translations

city in central Maryland, USA

Arabic: بَلْتِمُور (baltimōr) Bulgarian: Ба́лтимор m (Báltimor) Chinese: Mandarin: 巴爾的摩 / 巴尔的摩 (zh) (Bā'ěrdìmó) Farefare: Bɔltɩmɔa, Bɔltɩmɔɔ Greek: Βαλτιμόρη (el) f (Valtimóri) Italian: Baltimora (it) f Japanese: ボルチモア (Boruchimoa), ボルティモア (Borutimoa) Korean: 볼티모어 (Boltimo'eo) Portuguese: Baltimore f Russian: Ба́лтимор (ru) m (Báltimor) Vietnamese: Ban-ti-mo

village in County Cork

Irish: Dún na Séad m

Noun

Baltimore (plural Baltimores)

1. Ellipsis of Baltimore oriole.

Anagrams

• artmobile, bromalite, timbalero

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaw.t͡ʃi.moʁ/ [ˈbaʊ̯.t͡ʃi.moh]

• (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)