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Maryland

(U.S. America) was so named in compliment to Queen Henrietta Maria. In the Latin charter it is called Terra Mariæ.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Mary
Mary
Mary
Marys
Mary Anne or Marianne
Mary Anne Associations
Mary Magdalene (St.)
Mary Queen of Scots
Marybuds
Marygold or Marigold
Maryland
Marylebone
Mas (plural, Masse)
Masaniello
Masche-croute [gnaw-crust]
Mascotte
Masdeu (Catalan for God’s field)
Masetto
Mashackering and Misguggling
Masher
Mask a Fleet (To)

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Maryland