a state of the eastern US, on the Atlantic: divided into two unequal parts by Chesapeake Bay: mostly low-lying, with the Alleghenies in the northwest Capital: Annapolis. Pop: 5 508 909 (2003 est). Area: 31 864 sq km (12 303 sq miles)
Abbreviation: Md or (with zip code) MD
Maryland in American English
(ˈmɛrələnd)
state of the E U.S., on the Atlantic: one of the 13 original states; 9,774 sq mi (25,314 sq km); pop. 5,296,000; cap. Annapolis
abbrev. MD or Md
Word origin
after Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charlemagne of England