Free State vs Maryland

Free State

name
  • A nickname for Maryland. 

  • The Irish Free State. 

  • A province of South Africa. Capital: Bloemfontein, formerly Orange Free State. 

  • Irish republican term for the present-day Republic of Ireland. 

Maryland

name
  • University of Maryland, College Park. 

  • A village in Monmouthshire, Wales. 

  • A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. 

  • A deserted village on Brownsea Island in Dorset, England; named for the wife of the founder (OS grid ref SZ0188). 

  • A state of the United States; named for Queen Mary, queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland. Capital: Annapolis. Largest city: Baltimore. 

  • A town in New York; named for the state. 

  • A neighbourhood in the borough of Newham, Greater London, England; named for the state (OS grid ref TQ3984). 

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