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Annapolis

Maryland (MD)est. 1649pop. 40,812/uh-NAP-uh-lis/

The meaning

“Anne's city”

How it got the name

Puritan refugees from Virginia founded Providence in 1649. It became Anne Arundel's Towne, then in 1694 Annapolis, honoring Princess Anne with the Greek polis suffix. The name blends a Hebrew personal name with a Greek noun to flatter an English royal.

Former names

  1. Providence
  2. Anne Arundel's Towne
  3. Town at Proctor's
  4. Annapolis