Person
Baltimore
Maryland (MD)est. 1729pop. 565,239/BAWL-tuh-mor/
The meaning
“Town of the big house (Baile an Ti Mhoir)”
How it got the name
The Calvert family held the Irish title Baron Baltimore, taken from a village in County Cork whose Gaelic name, Baile an Ti Mhoir, means 'town of the big house.' Maryland was the Calverts' proprietary colony, and its greatest port carries their title.