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Maryland
Maryland, a Mid-Atlantic U.S. state and one of the thirteen original states, founded from the 1632 Calvert charter, seventh to ratify the Constitution (April 28, 1788), capital Annapolis, population 6,265,347 (2025), GDP $568.1 billion.
Maryland County
Maryland County is a county of Liberia at Cape Palmas, capital Harper, formed in 1857 from the Republic of Maryland, the only Liberian county once an independent republic; 172,587 residents across 7 districts.
Maryland Democratic Party
Maryland Democratic Party, state affiliate of the Democratic Party via the Democratic State Central Committee and county central committees; about 2.2 million registered Democrats, dominant in Maryland politics, headquartered in Annapolis.
Maryland Department of Transportation
The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) is a principal executive department of Maryland state government, authorized in 1970 and operating since 1971, overseeing aviation, highways, transit, ports, and tolls.
Maryland Hunt Cup
Maryland Hunt Cup: annual four-mile timber steeplechase over 22 solid fences in Worthington Valley, Maryland, run since 1894 for amateur riders; $100,000 purse, course record 8:15 (Vintage Vinnie, 2022), called America's toughest timber race.
Maryland in the American Civil War
Maryland in the American Civil War: a slaveholding Border State that stayed in the Union. Divided loyalties, the 1861 Baltimore riot, Frederick legislature arrests, Antietam, and the 1864 constitution abolishing slavery.
Maryland Public Service Commission
The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) is the Maryland state agency that regulates electric, gas, telephone, water, and sewage utilities, established in 1910 by the Maryland General Assembly.
Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival
Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival (MDSW): annual fiber festival since 1974 at Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, MD, first full weekend in May; 250+ vendors, 600+ sheep, Sheep-to-Shawl competition, fleece sale.
Maryland Terrapins football
Maryland Terrapins football (Terps), University of Maryland FBS team in the Big Ten East since 2014. First season 1892, 1953 national champions under Jim Tatum, 11 conference titles, home at SECU Stadium, coached by Michael Locksley.
Maryland Terrapins men's basketball
Maryland Terrapins men's basketball: University of Maryland, College Park NCAA Division I program, 2002 national champions under Gary Williams, 31 NCAA appearances, Big Ten member since 2014, currently coached by Buzz Williams.
Maryland Toleration Act
The Maryland Toleration Act, formally An Act Concerning Religion (April 21, 1649), granted freedom of conscience to all Christians and first used the phrase 'free exercise' of religion in the American colonies, while mandating death for Trinitarian blasphemy.
Maryland v. King
Maryland v. King, 569 U.S. 435 (2013), is a US Supreme Court decision holding that DNA cheek swabs of serious-offense arrestees are a reasonable booking procedure like fingerprinting.
Marylebone
Marylebone, historically Saint Marylebone, is a district in central London's City of Westminster, between Oxford Street and Regent's Park, known for Marylebone High Street, Georgian terraces, and Harley Street's medical practices.
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), founded 1787, is the private members' club that owns Lord's, wrote and still custodians the Laws and Spirit of Cricket, governed English cricket until 1968, and fields ~480 teams a year.
Marylebone station
Marylebone station, officially London Marylebone, is a central London railway terminus opened in 1899 as the last of London's termini, now the London terminus of Chiltern Railways.
Marylesa Howard
Marylesa Howard is an American mathematician and signal processing scientist at the Nevada National Security Site, awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2019.
Marymount Manhattan College
Marymount Manhattan College (MMC), private liberal arts college at 221 East 71st Street, New York; founded 1936 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, chartered independently 1961, known for performing arts, merged with Northeastern University to become Northeastern University – New York City.
Maryna Tkachenko
Maryna Tkachenko (Марина Ткаченко), Ukrainian basketball forward born 1965 in Mukachevo; 1992 Olympic gold with the Unified Team, EuroBasket champion 1991 and 1995, later national team coach and NUFVSU lecturer.
Maryna Viazovska (Марина Сергіївна В'язовська)
Maryna Viazovska is a Ukrainian mathematician who proved in 2016 that the E8 lattice gives the densest sphere packing in eight dimensions, winning the 2022 Fields Medal.
MaryRuth Organics (MaryRuth's)
MaryRuth Organics is a Los Angeles company selling vegan, non-GMO liquid and gummy supplements, founded by MaryRuth Ghiyam in 2014 and bootstrapped past $100 million in revenue.
Maryša
Maryša is an 1894 five-act social drama in tragic form by the brothers Alois and Vilém Mrštík, set in a Moravian village near Brno, regarded as the pinnacle of Czech realist drama.
Maryse Condé
Maryse Condé, born Maryse Boucolon (1934–2024), was a French-language novelist from Guadeloupe known for Ségou and Moi, Tituba, and winner of the 2018 New Academy Prize.
Maryse Mizanin
Maryse Mizanin (Maryse Ouellet, born 1983, Montreal) is a French Canadian WWE wrestler and manager of The Miz, first two-time Divas Champion with a record 216-day reign, and star of Miz & Mrs.
Maryville College
Maryville College is a private Presbyterian-founded liberal arts college in Maryville, Tennessee, founded in 1819 as the Southern and Western Theological Seminary and chartered in 1842; distinct from Maryville University of St. Louis, it enrolls about 1,200 students, competes in NCAA Division III, and is accredited by SACSCOC.
Marzan Sharav
Marzan Sharav (1869–1939), born Baldugiin Sharav, was a Mongolian painter whose nickname means "jester." He was the first Mongolian painter to turn to contemporary subjects and laid the foundation of modern Mongolian visual art.
Marzban-nameh
Marzban-nameh (مرزباننامه) is an early 13th-century Persian prose work of didactic stories and fables, written by Sa'd al-Din Varavini between 1210 and 1225 and modeled on Kalila wa Demna.
Märzen
Märzen (Märzenbier, March beer) is a Bavarian amber lager, 5.6–6.3% ABV, brewed since a 1553 brewing ban forced March brewing and summer lagering; fixed as a style in 1841 at Spaten, it was Munich Oktoberfest's official beer 1872–1990 before Festbier.
Marzia Kjellberg
Marzia Kjellberg (née Bisognin, born 1992), known as CutiePieMarzia, is an Italian former fashion and lifestyle YouTuber who retired in 2018, married PewDiePie (Felix Kjellberg) in 2019, founded Mai and Tsuki Market, wrote Dream House, and now works as a pastel artist in Tokyo.
Marzipan
Marzipan (mazapán, massepain, marzapane) is an almond-and-sugar confectionery paste used for modeling, cake covering, and sweets, graded by almond content (Edelmarzipan, Lübecker and Toledo PGIs) and distinct from almond paste in US usage.
Marzo Paraguayo
Marzo Paraguayo (Paraguayan March) is the March 1999 Paraguayan crisis in which mass protests, triggered by the assassination of Vice President Luis María Argaña, forced President Raúl Cubas Grau to resign.