Annapolis

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专有名词
  1. The capital city of Maryland, United States and the county seat of Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
    — Founded by English settlers in the 1600s and named for England’s Princess Anne, Annapolis was a bustling colonial capital. […] Historic Annapolis offers public tours of the Paca house and its elaborate terraced garden, home to rose beds, fruit trees and a small pond.
  2. USNA (“United States Naval Academy”), located in the above city. metonymically

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Annapolis County Annapolis Royal

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Originally Anne Arundel’s Towne, in honor of the English noblewoman Anne Arundell (1615/1616–1649), after whom the city’s county (Anne Arundel County) was also named; the namesake was changed to honor Princess Anne of Denmark and Norway, the heir to the throne who became Queen Anne of Great Britain (1665–1714); from Anna (Latinate form of Anne) + -polis (“city”).
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