Baltimore (Maryland)

**Baltimore** je nezavisni grad smješten u američkoj državi Maryland. Godine 2010. stanovništvo Baltimorea je bilo procijenjeno na 620.961 ljudi. 
*Baltimore* je jedna od najvećih američkih luka, smještena u Zaljevu Chesapeake bliža državama Srednjeg Zapada nego ijedna druga luka na Istočnoj Obali. Nekada je bio poznat kao industrijski grad poznat po proizvodnom sektoru, a danas se njegova ekonomija više okrenula uslužnom sektoru, pa najveći poslodavac više nije Bethlehem Steel nego Univerzitet Johns Hopkins i bolnoca Johns Hopkins.

Metropolitanska oblast Baltimore, koja uključuje susjedna predragrađa, ima oko 2,6 miliona stanovnika. Baltimore je također dio Metropolitanske oblast Baltimore-Washingtron (CMSA) koje ima otprilike 8,1 miliona stanovnika. Baltimore je najveći grad u Marylandu, a njegova metropolitanska oblast je 20. po veličini u SAD.

Grad je ime dobio po osnivaču Kolonije Maryland, Lordu Baltimoreu iz Irskog doma lorodova. Baltimore je svoje ime uzeo prema mjestu Baltimore u Irskoj, što je engleska transliteracija irskog izraza *Baile an Tí Mhoir*, ili "Dom velike kuće". Nije jasno je li Baltimore bio Baltimore u Okrugu Cork ili mjesto u okrughu Longford koje se nekad zvalo Baltimore.

Baltimore je 1800-ih bio drugi najpopularniji grad u kojem su se iskrcavali doseljenici u SAD.

S obzirom da se u susjedstvu nalazi Okrug Baltimore za Baltimore se ponekad koristi izraz **Baltimore City** (*Grad Baltimore*) kako bi se označila razlika.

## Sportski klubovi

* Baltimore Orioles - (Major League Baseball)
* Baltimore Ravens - (National Football League)
* Baltimore Blast - (Major Indoor Soccer League)
* Crystal Palace Baltimore - (USL Second Division)
* Baltimore Blackbirds - (American Indoor Football Association)
* Baltimore Bay Lions - (American Basketball Association)
* Baltimore Burn - (National Women's Football Association)
* Charm City Roller Girls - (Women's Flat Track Derby Association)

### Bivši (ili prsseljeni) sportski klubovi
#### Baseball
* Baltimore Black Sox - Eastern Colored League (1923-1928)
* Baltimore Elite Giants - Negro National League(1938-1948)
* Baltimore Orioles - (International League)
* Baltimore Orioles (19. vijek) (1882 to 1899)
* Baltimore Terrapins - (Federal League) (1914-1915)
* Baltimore Unions - (Union Association)

#### Američki fudbal
* Baltimore Stallions – (Canadian Football League)
* Baltimore Stars – (United States Football League)
* Baltimore Colts – (National Football League, 1953-83)
* Baltimore Colts – (All-America Football Conference/NFL, 1947-50)

#### Košarka
* Baltimore Bullets (1947-1955) - (National Basketball Association)
* Baltimore Bullets (1963-1972) - (National Basketball Association)
* Baltimore Claws - (American Basketball Association)
* Baltimore Lightning - (Continental Basketball Association) godine 1985 - 86. Igrao utakmice u Towson Centeru na Sveučilištu Towson.
* Baltimore Bayrunners - (International Basketball League)
* Baltimore Pearls - (American Basketball Association)

#### Fudbal/nogomet
* Baltimore Bays - (North American Soccer League)
* Baltimore Blast - (Major Soccer League) (1980-1992)
* Baltimore Comets - (North American Soccer League)

#### Hockey
* Baltimore Blades - (World Hockey Association)
* Baltimore Bandits - (American Hockey League)
* Baltimore Clippers - (American Hockey League, Eastern Hockey League, Southern Hockey League)
* Baltimore Skipjacks - (American Hockey League, Atlantic Coast Hockey League)

#### Lacrosse
* Baltimore Tribe (1988) - American Lacrosse League - igrao 4 tjedna a potom se raspustio zajedno s ligom. Igrao na Sveučilištu Maryland-Baltimore County u Catonsvilleu.
* Baltimore Thunder (1987–1999) - National Lacrosse League - preselio u Pittsburgh, potom Washington, D.C.; danas Colorado.
* Baltimore Bayhawks (2001–2006) - Major League Lacrosse - preselio u Washington, D.C.

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## Vanjske veze

* City of Baltimore Website
* Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association
* Visit My Baltimore 
* Baltimore Development Corporation
* Baltimore Walking Tours
* Fells Point Ghost Tours- Baltimore Ghost Tour 
* Visit Baltimore 
* Buildings of Baltimore
* The Phoenix Shot Tower in Baltimore's Inner Harbor 
* Baltimore Weather  - Live weather, air quality, and archived weather from the UMBC weather station.
* NOAA Charts(linked 4/2007)
:* Baltimore Harbor # 12281 
:* Chesapeake Bay Approaches to Baltimore Harbor # 12278 
* Chapter 15  Baltimore to Head of Chesapeake Bay, *Coast Pilot 3*, 40th Edition, 2007, Office of Coastal Survey, NOAA.