Pennsylvania

[ pen-suhl-veyn-yuh, -vey-nee-uh ]

noun

1. a state in the eastern United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). : Harrisburg. : PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.

Pennsylvania

/ ˌpɛnsɪlˈveɪnɪə /

noun

1. a state of the northeastern US: almost wholly in the Appalachians, with the Allegheny Plateau to the west and a plain in the southeast; the second most important US state for manufacturing. Capital: Harrisburg. Pop: 12 365 455 (2003 est). Area: 116 462 sq km (44 956 sq miles) AbbreviationPaPennPennawith zip codePA

Pennsylvania

1. State in the northeastern United States bordered by Lake Erie and New York to the north; New Jersey to the east; Delaware , Maryland , and West Virginia to the south; and Ohio to the west. Its capital is Harrisburg, and its largest city is Philadelphia .

Notes

Named after the father of William Penn , a devout Quaker , who was granted proprietary rights by the king of England to almost the whole of what is now Pennsylvania in the late seventeenth century.

One of the thirteen colonies .

Example Sentences

The number of women in South Carolina who died during childbirth was more than twice the rate in Pennsylvania.

From Washington Post

In Pennsylvania, about 19,000 Republicans changed their party registration since the beginning of the year.

From Washington Post

My mother lives in Pennsylvania and has struggled to get a vaccine appointment as the state’s process has been hobbled by mistakes and bizarre complexity.

From Washington Post

Lara Putnam, a historian at the University of Pittsburgh, said that in Pennsylvania, gerrymandering has resulted in the election of very right-wing state legislators.

From FiveThirtyEight

In states like Pennsylvania and Ohio, some of the most conservative lawmakers have regularly flouted mask rules that have been in place for months.

From Washington Post

We are not told that Cooper had been able to vote without hindrance when she lived in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.

From The Daily Beast

No alarms were triggered as she strolled out of the Giant supermarket in Limerick, Pennsylvania, and nobody thought otherwise.

From The Daily Beast

Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation A Pennsylvania-based wood cabinet and specialty products manufacturer.

From The Daily Beast

The University of Pennsylvania claims to be “America's First University.”

From The Daily Beast

Pennsylvania, where the assault is alleged to have taken place, has a 12-year statute of limitations on sexual assault.

From The Daily Beast

William Penn, published in England his frame of government for the colony of Pennsylvania.

From Project Gutenberg

During the revolutionary war he was commissary-general to the Pennsylvania division, and printer to congress.

From Project Gutenberg

He was judge of the admiralty court of Pennsylvania; his writings abound with wit, humor and satire.

From Project Gutenberg

In Pennsylvania a different rule was long ago declared, and has ever since been maintained.

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Richard Penn, one of the proprietors, and governor of Pennsylvania before the revolution, died in England.

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