Penn

¹

[pen]

noun

1. Sir William, 1621–70, English admiral.

2. his son William, 1644–1718, English Quaker: founder of Pennsylvania 1682.

Penn.

²

Or Penna

abbreviation

1. Pennsylvania.

Penn

¹

/ pɛn /

noun

1. Irving. 1917–2009, US photographer, noted for his portraits and his innovations in colour photography

2. William. 1644–1718, English Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania

Penn.

²

abbreviation

1. Pennsylvania

Example Sentences

A week after they shocked the college football world by beating Penn State, the big story was the Bruins.

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The paper was co-authored by Caizhi Zhou and Haitao Qing, both Ph.D. students at NC State; and by Yinding Chi, a former Ph.D. student at NC State who is now a postdoctoral researcher at Penn.

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After getting manhandled by two opponents from the Mountain West Conference, UCLA’s offensive line largely held up against a Penn State defense that was supposed to be the Nittany Lions’ strength.

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Coming into Saturday, Oregon’s Dante Moore and Penn State’s Drew Allar had combined for 15 touchdowns and more than 1,500 yards.

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At one end of the Parkway is the work of Calder’s grandfather, Alexander Milne Calder, whose figure of William Penn crowns City Hall.

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