Harrisburg
- a city in and the capital of Pennsylvania, in the S part, on the Susquehanna River.
Pennsylvania
- a state in the E United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). Capital: Harrisburg. Abbreviation: PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.
Examples from the Web for harrisburg
Contemporary Examples
Stephens left New York City when he was 20 to begin college in Harrisburg, but he traveled often to the city for work.
Stephens left New York City when he was 20 to begin college in Harrisburg, but he travelled often to the city for work.
‘I Always Felt It Was Creepy’: Stories of Sex With Elmo Puppeteer Kevin ClashMaria Elena Fernandez
December 6, 2012
Sara Ganim was standing in her pink socks in the office of the Harrisburg, Pa., Patriot-News when she heard the news Monday.
“This may be the most high-profile sexual abuse case ever,” says Andreozzi, of Harrisburg.
Things are completely different now … I spend three days a week in Harrisburg lobbying representatives from all over the state.
Historical Examples
You will come with me as far as Harrisburg; it may be easier to part there than here.
Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From HomeBayard Taylor
Carleton, divining the state of affairs, took the railway to Harrisburg.
Charles Carleton CoffinWilliam Elliot Griffis, D. D.
The recommendations of the convention at Harrisburg were comprehensive.
Union and DemocracyAllen Johnson
A Harrisburg reprint of 1888 (100 copies to subscribers) is also quite rare.
A Book for All ReadersAinsworth Rand Spofford
Well, there had been sight of those at Harrisburg and some at the blockhouses.
Ride Proud, Rebel!Andre Alice Norton
Harrisburg
- a city in S Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River: the state capital. Pop: 48 322 (2003 est)
Pennsylvania
- 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)Abbreviation: Pa, Penn, Penna, (with zip code) PA
Word Origin and History for harrisburg
Pennsylvania
American colony, later U.S. state, 1681, literally "Penn's Woods," a hybrid formed from the surname Penn (Welsh, literally "head") + Latin sylvania (see sylvan). Not named for William Penn, the proprietor, but, on suggestion of Charles II, for Penn's late father, Admiral William Penn (1621-1670), who had lent the king the money that was repaid to the son in the form of land for a Quaker settlement in America. The story goes that the younger Penn wanted to call it New Wales, but the king's secretary, a Welshman of orthodox religion, wouldn't hear of it. Pennsylvania Dutch is attested from 1824.
Pennsylvania
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.