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. Abbreviation: Pa.  Penn.  Penna.  PA. 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)

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.

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

In the notes he jokes that after years of “commuting” to Europe, a weekly trip across Pennsylvania was pretty easy.

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Efforts are under way to restart reactors in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Iowa.

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Pennsylvania’s governor boasts that he can ‘get stuff done.’

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But when every showtime at his Pennsylvania and Delaware theaters had strong presales, he added screens.

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Meanwhile, Ms. Hochul has approved a pipeline to carry natural gas fracked in Pennsylvania to New York City and Long Island.

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