Pennsylvania

American  

[pen-suhl-veyn-yuh, -vey-nee-uh] / ˌpɛn səlˈveɪn yə, -ˈveɪ ni ə /

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.

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Pennsylvania British  

/ 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)

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Pennsylvania Cultural  

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.

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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

New Jersey and Pennsylvania had their own successful and independent Rainbow Coalitions.

From Salon

Business Insider External link reported Friday that Blue Owl had failed to find outside lenders to take up $4 billion it is investing with a data center developer for a Pennsylvania site.

From Barron's

“Now all these are obviously like unverified claims,” said Shannon Wiltrout, a Pennsylvania mother of two, who called upon her local school to end ties with Lifetouch.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Red Sox picked the design of the new home jerseys from multiple options before they were made at Fanatics’ Pennsylvania plant that has produced MLB jerseys for decades.

From Los Angeles Times

In Pennsylvania, the Interscholastic Athletic Association, for example, can strip a year of high school eligibility if a student repeats eighth grade for nonacademic reasons.

From The Wall Street Journal