Pittsburgh

American  

[pits-burg] / ˈpɪts bɜrg /

noun

1. a port in SW Pennsylvania, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers that forms the Ohio River: steel industry.

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Pittsburgh British  

/ ˈpɪtsbɜːɡ /

noun

1. a port in SW Pennsylvania, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers, which form the Ohio River: settled around Fort Pitt in 1758; developed rapidly with the discovery of iron deposits and one of the world's richest coalfields; the largest river port in the US and an important industrial centre, formerly with large steel mills. Pop: 325 337 (2003 est)

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Pittsburgh Cultural  

1. City in southern Pennsylvania.

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Leading industrial center, long known for its steel mills and more recently for high-tech (see also high-tech) industries.

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Pittsburgh

Those emissions are making our oceans hotter and our atmosphere able to hold more water, producing the ingredients for a really bad hurricane, no matter where it makes landfall, either Palm Beach or Pittsburgh.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

One of the first things I did was search DeFlock’s crowdsourced map for cameras near my home in Pittsburgh.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

"There will be more settlements in other cases as well because this certainly sets a precedent," said Vanitha Swaminathan, a marketing professor at the University of Pittsburgh.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

In Memphis, Tenn., and Pittsburgh, buyers of single-family homes can save and break even in roughly 11 years on average.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

But Pittsburgh was gray and sad, the sun nonexistent and the clouds fluffy with unshed snow.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland