Pittsburgh
[pits-burg]
- 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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Contemporary Examples
Gays have won, Mr. Barron said in his op-ed for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and Christians are now “outlaws” and “martyrs.”
Buffalo ranked tenth in the nation, while Detroit and Pittsburgh ranked twelth and thirteenth, respectively.
The indicted are not going to show up at the federal courthouse in Pittsburgh to surrender to federal marshals.
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December 3, 2014
To test out a doll he designed to have realistic human proportions, Nickolay Lamm went to a group of second-graders in Pittsburgh.
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At a rally in Pittsburgh a week before the election, Johnson laid out an ambitious, transformative vision for the United States.
Historical Examples
The engine, of sixty to seventy horse power, was brought from Pittsburgh.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
Of the same period, was the Cleveland, Warren and Pittsburgh.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
These grades come to market on the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
From Hanover he removed to Pittsburgh, where he operated in provisions until 1845.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
In 1867 he was appointed director of the Allegheny Observatory at Pittsburgh.
The Age of InventionHolland Thompson
Pittsburgh
- 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
City in southern Pennsylvania.
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