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pennsylvania

/pˌɛnsʌlvˈeɪnjʌ/noun4 syllables

Pennsylvania means: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies, with capital Harrisburg.

Synonyms for pennsylvania5

noun, as in a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies, with capital Harrisburg

Keystone State, PA, Pa.

noun, as in a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania, Penn

What does pennsylvania mean?3

noun

1

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies, with capital Harrisburg

2

a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

3

one of the British colonies that formed the United States, with capital Philadelphia

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Pennsylvania in a sentence

  • Pennsylvania used to have a big steel industry.orcrist
  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is a historically important city for metallurgy.shekitten
  • Franklin's ideas formed the basis of the University of Pennsylvania.shekitten
  • The Pennsylvania Turnpike has long sections with no shoulder.shekitten
  • Jonas and Amelia went camping in a nature preserve in Pennsylvania.Amastan
  • To the naked eye, the view of this little Pennsylvania town looks like a flashback to the past.Cangarejo
  • Elon Musk went to the University of Pennsylvania.rul
  • I told them that I was American and that I was born in Pennsylvania.unknown

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