Pennsylvania - Wiktionary

See also: Pennsylvânia

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:PennsylvaniaWikipedia

English Wikipedia has an article on:Pennsylvania (disambiguation)Wikipedia Location of the state of Pennsylvania in the United States

Alternative forms

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• Pensylvania, Pensilvania

Etymology

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From Penn (“William Penn”) +‎ sylvan (“woods”) +‎ -ia (“land”). On March 4, 1681, Charles II of England granted a land tract to William Penn for the area that now includes Pennsylvania. Penn then founded a colony there as a place of religious freedom for Quakers, and named it for the Latin sylva, silva (“wood”), thus Pennsylvania (“Penn’s woods”). Some propose that the Penn is derived from William’s more respected father, also named William Penn.[en 1]

Pronunciation

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• (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌpɛn.sɪlˈveɪ.ni.ə/, /ˌpɛn.sɪlˈveɪn.jə/
  • (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˌpɛn.səlˈveɪ.ni.ə/, /ˌpɛn.səlˈveɪn.jə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪniə
• Hyphenation: Penn‧syl‧va‧ni‧a, Penn‧syl‧van‧ia

Proper noun

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Pennsylvania

1. A state of the United States. Capital: Harrisburg. Largest city: Philadelphia.
   • 2025 February 4, Shania Shelton and Morgan Rimmer, “Senate votes to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general”, in CNN‎[2]:The vote was 54-46. The vote was mostly along party lines though Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania joined Republicans in supporting Bondi.
2. (historical) A former colony of England, from 1681 to 1707, and of Great Britain, from 1707 to 1776, which grew progressively larger before becoming the present state.
3. The first, and historically largest, now defunct US railroad, a hallmark of the industrial age.
4. An unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.
5. A suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9294).
6. A hamlet in Cold Ashton parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7473).

Synonyms

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• (US state): PA
• The Keystone State

Derived terms

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• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• PA
• Pennamite
• Penn Station
• Pennsyltucky
• Pennsylvania Avenue
• Pennsylvania barn
• Pennsylvania Dutch English
• Pennsylvania German
• Pennsylvanian
• Pennsylvania rifle
• Pennsylvania sedge
• Pistolvania
• Westsylvania

Related terms

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• Pittsylvania
• Spotsylvania
• sylvan (see for more terms)
• Sylvania
• Transylvania

Translations

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Arabic: بِنْسِيلْفَانِيَا f (binsīlfāniyā), بِنْسِلْفِينْيَا f (binsilfīnyā), بنسلفنية f (binsilfinya), بِنْسِلْفَانْيَا (binsilfānyā) Hijazi Arabic: بِنْسِلْفِينْيَا f (binsilfēnya, pinsilvēnya) Armenian: Փենսիլվանիա (Pʻensilvania) Belarusian: Пенсільванія (Pjensilʹvanija) Catalan: Pennsilvània f Cherokee: ᎤᎩᏓᎵᏱ (ugidaliyi) Chinese: Cantonese: 賓州 / 宾州 (ban1 zau1) Mandarin: 賓夕法尼亞 / 宾夕法尼亚 (zh) (Bīnxīfǎníyà) Corsican: Pennsylvania f, Pensilvania f Czech: Pensylvánie (cs) f Danish: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvanien (archaic) Dutch: Pennsylvania (nl) n, (archaic) Pennsylvanië (nl) n Esperanto: Pensilvanio Finnish: Pennsylvania (fi) French: Pennsylvanie (fr) f Galician: Pensilvania (gl) f Georgian: პენსილვანია (ṗensilvania) German: Pennsylvanien, Pennsylvania (de) Greek: Πενσυλβάνια (el) f (Pensylvánia) Hebrew: פנסילבניה (he) f (Pennsylvenia) Hindi: पेन्सिलवेनिया (pensilveniyā) Irish: Peinnsiolváin f Italian: Pennsylvania (it) f, Pensilvania f Japanese: ペンシルベニア (ja) (Penshirubenia) Khmer: ផេនស៊ីលវ៉ានៀ (pheensiilvaaniə), ផេនស៊ីលវ៉ានី (pheensiilvaanii) Korean: 펜실베이니아 (Pensilbeinia), 펜실베니아 (Pensilbenia) Lao: ເພນຊິນເວເນຍ (phēn sin wē nīa) Latin: Pennsilvania f Latvian: Pensilvānija f Lithuanian: Pensilvanija f Macedonian: Пенсилванија f (Pensilvanija) Navajo: Beeʼeldíílsání Hahoodzo Occitan: Pensilvània (oc) f Pennsylvania German: Pennsilfaani Persian: پنسیلوانیا (fa) Polish: Pensylwania (pl) f Portuguese: Pensilvânia (pt) f Russian: Пенсильва́ния (ru) f (Pensilʹvánija) Samogitian: Pensėlvanėjė Scots: Pennsylvanie Sicilian: Pennsylvania f Silesian: Pynsylwańijo Slovak: Pensylvánia f Spanish: Pensilvania (es) f Thai: เพนซิลเวเนีย (pen-sil-wee-niia) Turkish: Pensilvanya (tr) Ukrainian: Пенсильванія (Pensylʹvanija) Unami: Pennsylvania Uyghur: پېنسىلۋانىيە (pënsilwaniye) Volapük: Pensülvän (vo) Yiddish: פּענסילווייניע (pensilveynye)

railroad

See also

[edit] Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)

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Federal district: Washington, D.C.

Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

References

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1. ^ “10 U.S. State Name Spellings and Origins”, in Wordplay‎[1], Merriam-Webster, retrieved 31 August 2024

Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:PennsylvaniaWikipedia da

Alternative forms

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• Pennsylvanien

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Pennsylvania.

Proper noun

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Pennsylvania (genitive Pennsylvanias)

1. Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)

Finnish

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:PennsylvaniaWikipedia fi

Etymology

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From English Pennsylvania.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈpensilʋei̯niɑ/, [ˈpe̞ns̠ilˌʋe̞i̯niɑ̝]
• IPA(key): /ˈpensylʋei̯niɑ/, [ˈpe̞ns̠ylˌʋe̞i̯niɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -einiɑ

Proper noun

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Pennsylvania

1. Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)

Declension

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Inflection of Pennsylvania (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Pennsylvania	—
genitive		Pennsylvanian	—
partitive		Pennsylvaniaa	—
illative		Pennsylvaniaan	—
singular	plural
nominative		Pennsylvania	—
accusative	nom.	Pennsylvania	—
	gen.	Pennsylvanian
genitive		Pennsylvanian	—
partitive		Pennsylvaniaa	—
inessive		Pennsylvaniassa	—
elative		Pennsylvaniasta	—
illative		Pennsylvaniaan	—
adessive		Pennsylvanialla	—
ablative		Pennsylvanialta	—
allative		Pennsylvanialle	—
essive		Pennsylvaniana	—
translative		Pennsylvaniaksi	—
abessive		Pennsylvaniatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Pennsylvania (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Pennsylvaniani — accusative nom. Pennsylvaniani — gen. Pennsylvaniani genitive Pennsylvaniani — partitive Pennsylvaniaani — inessive Pennsylvaniassani — elative Pennsylvaniastani — illative Pennsylvaniaani — adessive Pennsylvaniallani — ablative Pennsylvanialtani — allative Pennsylvanialleni — essive Pennsylvanianani — translative Pennsylvaniakseni — abessive Pennsylvaniattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Pennsylvaniasi — accusative nom. Pennsylvaniasi — gen. Pennsylvaniasi genitive Pennsylvaniasi — partitive Pennsylvaniaasi — inessive Pennsylvaniassasi — elative Pennsylvaniastasi — illative Pennsylvaniaasi — adessive Pennsylvaniallasi — ablative Pennsylvanialtasi — allative Pennsylvaniallesi — essive Pennsylvanianasi — translative Pennsylvaniaksesi — abessive Pennsylvaniattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Pennsylvaniamme — accusative nom. Pennsylvaniamme — gen. Pennsylvaniamme genitive Pennsylvaniamme — partitive Pennsylvaniaamme — inessive Pennsylvaniassamme — elative Pennsylvaniastamme — illative Pennsylvaniaamme — adessive Pennsylvaniallamme — ablative Pennsylvanialtamme — allative Pennsylvaniallemme — essive Pennsylvanianamme — translative Pennsylvaniaksemme — abessive Pennsylvaniattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Pennsylvanianne — accusative nom. Pennsylvanianne — gen. Pennsylvanianne genitive Pennsylvanianne — partitive Pennsylvaniaanne — inessive Pennsylvaniassanne — elative Pennsylvaniastanne — illative Pennsylvaniaanne — adessive Pennsylvaniallanne — ablative Pennsylvanialtanne — allative Pennsylvaniallenne — essive Pennsylvaniananne — translative Pennsylvaniaksenne — abessive Pennsylvaniattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Pennsylvaniansa — accusative nom. Pennsylvaniansa — gen. Pennsylvaniansa genitive Pennsylvaniansa — partitive Pennsylvaniaansa — inessive PennsylvaniassaanPennsylvaniassansa — elative PennsylvaniastaanPennsylvaniastansa — illative Pennsylvaniaansa — adessive PennsylvaniallaanPennsylvaniallansa — ablative PennsylvanialtaanPennsylvanialtansa — allative PennsylvanialleenPennsylvaniallensa — essive PennsylvanianaanPennsylvanianansa — translative PennsylvaniakseenPennsylvaniaksensa — abessive PennsylvaniattaanPennsylvaniattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

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• pennsylvaniansaksa

German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:PennsylvaniaWikipedia de

Alternative forms

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• Pennsylvanien (dated to archaic)

Etymology

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From English Pennsylvania.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˌpɛnsɪlˈvɛɪ̯ni̯a/, /ˌpɛnsɪlˈveːni̯a/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

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Pennsylvania n (proper noun, genitive Pennsylvanias or (optionally with an article) Pennsylvania)

1. Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)

Related terms

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• Pennsylvaniadeutsch
• Pennsylvanier
• pennsylvanisch

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:PennsylvaniaWikipedia it

Alternative forms

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• Pensilvania

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Pennsylvania.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /pen.silˈva.nja/, /pen.silˈvɛ.nja/[1]
• Rhymes: -anja, -ɛnja
• Hyphenation: Penn‧syl‧và‧nia

Proper noun

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Pennsylvania f

1. Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)

References

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1. ^ Pennsylvania in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Divisions of the United States of America in Italian (layout · text)

Stati: Alabama · Alasca (Alaska) · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Luisiana (Louisiana) · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · Carolina Settentrionale · Nord Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · Carolina Meridionale · Sud Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · Virginia Occidentale · Wisconsin · Wyoming

Distretto federale: Washington D.C.

Territori: Samoa americane · Guam · Isole Marianne Settentrionali · Porto Rico · Isole minori esterne degli Stati Uniti · Isole Vergini Americane

Portuguese

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Proper noun

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Pennsylvania f

1. alternative spelling of Pensilvânia: Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)

Unami

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Pennsylvania.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˌpeːn.sɔ(l)ˈweː.njə/ (phonetic respelling: Pensò(l)wenyë)

Proper noun

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Pennsylvania inan

1. Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)
   • 1968, Nora Thompson Dean, “Nati Knuchihëweokàn! [Go Get Your Witch Medicine!]”, in The Lenape Talking Dictionary‎[3]:Nèki lëkhìkwi nèki Lënapeyok òk Wënètkok kixki wikhatuwàk wèhènchiopànk Pennsylvania òk New Jersey tali.At that time the Delawares and the Nanticokes lived near each other there in the East in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
   • 1968, Nora Thompson Dean, “Alahòtuwàk [They All Hunted]”, in The Lenape Talking Dictionary‎[4]:Lòmwehkamik ènta yuki Lènapeyòk wikhatihtit wëntahkwi wèhènchiòpànk kithakàna Pennsylvania.A long time ago when the Delawares lived toward the east in the far away land of Pennsylvania.

References

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• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project