Dictionary

Pennsylvania en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

Etymology tree English Penn Proto-Indo-European *sel-der.? Latin silva Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin silvānusder. English sylvan Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English Pennsylvania 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.

Meanings

1. A state of the United States. Capital: Harrisburg. Largest city: Philadelphia.
   • The vote was 54-46. The vote was mostly along party lines though Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania joined Republicans in supporting Bondi. 2025 February 4, Shania Shelton and Morgan Rimmer, “Senate votes to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general”, in CNN:
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).

Forms

Deriveds

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

Relateds

sylvan · Sylvania · Pittsylvania · Spotsylvania · Transylvania

Synonyms

PA · The Keystone State

Translations (61)

scn Pennsylvania (US state) · tr Pensilvanya (US state) · ko 펜실베이니아 (US state) · ja ペンシルベニア (US state) · ug پېنسىلۋانىيە (US state) · sk Pensylvánia (US state) · it Pensilvania (US state) · co Pennsylvania (US state) · fi Pennsylvania (US state) · la Pennsilvania (US state) · lt Pensilvanija (US state) · he פנסילבניה (US state) · da Pennsylvanien (US state) · it Pennsylvania (US state) · chr ᎤᎩᏓᎵᏱ (US state) · de Pennsylvanien (US state) · da Pennsylvania (US state) · gl Pensilvania (US state) · mk Пенсилванија (US state) · ar بِنْسِلْفَانْيَا (US state) · yi פּענסילווייניע (US state) · eo Pensilvanio (US state) · fa پنسیلوانیا (US state) · ko 펜실베니아 (US state) · km ផេនស៊ីលវ៉ានៀ (US state) · ar بنسلفنية (US state) · unm Pennsylvania (US state) · szl Pynsylwańijo (US state) · cs Pensylvánie (US state) · ar بِنْسِلْفِينْيَا (US state) · pdc Pennsilfaani (US state) · pt Pensilvânia (US state) · ru Пенсильва́ния (US state) · vo Pensülvän (US state) · hy Փենսիլվանիա (US state) · pl Pensylwania (US state) · nv Beeʼeldíílsání Hahoodzo (US state) · es Pensilvania (US state) · sgs Pensėlvanėjė (US state) · th เพนซิลเวเนีย (US state) · ca Pennsilvània (US state) · fr Pennsylvanie (US state) · sco Pennsylvanie (US state) · be Пенсільванія (US state) · uk Пенсильванія (US state) · acw بِنْسِلْفِينْيَا (US state) · ga Peinnsiolváin (US state) · lv Pensilvānija (US state) · de Pennsylvania (US state) · el Πενσυλβάνια (US state) · oc Pensilvània (US state) · ka პენსილვანია (US state) · nl Pennsylvania (US state) · hi पेन्सिलवेनिया (US state) · lo ເພນຊິນເວເນຍ (US state) · nl Pennsylvanië (US state) · ar بِنْسِيلْفَانِيَا (US state) · km ផេនស៊ីលវ៉ានី (US state) · cmn 賓夕法尼亞 /宾夕法尼亚 (US state) · co Pensilvania (US state) · yue 賓州 /宾州 (US state)

wikipedia: William Penn (Royal Navy officer) · wikipedia: en:William Penn · wikipedia: Merriam-Webster