Pittsburgh en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpɪtsbɝɡ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Pitt + -s- + -burgh (“fortified place”), named after William Pitt the Elder.
Meanings
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A city, the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Together with our partner in Pittsburgh, Jewish Family and Community Services, and others across the country, we’ve directly resettled more than 450,000 refugees in the US since 1980 when the USRAP was established, according to HIAS annual reports.
2018 November 5, Mark Hetfield, “HIAS chief: If you’re not combating hate speech, you’re accepting it”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2022:Because he was coincidentally situated in Pittsburgh, he had examined the brains of two former Pittsburgh Steelers players who were discovered to have had postconcussive brain dysfunction: Mike Webster, who became homeless and cognitively impaired before dying of heart failure in 2002; and Terry Long, who committed suicide in 2005.
2007 January 18, Alan Schwarz, “Expert Ties Ex-Player’s Suicide to Brain Damage”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2022:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburg | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Pittsburghese · Pittsburgh potty · Shitsburgh · Pittsburgh salad · Pittsburgh ivy · Pittsburgher · Pittsburgh compound B · Pittsburgh toilet