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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

See also: Pennsylvânia

English

Map of US highlighting Pennsylvania

Proper noun

Pennsylvania

  1. A state of the United States of America. Capital: Harrisburg; largest city: Philadelphia.
  2. The first, and historically largest, now defunct US railroad, a hallmark of the industrial age.

Synonyms

  • (US state): PA

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Place names in Pennsylvania

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from English Pennsylvania.

Proper noun

Pennsylvania (genitive Pennsylvanias)

  1. Pennsylvania

Portuguese

Proper noun

Pennsylvania f

  1. Alternative spelling of Pensilvânia