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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

See also: Pennsylvânia

English

Map of US highlighting Pennsylvania

Proper noun

Pennsylvania

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

Synonyms

(US state): PA

Derived terms

PA
Penn Station
Pennsylvanian

Translations

US state

Arabic: بِنْسِيلْفَانِيَا f ‎(binsilfāniyā)
Armenian: Փենսիլվանիա ‎(Pʿensilvania)
Catalan: Pennsilvània f
Chinese:

Cantonese: 賓州

Mandarin: 賓夕法尼亞 (zh), 宾夕法尼亚 (zh) ‎(Bīnxīfǎníyà)
Czech: Pensylvánie (cs) f
Danish: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvanien (archaic)
Dutch: (archaic) Pennsylvanië (nl) f
Esperanto: Pensilvanio
French: Pennsylvanie (fr)
Georgian: პენსილვანია ‎(ṗensilvania)
German: Pennsylvanien, Pennsylvania (de)
Greek: Πενσυλβάνια (el) f ‎(Pensylvánia)
Hindi: पेन्सिलवेनिया ‎(pēnsilvēniyā)
Irish: an Pheinnsiolváin m pl, f
Japanese: ペンシルベニア ‎(Penshirubenia)

Korean: 펜실베이니아 ‎(Pensilbeinia)
Latvian: Pensilvānija f
Lithuanian: Pensilvanija f
Macedonian: Пенсилванија f ‎(Pensilvánija)
Navajo: Pénsówéíniyah hahoodzo
Occitan: Pensilvània (oc) f
Persian: پنسیلوانیا (fa)
Polish: Pensylwania (pl) f
Portuguese: Pensilvânia (pt) f
Russian: Пенсильва́ния f ‎(Pensilʹvánija)
Samogitian: Pensėlvanėjė
Silesian: Pynsylwańijo
Spanish: Pensilvania (es) f
Turkish: Pennsylvania (tr)
Volapük: Pensülvän (vo)
Yiddish: פּענסילווייניע ‎(pensilveynye)

railroad

See also

Appendix:Place names in Pennsylvania

Danish

Alternative forms

Pennsylvanien

Etymology

Borrowing from English Pennsylvania.

Proper noun

Pennsylvania ‎(genitive Pennsylvanias)

Pennsylvania

Portuguese

Proper noun

Pennsylvania f

Alternative spelling of Pensilvânia