Pennsylvania

English

Map of US highlighting Pennsylvania

Etymology

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 sylvania meaning "woods," thus "Pennsylvania."

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˌpɛnsɨlˈveɪniə/

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  Rhymes: -eɪniə

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

• PA
• Penn Station
• Pennsylvanian

Translations

US state

Arabic: بنسيلفانيا (ar) (binsilfaanya) f. Catalan: Pennsilvània (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 賓夕法尼亞 (cmn), 宾夕法尼亚 (cmn) (Bīnxīfǎníyà) Czech: Pensylvánie (cs) f. Dutch: (archaic) Pennsylvanië (nl) f. French: Pennsylvanie (fr) Greek: Πενσυλβάνια (el) (Pensylvánia) Hindi: पेन्सिलवेनिया (hi) (pēnsilvēniyā)

Japanese: ペンシルベニア (ja) (Penshirubenia) Korean: 펜실베이니아 (ko) (Pensilbeinia) Macedonian: Пенсилванија (mk) (Pensilvánija) f. Navajo: Pénsówéíniyah hahoodzo Persian: پنسیلوانیا (fa) Russian: Пенсильвания (ru) (Pensil’vánija) f. Spanish: Pensilvania (es) f. Turkish: Pennsylvania (tr)

railroad

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Pennsylvania

External links

• Pennsylvania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Wikipedia article on William Penn
• Wikipedia article on the Pennsylvania Railroad