Pennsylvania

See also: Pennsylvânia

English

Map of US highlighting Pennsylvania

Alternative forms

• Pensylvania, Pensilvania

Etymology

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 (“meaning "wood"”), thus "Pennsylvania" (Penn's woods).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛnsɪlˈveɪni.ə/, /ˌpɛnsɪlˈveɪnjə/

• Audio (US)

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  Rhymes: -eɪniə

Proper noun

Pennsylvania

1. A state of the United States. Capital: Harrisburg; largest city: Philadelphia.
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, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7473).

Synonyms

• (US state): PA

Derived terms

Derived terms

• PA
• Penn Station
• Pennsylvanian
• Pennsylvania Avenue
• Pennsylvania barn
• Pennsylvania Dutch English
• Pennsylvania rifle
• Pennsylvania sedge

Related terms

Related terms

• Pittsylvania
• Spotsylvania
• Transylvania
• Sylvania
• sylvan (see for more terms)

Translations

US state

• Arabic: بِنْسِيلْفَانِيَا f (binsilfāniyā), بِنْسِلْفِينْيَا f (binsilfīnyā)

  Hijazi Arabic: بِنْسِلْفِينْيَا f (binsilfēnya, pinsilvēnya)

• Armenian: Փենսիլվանիա (Pʻensilvania)
• Belarusian: Пенсільванія (Pjensilʹvanija)
• Catalan: Pennsilvània f
• Cherokee: ᎤᎩᏓᎵᏱ (ugidaliyi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 賓州／宾州 (ban¹ zau¹)

  Mandarin: 賓夕法尼亞／宾夕法尼亚 (zh) (Bīnxīfǎníyà)

• Corsican: Pennsylvania f, Pensilvania f
• Czech: Pensylvánie (cs) f
• Danish: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvanien (archaic)
• Dutch: Pennsylvania (nl) n, (archaic) Pennsylvanië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Pensilvanio
• Finnish: Pennsylvania (fi)
• French: Pennsylvanie (fr) f
• Galician: Pensilvania (gl) f
• Georgian: პენსილვანია (ṗensilvania)
• German: Pennsylvanien, Pennsylvania (de)
• Greek: Πενσυλβάνια (el) f (Pensylvánia)
• Hebrew: פנסילבניה (he) f (Pennsylvenia)
• Hindi: पेन्सिलवेनिया (pensilveniyā)
• Irish: an Pheinnsiolváin f
• Italian: Pennsylvania (it) f, Pensilvania f
• Japanese: ペンシルベニア (Penshirubenia)
• Khmer: ផេនស៊ីលវ៉ានៀ (pheensiilvaaniə), ផេនស៊ីលវ៉ានី (pheensiilvaanii)
• Korean: 펜실베이니아 (Pensilbeinia), 펜실베니아 (Pensilbenia)
• Lao: ເພນຊິນເວເນຍ (phēn sin wē nīa)
• Latin: Pennsilvania f
• Latvian: Pensilvānija f
• Lithuanian: Pensilvanija f
• Macedonian: Пенсилванија f (Pensilvanija)
• Navajo: Beeʼeldíílsání Hahoodzo
• Occitan: Pensilvània (oc) f
• Pennsylvania German: Pennsilfaani
• Persian: پنسیلوانیا (fa)
• Polish: Pensylwania (pl) f
• Portuguese: Pensilvânia (pt) f
• Russian: Пенсильва́ния (ru) f (Pensilʹvánija)
• Samogitian: Pensėlvanėjė
• Scots: Pennsylvanie
• Sicilian: Pennsylvania f
• Silesian: Pynsylwańijo
• Spanish: Pensilvania (es) f
• Thai: เพนซิลเวเนีย (pen-sil-wee-niia)
• Turkish: Pensilvanya (tr)
• Ukrainian: Пенсильванія (Pensylʹvanija)
• Uyghur: پېنسىلۋانىيە (pënsilwaniye)
• Volapük: Pensülvän (vo)
• Yiddish: פּענסילווייניע (pensilveynye)

railroad

Danish

Alternative forms

• Pennsylvanien

Etymology

Borrowed from English Pennsylvania.

Proper noun

Pennsylvania (genitive Pennsylvanias)

1. Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Pennsylvania.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpensilʋei̯niɑ/, [ˈpe̞ns̠ilˌʋe̞i̯niɑ̝]
• IPA^(key): /ˈpensylʋei̯niɑ/, [ˈpe̞ns̠ylˌʋe̞i̯niɑ̝]

Proper noun

Pennsylvania

1. Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)

Declension

Inflection of Pennsylvania (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Pennsylvania	—
genitive		Pennsylvanian	—
partitive		Pennsylvaniaa	—
illative		Pennsylvaniaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Pennsylvania	—
accusative	nom.	Pennsylvania	—
	gen.	Pennsylvanian
genitive		Pennsylvanian	—
partitive		Pennsylvaniaa	—
inessive		Pennsylvaniassa	—
elative		Pennsylvaniasta	—
illative		Pennsylvaniaan	—
adessive		Pennsylvanialla	—
ablative		Pennsylvanialta	—
allative		Pennsylvanialle	—
essive		Pennsylvaniana	—
translative		Pennsylvaniaksi	—
abessive		Pennsylvaniatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Pennsylvania (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Pennsylvaniani — accusative nom. Pennsylvaniani — gen. Pennsylvaniani genitive Pennsylvaniani — partitive Pennsylvaniaani — inessive Pennsylvaniassani — elative Pennsylvaniastani — illative Pennsylvaniaani — adessive Pennsylvaniallani — ablative Pennsylvanialtani — allative Pennsylvanialleni — essive Pennsylvanianani — translative Pennsylvaniakseni — abessive Pennsylvaniattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Pennsylvaniasi — accusative nom. Pennsylvaniasi — gen. Pennsylvaniasi genitive Pennsylvaniasi — partitive Pennsylvaniaasi — inessive Pennsylvaniassasi — elative Pennsylvaniastasi — illative Pennsylvaniaasi — adessive Pennsylvaniallasi — ablative Pennsylvanialtasi — allative Pennsylvaniallesi — essive Pennsylvanianasi — translative Pennsylvaniaksesi — abessive Pennsylvaniattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Pennsylvaniamme — accusative nom. Pennsylvaniamme — gen. Pennsylvaniamme genitive Pennsylvaniamme — partitive Pennsylvaniaamme — inessive Pennsylvaniassamme — elative Pennsylvaniastamme — illative Pennsylvaniaamme — adessive Pennsylvaniallamme — ablative Pennsylvanialtamme — allative Pennsylvaniallemme — essive Pennsylvanianamme — translative Pennsylvaniaksemme — abessive Pennsylvaniattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Pennsylvanianne — accusative nom. Pennsylvanianne — gen. Pennsylvanianne genitive Pennsylvanianne — partitive Pennsylvaniaanne — inessive Pennsylvaniassanne — elative Pennsylvaniastanne — illative Pennsylvaniaanne — adessive Pennsylvaniallanne — ablative Pennsylvanialtanne — allative Pennsylvaniallenne — essive Pennsylvaniananne — translative Pennsylvaniaksenne — abessive Pennsylvaniattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Pennsylvaniansa — accusative nom. Pennsylvaniansa — gen. Pennsylvaniansa genitive Pennsylvaniansa — partitive Pennsylvaniaansa — inessive Pennsylvaniassaan Pennsylvaniassansa — elative Pennsylvaniastaan Pennsylvaniastansa — illative Pennsylvaniaansa — adessive Pennsylvaniallaan Pennsylvaniallansa — ablative Pennsylvanialtaan Pennsylvanialtansa — allative Pennsylvanialleen Pennsylvaniallensa — essive Pennsylvanianaan Pennsylvanianansa — translative Pennsylvaniakseen Pennsylvaniaksensa — abessive Pennsylvaniattaan Pennsylvaniattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

• pennsylvaniansaksa

 

German

Alternative forms

• Pennsylvanien (dated to archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɛnsɪlˈvɛɪ̯ni̯a/, /ˌpɛnsɪlˈveːni̯a/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Pennsylvania n (proper noun, genitive Pennsylvanias or (optionally with an article) Pennsylvania)

1. Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)

Related terms

• Pennsylvaniadeutsch
• Pennsylvanier
• pennsylvanisch

Italian

Alternative forms

• Pensilvania

Etymology

Borrowed from English Pennsylvania.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pen.silˈva.nja/, /pen.silˈvɛ.nja/
• Rhymes: -anja, -ɛnja
• Hyphenation: Penn‧syl‧và‧nia

Proper noun

Pennsylvania f

1. Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Pennsylvania f

1. Alternative spelling of Pensilvânia