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. The first, and historically largest, now defunct US railroad, a hallmark of the industrial age.
3. An unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.
4. A suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9294).
5. 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 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: پِنْسِلْڤينْيا‎ f (pinsilvēnya), بِنْسِلْفِينْيَا‎ f (binsilfēnya)

• Armenian: Փենսիլվանիա (Pʿensilvania)
• 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)
• 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
• Ukrainian: Пенсильванія (Pensylʹvanija)
• Uyghur: پېنسىلۋانىيە‎ (pënsilwaniye)
• Volapük: Pensülvän (vo)
• Yiddish: פּענסילווייניע‎ (pensilveynye)

railroad

Further reading

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

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	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Pennsylvaniatta	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Pennsylvania (type kala)

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 — instructive — — abessive Pennsylvaniattani — 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 — instructive — — abessive Pennsylvaniattasi — 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 — instructive — — abessive Pennsylvaniattamme — 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 — instructive — — abessive Pennsylvaniattanne — 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 — instructive — — abessive Pennsylvaniattaan Pennsylvaniattansa — comitative — —

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