Pensilvânia

See also: Pensilvania

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Pennsylvania, Pensylvânia, Pennsilvania, Pennsylvânia, Pennsilvânia, Pensilvania, Pensylvania

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Penn

Proto-Indo-European *sel-der.?

Latin silva

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Latin silvānusder.

English sylvan

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -iader.

English -ia

English Pennsylvaniabor.

Portuguese Pensilvânia

Borrowed from English Pennsylvania.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pẽ.siwˈvɐ̃.njɐ/ [pẽ.siʊ̯ˈvɐ̃.njɐ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽ.silˈvɐ.njɐ/ [pẽ.siɫˈvɐ.njɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽ.silˈvɐ.njɐ/ [pẽ.siɫˈvɐ.njɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽ.silˈbɐ.njɐ/ [pẽ.siɫˈβɐ.njɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɐniɐ, -ɐnjɐ
• Hyphenation: Pen‧sil‧vâ‧ni‧a

Proper noun

Pensilvânia f (demonym pensilvaniano)

1. Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)

See also

states of the United States: estados dos Estados Unidosedit

• Alabama
• Alasca
• Arizona
• Arkansas ~ Arcansas
• Califórnia
• Carolina do Norte
• Carolina do Sul
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Dacota do Norte
• Dacota do Sul
• Delaware
• Flórida
• Geórgia
• Havaí (Brazil) ~ Havai (Portugal)
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas ~ Cansas
• Kentucky
• Luisiana
• Maine
• Maryland ~ Marilândia
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi ~ Mississípi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebrasca
• Nevada
• Nova Hampshire
• Nova Iorque
• Nova Jérsei (Brazil) ~ Nova Jérsia (Portugal)
• Novo México
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pensilvânia
• Rhode Island
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virgínia
• Virgínia Ocidental
• Washington
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming