Pittsburgh

English

Alternative forms

• Pittsburg (official until 1911)

Etymology

From Pitt +‎ -s- +‎ -burgh (“fortified place”), named after William Pitt the Elder.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪtsbɝɡ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Pittsburgh

1. A city, the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
   • 2007 January 18, Alan Schwarz, “Expert Ties Ex-Player’s Suicide to Brain Damage”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 2 July 2022:

     Because he was coincidentally situated in Pittsburgh, he had examined the brains of two former Pittsburgh Steelers players who were discovered to have had postconcussive brain dysfunction: Mike Webster, who became homeless and cognitively impaired before dying of heart failure in 2002; and Terry Long, who committed suicide in 2005.

   • 2018 November 5, Mark Hetfield, “HIAS chief: If you’re not combating hate speech, you’re accepting it”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on 5 December 2022:

     Together with our partner in Pittsburgh, Jewish Family and Community Services, and others across the country, we’ve directly resettled more than 450,000 refugees in the US since 1980 when the USRAP was established, according to HIAS annual reports.

Synonyms

• PIT, PITT, Pgh., Pitt, Pitt. (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• Pittsburgh compound B
• Pittsburgher
• Pittsburghese
• Pittsburgh ivy
• Pittsburgh potty
• Pittsburgh salad
• Pittsburgh toilet
• Shitsburgh

Related terms

• Pittsburg