Pennsylvania

See also: Pennsylvânia

English
Map of US highlighting Pennsylvania

Alternative forms

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 sylva, silva meaning "wood", thus "Pennsylvania."

Pronunciation
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌpɛnsɪlˈveɪni.ə/, /ˌpɛnsɪlˈveɪnjə/
  • Audio (US)(file)
    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

Translations

See also
  • Appendix:Place names in Pennsylvania

Further reading

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English Pennsylvania.

Proper noun

Pennsylvania (genitive Pennsylvanias)

  1. Pennsylvania

Portuguese

Proper noun

Pennsylvania f

  1. Alternative spelling of Pensilvânia
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