Pennsylvania

[pen-suhl-veyn-yuh, -vey-nee-uh]

noun

1. a state in the eastern United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). Harrisburg. PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.

Pennsylvania

/ ˌpɛnsɪlˈveɪnɪə /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Pa.  Penn.  Penna.  PA. a state of the northeastern US: almost wholly in the Appalachians, with the Allegheny Plateau to the west and a plain in the southeast; the second most important US state for manufacturing. Capital: Harrisburg. Pop: 12 365 455 (2003 est). Area: 116 462 sq km (44 956 sq miles)

Pennsylvania

1. State in the northeastern United States bordered by Lake Erie and New York to the north; New Jersey to the east; Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia to the south; and Ohio to the west. Its capital is Harrisburg, and its largest city is Philadelphia.

Named after the father of William Penn, a devout Quaker, who was granted proprietary rights by the king of England to almost the whole of what is now Pennsylvania in the late seventeenth century.

One of the thirteen colonies.

Example Sentences

Colorado, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania took steps this week so that people wouldn’t have to get prescriptions to get their COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy.

From Los Angeles Times

Daniels relocated the action from unglamorous Slough to Scranton, Pennsylvania, but kept his Dunder Mifflin drones pushing paper, just like their British counterparts.

From Salon

It was at St. Michaels, a mostly white boarding school in Pennsylvania, that Raveling first started playing basketball.

From Los Angeles Times

Community School Parks exist in New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Oregon, as well as the ones in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

Members of Honey’s Pennsylvania Fair Elections, a state chapter of Mitchell’s nationwide Election Integrity Network, have challenged the eligibility of thousands of residents to be on voter rolls.

From Salon