Pennsylvania

== English == === Alternative forms === Pensylvania, Pensilvania === Etymology === From 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 (“wood”), thus Pennsylvania (“Penn’s woods”). Some propose that the Penn is derived from William’s more respected father, also named William Penn. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌpɛn.sɪlˈveɪ.ni.ə/, /ˌpɛn.sɪlˈveɪn.jə/ (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˌpɛn.səlˈveɪ.ni.ə/, /ˌpɛn.səlˈveɪn.jə/ Rhymes: -eɪniə Hyphenation: Penn‧syl‧va‧ni‧a, Penn‧syl‧van‧ia === Proper noun === Pennsylvania A state of the United States. Capital: Harrisburg. Largest city: Philadelphia. (historical) A former colony of England, from 1681 to 1707, and of Great Britain, from 1707 to 1776, which grew progressively larger before becoming the present state. The first, and historically largest, now defunct US railroad, a hallmark of the industrial age. An unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. A suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9294). A hamlet in Cold Ashton parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7473). ==== Synonyms ==== (US state): PA The Keystone State ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === References === == Danish == === Alternative forms === Pennsylvanien === Etymology === Borrowed from English Pennsylvania. === Proper noun === Pennsylvania (genitive Pennsylvanias) Pennsylvania (a state of the United States) == Finnish == === Etymology === From English Pennsylvania. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpensilʋei̯niɑ/, [ˈpe̞ns̠ilˌʋe̞i̯niɑ̝] IPA(key): /ˈpensylʋei̯niɑ/, [ˈpe̞ns̠ylˌʋe̞i̯niɑ̝] Rhymes: -einiɑ === Proper noun === Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (a state of the United States) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == German == === Alternative forms === Pennsylvanien (dated to archaic) === Etymology === From English Pennsylvania. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌpɛnsɪlˈvɛɪ̯ni̯a/, /ˌpɛnsɪlˈveːni̯a/ === Proper noun === Pennsylvania n (proper noun, genitive Pennsylvanias or (optionally with an article) Pennsylvania) 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 Pennsylvania (a state of the United States) === References === == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Pennsylvania f alternative spelling of Pensilvânia: Pennsylvania (a state of the United States) == Unami == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Pennsylvania. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌpeːn.sɔ(l)ˈweː.njə/ (phonetic respelling: Pensò(l)wenyë) === Proper noun === Pennsylvania inan Pennsylvania (a state of the United States) === References === Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project