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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

/ ˌɛԲɪˈɪɪə /

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)

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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.

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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.
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And by finishing joint third in a 36-hole US Open qualifier in Atlanta, he can now rub shoulders with the world's best in Pennsylvania.

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They spirited him off to a prison in western Pennsylvania.

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The Fownes family were among the best players in Western Pennsylvania at the time.

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Public health experts at Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania estimate that the budget cuts and other policy changes in Trump’s “big beautiful bill” will kill at least 50,000 Americans each year.

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Since Musk pledged his full-throated support for the president following an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania less than a year ago, the political and business interests of the two men have become increasingly intertwined.

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