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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. 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) AbbreviationPaPennPennawith zip codePA
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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Notes

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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"Trump has earned back the respect," says truck driver Ben Maurer in Pennsylvania, referring to tariffs on China.

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Trump's promise to impose tariffs and bring manufacturing jobs back to America was a key reason why Ben Maurer, a 39-year-old freight truck driver from Pennsylvania, voted for the president.

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Mr Mangione is also facing state charges in both Pennsylvania, where he was arrested, and New York.

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Oftentimes the Marshals Service will work with state and local law enforcement agencies on particularly difficult cases, such as hunting down a man who escaped a Pennsylvania prison last year.

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Mr Mangione was arrested days later in Pennsylvania after a nationwide manhunt.

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