Pennsylvania

Pennsylvânia English ,<dab!> region Q1400 en Location of the state of Pennsylvania in the United States Alternative forms en Pensylvania Pensilvania Etymology en :af Penn<t:William Penn> sylvan<t:woods> -ia<id:place><t: land> + From en Penn sylvan -ia place William Penn woods land. On March 4, 1681, Charles II of England granted a land tract to en 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 en la sylva, silva wood, thus en Pennsylvania Penn’s woods. Some propose that the en Penn is derived from William’s William Penn (Royal Navy officer) more respected father, also named William Penn.en https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the-pronunciation-and-spelling-of-us-state-names/ 10 U.S. State Name Spellings and Origins 2024-08-31 yes Merriam-Webster Wordplay https://web.archive.org/web/20251114112747/https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the-pronunciation-and-spelling-of-us-state-names 14 November 2025 Pronunciation en /ˌpɛn.sɪlˈveɪ.ni.ə/ /ˌpɛn.sɪlˈveɪn.jə/ UK,US en /ˌpɛn.səlˈveɪ.ni.ə/ /ˌpɛn.səlˈveɪn.jə/ weak vowel en en-us-Pennsylvania.ogg US en eɪniə 5 en Penn syl va ni a Penn syl van ia Proper noun en Q1400en state c/USA Harrisburg Philadelphia. en Shania Shelton and Morgan Rimmer Senate votes to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/politics/pam-bondi-confirmed-attorney-general?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_google 2025-02-04 The vote was 54-46. The vote was mostly along party lines though Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania joined Republicans in supporting Bondi. https://web.archive.org/web/20261023002405/https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/politics/pam-bondi-confirmed-attorney-general?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_google 23 October 2026 en historical en former colony of cc/England from 1681 to 1707, and of c/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. en unincorporated community co/Mobile County s/Alabama c/USA. en suburb city/Exeter co/Devon cc/England OS grid ref SX9294. en hamlet par/Cold Ashton uauth/South Gloucestershire co/Gloucestershire cc/England OS grid ref ST7473. Synonyms US state en PA en Keystone State The Keystone State Derived terms en Pennamite Pennsyltucky Westsylvania Commonwealth of Pennsylvania PA Penn Station Pennsylvanian Pennsylvania Avenue Pennsylvania barn Pennsylvania Dutch English Pennsylvania rifle Pennsylvania sedge Pistolvania Pennsylvania German Related terms en Pittsylvania Spotsylvania Transylvania Sylvania sylvan<qq:see for more terms> Translations US state Arabic: ar بِنْسِيلْفَانِيَا f, ar بِنْسِلْفِينْيَا f, ar بنسلفنية f binsilfinya, ar بِنْسِلْفَانْيَا Hijazi Arabic: acw بِنْسِلْفِينْيَا f binsilfēnya, pinsilvēnya Armenian: hy Փենսիլվանիա Belarusian: be Пенсільванія Catalan: ca Pennsilvània f Cherokee: chr ᎤᎩᏓᎵᏱ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 賓州 Mandarin: cmn 賓夕法尼亞 Bīnxīfǎníyà Corsican: co Pennsylvania f, co Pensilvania f Czech: cs Pensylvánie f Danish: da Pennsylvania, da Pennsylvanien archaic Dutch: nl Pennsylvania n, archaic nl Pennsylvanië n Esperanto: eo Pensilvanio Finnish: fi Pennsylvania French: fr Pennsylvanie f Galician: gl Pensilvania f Georgian: ka პენსილვანია German: de Pennsylvanien, de Pennsylvania Greek: el Πενσυλβάνια f Hebrew: he פנסילבניה f Pennsylvenia Hindi: hi पेन्सिलवेनिया Irish: ga Peinnsiolváin f Italian: it Pennsylvania f, it Pensilvania f Japanese: ja ペンシルベニア Penshirubenia Khmer: km ផេនស៊ីលវ៉ានៀ, km ផេនស៊ីលវ៉ានី Korean: ko ^펜실베이니아, ko ^펜실베니아 Lao: lo ເພນຊິນເວເນຍ Latin: la Pennsilvania f Latvian: lv Pensilvānija f Lithuanian: lt Pensilvanija f Macedonian: mk Пенсилванија f Navajo: nv Beeʼeldíílsání Hahoodzo Occitan: oc Pensilvània f Pennsylvania German: pdc Pennsilfaani Persian: fa پنسیلوانیا Polish: pl Pensylwania f Portuguese: pt Pensilvânia f Russian: ru Пенсильва́ния f Samogitian: sgs Pensėlvanėjė Scots: sco Pennsylvanie Sicilian: scn Pennsylvania f Silesian: szl Pynsylwańijo Slovak: sk Pensylvánia f Spanish: es Pensilvania f Thai: th เพนซิลเวเนีย Turkish: tr Pensilvanya Ukrainian: uk Пенсильванія Unami: unm Pennsylvania Uyghur: ug پېنسىلۋانىيە Volapük: vo Pensülvän Yiddish: yi פּענסילווייניע railroad See also References en en eponyms Danish da: Alternative forms da Pennsylvanien Etymology Borrowed from da en Pennsylvania. Proper noun da proper noun genitive Pennsylvanias da Pennsylvania Q1400 Finnish fi: Etymology From fi en Pennsylvania. Pronunciation pensilveinia pensylveinia Proper noun fi Pennsylvania Q1400 Declension sg Pennsylvani a Derived terms fi compounds pennsylvaniansaksa German de: thumb|right|250px|Pennsylvania Alternative forms de Pennsylvanien dated to archaic Etymology de :bor en:Pennsylvania From de en Pennsylvania. Pronunciation de /ˌpɛnsɪlˈvɛɪ̯ni̯a/ /ˌpɛnsɪlˈveːni̯a/ de De-Pennsylvania.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de Pennsylvania Q1400 Related terms de Pennsylvaniadeutsch de Pennsylvanier de pennsylvanisch Italian it: Alternative forms it Pensilvania Etymology it :bor en:Pennsylvania it en Pennsylvania. Pronunciation Pennsylvània,Pennsylvènia<r:DiPI> Proper noun f it Pennsylvania Q1400 References Portuguese Proper noun f pt Pensilvânia: pt Pennsylvania Q1400 Unami Etymology unm en Pennsylvania. Pronunciation unm /ˌpeːn.sɔ(l)ˈweː.njə/ phonetic respelling: Pensò(l)wenyë Proper noun in unm state Pennsylvania c/United States unm Nati Knuchihëweokàn! Go Get Your Witch Medicine! 1968 Nora Thompson Dean The Lenape Talking Dictionary Nèki lëkhìkwi nèki Lënapeyok òk Wënètkok kixki wikhatuwàk wèhènchiopànk Pennsylvania òk New Jersey tali. At that time the Delawares and the Nanticokes lived near each other there in the East in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. https://www.talk-lenape.org/stories?id=101#2491 https://web.archive.org/web/20260516173132/https://www.talk-lenape.org/stories?id=101 16 May 2026 unm Alahòtuwàk They All Hunted 1968 Nora Thompson Dean https://www.talk-lenape.org/stories?id=19#313 The Lenape Talking Dictionary Lòmwehkamik ènta yuki Lènapeyòk wikhatihtit wëntahkwi wèhènchiòpànk kithakàna Pennsylvania. A long time ago when the Delawares lived toward the east in the far away land of Pennsylvania. https://web.archive.org/web/20260612073155/https://www.talk-lenape.org/stories?id=19 12 June 2026 References