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Pittsburgh
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English
Alternative forms
en Pittsburg official until 1911
Etymology
From en Pitt -s- -burgh fortified place, en William Pitt the Elder William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham 1.
Pronunciation
en /ˈpɪtsbɝɡ/ GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Pittsburgh.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en Q1342 en city/county seat co/Allegheny County s/Pennsylvania c/USA. TopoZone: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
en 2007-01-18 Alan Schwarz Expert Ties Ex-Player’s Suicide to Brain Damage w:The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/18/sports/football/18waters.html Because he was coincidentally situated in Pittsburgh, he had examined the brains of two former Pittsburgh Steelers players who were discovered to have had postconcussive brain dysfunction: Mike Webster, who became homeless and cognitively impaired before dying of heart failure in 2002; and Terry Long, who committed suicide in 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20220702140405/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/18/sports/football/18waters.html
en Mark Hetfield HIAS chief: If you’re not combating hate speech, you’re accepting it w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/05/opinions/pittsburgh-shooting-hias-refugee-agency-mark-hetfield/index.html 2018-11-05 Together with our partner in Pittsburgh, Jewish Family and Community Services, and others across the country, we’ve directly resettled more than 450,000 refugees in the US since 1980 when the USRAP was established, according to HIAS annual reports. https://web.archive.org/web/20221205203916/https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/05/opinions/pittsburgh-shooting-hias-refugee-agency-mark-hetfield/index.html
Synonyms
en PIT, en PITT, en Pgh., en Pitt, en Pitt. abbreviation
Derived terms
en Pittsburgher Pittsburgh compound B Pittsburghese Pittsburgh ivy Pittsburgh potty Pittsburgh salad Pittsburgh toilet Shitsburgh
Related terms
en Pittsburg
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