PENNSYLVANIA


Meaning of PENNSYLVANIA in English

|pen(t)sə̇l|vānyə, -ānēə adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: from Pennsylvania, middle Atlantic state of the U.S., from New Latin, from Sir William Penn died 1670 English naval commander and father of William Penn died 1718 founder of the colony of Pennsylvania + New Latin -sylvania (from Latin silva, sylva wood, forest)

: of or from the state of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania coal

: of the kind or style prevalent in Pennsylvania : pennsylvanian

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.