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Penn·syl·va·nia (pen′səl vān′yə; occas., -vā′nē ə)

Middle Atlantic State of the NE U.S.: one of the 13 original states; 44,817 sq mi (116,075 sq km); pop. 12,281,000; cap. Harrisburg: abbrev. PA, Pa, Penn, or Penna

Etymology: after father of William Penn + L sylvania, wooded (land), fem. of sylvanus < sylva, silva, forest: see sylvan

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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