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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
See also: Pennsylvânia
English
![](https://www.definify.com/images_main/Map_of_USA_highlighting_Pennsylvania.png)
Map of US highlighting Pennsylvania
Proper noun
Pennsylvania
- A state of the United States of America. Capital: Harrisburg; largest city: Philadelphia.
- The first, and historically largest, now defunct US railroad, a hallmark of the industrial age.
Synonyms
- (US state): PA
Derived terms
- PA
- Penn Station
- Pennsylvanian
Translations
US state
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railroad
See also
- Appendix:Place names in Pennsylvania
Danish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowing from English Pennsylvania.
Proper noun
Pennsylvania (genitive Pennsylvanias)