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Pennsylvania

penn·syl·va·nia

UK/ˌpɛn.sɪlˈveɪ.ni.ə/ US/ˌpɛn.sɪlˈveɪn.jə/ fairly common

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1.

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

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2.

one of the British colonies that formed the United States

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Origin

From Penn (“William Penn”) + sylvan (“woods”) + -ia (“land”).

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