Pittsburgh
pitts·burgh
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a city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River; long an important urban industrial area; site of Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh
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From Pitt + -s- + -burgh (“fortified place”), named after William Pitt the Elder.
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