Meaning of Penn | Babel Free
Definitions
- A surname.
- A place in England:
- A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SP9094).
- A hamlet in Wootton Fitzpaine parish, west Dorset (OS grid ref SY3495).
- A western suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO8996).
- A place in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Ramsey County, North Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
- A borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, named after William Penn.
- A number of townships in the United States, including in Illinois (2), Indiana (3), Iowa (4), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio (2), and Pennsylvania (12), listed under Penn Township.
- University of Pennsylvania
Examples
“High on a ridge of the Chilterns stands the village from which a celebrated Buckinghamshire family took its name. It was the home of the ancestors, and some of the descendants, of William Penn, the Quaker who in 1682 founded Pennsylvania in America.”
“Well, he [Donald J. Trump] did go to Penn. Whether he got in on merit is a whole other question.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
See also
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