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Meaning of Pennsylvania | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˌpɛn.sɪlˈveɪ.ni.ə

Definitions

  1. A state of the United States. Capital: Harrisburg. Largest city: Philadelphia.
  2. A former colony of England, from 1681 to 1707, and of Great Britain, from 1707 to 1776, which grew progressively larger before becoming the present state.
  3. The first, and historically largest, now defunct US railroad, a hallmark of the industrial age.
  4. An unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.
  5. A suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9294).
  6. A hamlet in Cold Ashton parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7473).

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Examples

“The vote was 54-46. The vote was mostly along party lines though Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania joined Republicans in supporting Bondi.”

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