# Pennsylvania
## English
### Alternative forms

* Pensylvania, Pensilvania

### Etymology

From Penn (“William Penn”) +‎ sylvan (“woods”) +‎ -ia (“land”). On March 4, 1681, Charles II of England granted a land tract to William Penn for the area that now includes Pennsylvania. Penn then founded a colony there as a place of religious freedom for Quakers, and named it for the Latin sylva, silva (“meaning "wood"”), thus "Pennsylvania" (Penn's woods). Some propose that the "Penn" is derived from William's more respected father, also named William Penn.

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /ˌpɛnsɪlˈveɪni.ə/, /ˌpɛnsɪlˈveɪnjə/
* Audio (US):(file)
    Rhymes: -eɪniə

### Proper noun

Pennsylvania
* A state of the United States. Capital: Harrisburg. Largest city: Philadelphia.
** 2025 February 4, Shania Shelton and Morgan Rimmer, “Senate votes to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general”, in CNN‎:The vote was 54-46. The vote was mostly along party lines though Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania joined Republicans in supporting Bondi.
* (historical) 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.
* The first, and historically largest, now defunct US railroad, a hallmark of the industrial age.
* An unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.
* A suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9294).
* A hamlet in Cold Ashton parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7473).

#### Synonyms

* (US state): PA
* The Keystone State

#### Derived terms

* Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
* PA
* Penn Station
* Pennsylvania Avenue
* Pennsylvania barn
* Pennsylvania Dutch English
* Pennsylvanian
* Pennsylvania rifle
* Pennsylvania sedge
* Pistolvania

#### Related terms

* Pittsylvania
* Spotsylvania
* sylvan (see for more terms)
* Sylvania
* Transylvania

#### Translations
### See also

Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text) :
* States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
* Federal district: Washington, D.C.
* Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

### References

* ↑ “10 U.S. State Name Spellings and Origins”, in Wordplay‎, Merriam-Webster, retrieved 2024-08-31

## Danish
### Alternative forms

* Pennsylvanien

### Etymology

Borrowed from English Pennsylvania.

### Proper noun

Pennsylvania (genitive Pennsylvanias)
* Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English Pennsylvania.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpensilʋei̯niɑ/, [ˈpe̞ns̠ilˌʋe̞i̯niɑ̝]
* IPA: /ˈpensylʋei̯niɑ/, [ˈpe̞ns̠ylˌʋe̞i̯niɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -einiɑ

### Proper noun

Pennsylvania
* Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Pennsylvania (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Pennsylvaniani
accusative
nom.
Pennsylvaniani
gen.
Pennsylvaniani
genitive
Pennsylvaniani
partitive
Pennsylvaniaani
inessive
Pennsylvaniassani
elative
Pennsylvaniastani
illative
Pennsylvaniaani
adessive
Pennsylvaniallani
ablative
Pennsylvanialtani
allative
Pennsylvanialleni
essive
Pennsylvanianani
translative
Pennsylvaniakseni
abessive
Pennsylvaniattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Pennsylvaniasi
accusative
nom.
Pennsylvaniasi
gen.
Pennsylvaniasi
genitive
Pennsylvaniasi
partitive
Pennsylvaniaasi
inessive
Pennsylvaniassasi
elative
Pennsylvaniastasi
illative
Pennsylvaniaasi
adessive
Pennsylvaniallasi
ablative
Pennsylvanialtasi
allative
Pennsylvaniallesi
essive
Pennsylvanianasi
translative
Pennsylvaniaksesi
abessive
Pennsylvaniattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Pennsylvaniamme
accusative
nom.
Pennsylvaniamme
gen.
Pennsylvaniamme
genitive
Pennsylvaniamme
partitive
Pennsylvaniaamme
inessive
Pennsylvaniassamme
elative
Pennsylvaniastamme
illative
Pennsylvaniaamme
adessive
Pennsylvaniallamme
ablative
Pennsylvanialtamme
allative
Pennsylvaniallemme
essive
Pennsylvanianamme
translative
Pennsylvaniaksemme
abessive
Pennsylvaniattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Pennsylvanianne
accusative
nom.
Pennsylvanianne
gen.
Pennsylvanianne
genitive
Pennsylvanianne
partitive
Pennsylvaniaanne
inessive
Pennsylvaniassanne
elative
Pennsylvaniastanne
illative
Pennsylvaniaanne
adessive
Pennsylvaniallanne
ablative
Pennsylvanialtanne
allative
Pennsylvaniallenne
essive
Pennsylvaniananne
translative
Pennsylvaniaksenne
abessive
Pennsylvaniattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Pennsylvaniansa
accusative
nom.
Pennsylvaniansa
gen.
Pennsylvaniansa
genitive
Pennsylvaniansa
partitive
Pennsylvaniaansa
inessive
Pennsylvaniassaan Pennsylvaniassansa
elative
Pennsylvaniastaan Pennsylvaniastansa
illative
Pennsylvaniaansa
adessive
Pennsylvaniallaan Pennsylvaniallansa
ablative
Pennsylvanialtaan Pennsylvanialtansa
allative
Pennsylvanialleen Pennsylvaniallensa
essive
Pennsylvanianaan Pennsylvanianansa
translative
Pennsylvaniakseen Pennsylvaniaksensa
abessive
Pennsylvaniattaan Pennsylvaniattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* pennsylvaniansaksa

## German
### Alternative forms

* Pennsylvanien (dated to archaic)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌpɛnsɪlˈvɛɪ̯ni̯a/, /ˌpɛnsɪlˈveːni̯a/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Pennsylvania n (proper noun, genitive Pennsylvanias or (optionally with an article) Pennsylvania)
* Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)

#### Related terms

* Pennsylvaniadeutsch
* Pennsylvanier
* pennsylvanisch

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* Pensilvania

### Etymology

Borrowed from English Pennsylvania.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pen.silˈva.nja/, /pen.silˈvɛ.nja/
* Rhymes: -anja, -ɛnja
* Hyphenation: Penn‧syl‧và‧nia

### Proper noun

Pennsylvania f
* Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)

### References

* ↑ Pennsylvania in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

Pennsylvania f
* Alternative spelling of Pensilvânia: Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)