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pennsylvania
/ˌpɛn.sɪlˈveɪ.ni.ə/
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What does pennsylvania mean?
proper noun
- A state of the United States. Capital: Harrisburg. Largest city: Philadelphia.
- The first, and historically largest, now defunct US railroad, a hallmark of the industrial age.
- An unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.
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proper noun
- A suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9294).
- A hamlet in Cold Ashton parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7473).
- (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.
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The Catawissa, found growing in a Pennsylvania graveyard, is another berry of this class, which produces a second crop in autumn.
In Pennsylvania, the representatives do not bear a greater proportion to their constituents than of one for every four or five thousand.
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The town being situated in the coal region of Pennsylvania, good coal could then be obtained there at seventy-five cents a ton.
The "Pennsylvania I" is the first two-propeller biplane chainless car, this scheme having been adopted in order to avoid the crossing of chains.
Secondly, In Pennsylvania there is no right of primogeniture, and lands, like moveables, are divided equally among all the children of the family.