English > PA: 5 senses > noun 4, locationMeaning | A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies. |
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Synonyms | Pennsylvania, Keystone State, Pa. |
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Instance of | American state | One of the 50 states of the United States |
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Part of | Mid-Atlantic states | A region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland |
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United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
Parts | Alleghenies, Allegheny Mountains | The western part of the Appalachian Mountains |
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Allegheny, Allegheny River | A river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River |
Allentown | A city in eastern Pennsylvania |
Altoona | A town in central Pennsylvania |
Bethlehem | A town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia |
Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Ridge | A range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia |
Chester | A city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia) |
Erie | A port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania |
Gettysburg | A small town in southern Pennsylvania |
Harrisburg, capital of Pennsylvania | Capital of Pennsylvania |
Lehigh River | A river in eastern Pennsylvania that flows southeast into the Delaware River |
Monongahela, Monongahela River | A river that rises in northern West Virginia and flows north into Pennsylvania where it joins the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River |
Philadelphia, City of Brotherly Love | The largest city in Pennsylvania |
Pittsburgh | A city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River |
Susquehanna, Susquehanna River | A river in the northeastern United States that rises in New York and flows southward through Pennsylvania and Maryland into Chesapeake Bay |
University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Penn | A university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Region of | Gettysburg, Battle of Gettysburg | A battle of the American Civil War (1863) |
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Spanish | Estado Piedra Angular, PA, Pennsylvania, Pensilvania |
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Catalan | Pennsilvània, Pennsylvania |
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