Pennsylvania

Etymology
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 sylvania meaning "woods," thus "Pennsylvania."

Proper noun

 * 1) A state of the United States of America. Capital: Harrisburg; largest city: Philadelphia.
 * 2) The first, and historically largest, now defunct US railroad, a hallmark of the industrial age.

Synonyms

 * PA

Derived terms

 * PA
 * Penn Station
 * Pennsylvanian

Translations

 * Arabic: بنسيلفانيا
 * Catalan: Pennsilvània
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 賓夕法尼亞, 宾夕法尼亚
 * Czech: Pensylvánie
 * French:
 * Greek: Πενσυλβάνια
 * Hindi: पेन्सिलवेनिया


 * Japanese: ペンシルベニア
 * Korean: 펜실베이니아
 * Macedonian: Пенсилванија
 * Navajo:
 * Persian: پنسیلوانیا
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: