FromPenn(“William Penn”) +sylvan(“woods”) +-ia(“land”). On March 4, 1681, Charles II of England granted a land tract toWilliam 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 theLatinsylva,silva(“meaning "wood"”), thus "Pennsylvania" (Penn's woods). Some propose that the "Penn" is derived from William'smore respected father, also named William Penn.[en 1]
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Borrowed fromEnglishPennsylvania.
Pennsylvania (genitivePennsylvanias)
FromEnglishPennsylvania.
Pennsylvania
| Inflection ofPennsylvania (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Pennsylvania | — | |
| genitive | Pennsylvanian | — | |
| partitive | Pennsylvaniaa | — | |
| illative | Pennsylvaniaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Pennsylvania | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Pennsylvania | — |
| gen. | Pennsylvanian | ||
| genitive | Pennsylvanian | — | |
| partitive | Pennsylvaniaa | — | |
| inessive | Pennsylvaniassa | — | |
| elative | Pennsylvaniasta | — | |
| illative | Pennsylvaniaan | — | |
| adessive | Pennsylvanialla | — | |
| ablative | Pennsylvanialta | — | |
| allative | Pennsylvanialle | — | |
| essive | Pennsylvaniana | — | |
| translative | Pennsylvaniaksi | — | |
| abessive | Pennsylvaniatta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Pennsylvania n (proper noun,genitivePennsylvaniasor(optionally with an article)Pennsylvania)
Borrowed fromEnglishPennsylvania.
Pennsylvania f
Pennsylvania f
