Pennsylvania
English
/ˌpɛnsɪlˈveɪni.ə/
proper noun
Definitions
- (state in USA); largest city: Philadelphia.
- The first, and historically largest, now defunct US railroad, a hallmark of the industrial age.
Etymology
Affix from English Penn (William Penn) + English sylvan (woods, from wood, forest, der).
Origin
English
sylvan
Gloss
woods, from wood, forest, der
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
森
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Penn English
- Pennamite English
- Pennsylvanian English
- Pittsylvania English
- Spotsylvania English
- anthrosylvan English
- sylvan English
- sylvanite English
- sylvanshine English
- Pennsylvania Finnish
- -icus Latin
- sylvanus Latin
- -ik German
- Deutsch German
- Pennsylvaniadeutsch German
- -ico Italian
- Pennsylvania Italian
- -icus Dutch, Flemish
- -ique French
- -ico Spanish, Castilian
- -ικός Ancient Greek
- *-iḱos, *-ikos Proto-Indo-European
- *-ḱos, *-kos Proto-Indo-European
- -ico Portuguese
- ペンシルベニア Japanese
- Pensylwania Polish
- Pennsylvania Danish
- -ický Czech
- -ique Old French
- -ic Catalan, Valencian
- पेन्सिलवेनिया Hindi
- -ico Galician
- -ic Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- เพนซิลเวเนีย Thai
- pennsylvanicus Translingual
- ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ Mongolian
- -iko Ladino
- Pénsówéíniyah hahoodzo Navajo, Navaho
- Pennsilfaani Pennsylvania German
- پنسلڤينيا Hijazi Arabic