Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 4 compound words that contain pennsylvania. The most common are listed below. Open pennsylvania in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- Pennsylvania DutchThose people of German origin who settled in the Pennsylvania area prior to 1800, and their descendants.
- Pennsylvania AvenueA street in Washington, D.C., that runs between the White House and the United States Capitol.
- Pennsylvania GermanA person descended from German immigrants to Pennsylvania before 1800.
- Pennsylvania DutchlandPennsylvania Dutch country; an area of southeastern Pennsylvania that historically had a high percentage of Pennsylvania Dutch inhabitants. The region centers around the cities of Allentown, Hershey, Lancaster, Reading, and York.
- Pennsylvania Dutch EnglishA dialect of English that has been influenced by the Pennsylvania Dutch language, largely spoken in South Central Pennsylvania.
- Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaThe official name for the state of Pennsylvania in the United States of America.
- Pennsylvania barnA kind of banked barn built in the United States from about 1820-1900, having an overshoot or forebay: an area where one or more walls overshoot the foundation.
- Pennsylvania rifleSynonym of Kentucky rifle: A distinctive type of flintlock (later percussion cap) rifle used on the American frontier from 1700 to the 1850s.
- Pennsylvania Germansplural of Pennsylvania German: A person descended from German immigrants to Pennsylvania before 1800.
- Pennsylvania sedgeCarex pensylvanica (in Carex subg. Carex), native to eastern North America.
- Pennsylvania riflesplural of Pennsylvania rifle: A distinctive type of flintlock (later percussion cap) rifle used on the American frontier from 1700 to the 1850s.
- Pennsylvania barnsplural of Pennsylvania barn: A kind of banked barn built in the United States from about 1820-1900, having an overshoot or forebay: an area where one or more walls overshoot the foundation.
- Pennsylvania sedgesplural of Pennsylvania sedge: Carex pensylvanica (in Carex subg. Carex), native to eastern North America.
Compound words 4
- PennsyltuckyThe rural and exurban part of the state of Pennsylvania outside the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia metropolitan areas, more specifically the mountainous central region.
- PistolvaniaDerogatory name for Pennsylvania: a state of the United States.
- WestsylvaniaA proposed state of the United States located in what is now West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania, and small parts of Kentucky, Maryland, and Virginia. It would have been the fourteenth state in the newly formed United States, had it …
- PennamiteA person from, or fond of, Pennsylvania.