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Pennsylvania noun. M18.
[from Admiral Sir William Penn (1621-70), founder of the State (see below) + SYLVAN + -IA1.]
Used attrib. to designate a native or inhabitant of, or things originating in or associated with, the mid-Atlantic State of Pennsylvania, USA.
Comb.: Pennsylvania Dutch, Pennsylvania German nouns & adjectives (a) nouns (pl.) the descendants of the German and Swiss settlers of Pennsylvania in the 17th and 18th cents.; (sing.) the High German dialect of these settlers or their descendants; (b) adjectives of or pertaining to these people or their dialect.