Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pennsylvania

3 senses of pennsylvania

Sense 1
Pennsylvania, Keystone State, PA -- (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
       INSTANCE OF=> American state -- (one of the 50 states of the United States)

Sense 2
Pennsylvania -- (one of the British colonies that formed the United States)
       INSTANCE OF=> Colony -- (one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States)

Sense 3
University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Penn -- (a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
       INSTANCE OF=> university -- (establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching)