Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to Pennsylvania.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being the period of geologic time from about 318 to 299 million years ago, the sixth period of the Paleozoic Era. The Pennsylvanian Period is characterized by the appearance of the first reptiles and widespread swamp forests.
- noun A native or resident of Pennsylvania.
- noun The Pennsylvanian Period.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Pennsylvania, one of the Middle States of the United States, lying south of New York and west of New Jersey.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of Pennsylvania.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun The geological period from 280 million to 310 million years ago; -- it was characterized by a warm climate and abundance of swampy land.
- proper noun A resident of the state of Pennsylvania.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
inhabitant or aresident of thestate ofPennsylvania . - noun geology Any of the three Pennsylvanian epochs.
- adjective geology Of any of the three
geologic epochs (lower, middle and upper) within theCarboniferous period from 318 to 299 million years ago; marked by a highoxygen atmosphere and the rise ofreptiles andwinged insects . - adjective Of, or pertaining to the
state ofPennsylvania .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun from 310 million to 280 million years ago; warm climate; swampy land
- noun a native or resident of Pennsylvania
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Her so called victory in Pennsylvanian only sets up a further dirty example for the society: don't stand high, play any dirty tactics if you can to get where you want to be.
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It's beyond some dreams, the tall, thin Pennsylvanian said.
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The 13th-term Pennsylvanian circulated a letter for black and Hispanic members of the Wall
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Republicans are stepping up their efforts to persuade more House Democrats to switch parties and are zeroing in on a second-term Pennsylvanian who is not ruling out such a move.
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Republicans are stepping up their efforts to persuade more House Democrats to switch parties and are zeroing in on a second-term Pennsylvanian who acknowledged the efforts but said he has "no plans" to do so.
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The Pennsylvanian was the only Senate Republican to have previously voted in favor of a debate on the bill, and as such had been the target of a furious lobbying fight by unions and the business community.
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Therefore a Pennsylvanian was a much better representative than a Louisianian.
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I have no desire to debate about what it means to be "Pennsylvanian," but The Times has this video report:
Hillary Hits Obama: "Pennsylvanians Don't Need A President Who Looks Down On Them" 2009
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At some later date, the Pennsylvanian owners contracted a man named Reece Carpenter, and the Pine Bay Hotel, Land and Improvement Company was formed to replace the Pittsburgh Company, with Carpenter as company owner and the Pennsylvania residents as shareholders.
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I am a Pennsylvanian, and was proud of Senator Specter.
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