Pennsylvania pennsylvania • pennsylvania dutch · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · Pennsylvania · · Text Latin · · Script 12 · · Length 5 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies. Synonyms: Keystone State, PA. · · Noun Definition 1 (noun) one of the British colonies that formed the United States. · · Noun Definition 2 (noun) a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Synonyms: University of Pennsylvania, Penn. · · Noun Definition 3 Characters · · P latin capital letter p U+0050 a latin small letter a U+0061 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C n latin small letter n U+006E s latin small letter s U+0073 v latin small letter v U+0076 y latin small letter y U+0079