Pennsylvanian

Pittsburgh or Philadelphia resident

Pennsylvanian describes something from or relating to Pennsylvania, the U.S. state.

A Pennsylvanian is a person from Pennsylvania: Pennsylvanians voted in record numbers.

In geology, the Pennsylvanian is a period of the Carboniferous era, roughly 300 million years ago, named for coal deposits first studied in Pennsylvania.

American

Philadelphia

Pennsylvania's largest metropolis

Independence Hall · Gettysburg · Cheesesteak · Steelers · Eagles · 76ers · Flyers · Amish · Quaker · Allegheny

geological

Carboniferous

Coal-depositing geological period

sedimentary · anthracite · bituminous · coal measures · amphibians · tetrapods · paleoclimate · supercontinent · Pangaea · depositional

history

William Penn

Philadelphia's Quaker founder

Constitution · Benjamin Franklin · Declaration of Independence · Continental Congress · Gettysburg Address · steel industry · railroads · Underground Railroad · coal mining · Susquehanna

resident

Philadelphian

Native of Pennsylvania's largest city

local · inhabitant · citizen · native · dweller · homeowner · voter · constituent · townsfolk · suburbanite

Categories
Opposites
GEOGRAPHIC IDENTITY (neighboring state rivalries)

PennsylvanianNew Yorker

Resident of a major metropolis

Ohioan · Californian · Texan · West Virginian · Marylander

geologic time period

PennsylvanianMississippian

Native of a southern state

Permian · Precambrian · Cambrian · Quaternary · Jurassic

Phrases
Family

Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Dutch

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G