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Westsylvania

Westsylvania proper noun: a proposed state of the United States located in what is now West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania, and small parts of Kentucky, Maryland, and Virginia. It would have been the fourteenth state in the newly formed United States, had it been recognized.

Proper noun

Westsylvania

  1. (historical) A proposed state of the United States located in what is now West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania, and small parts of Kentucky, Maryland, and Virginia. It would have been the fourteenth state in the newly formed United States, had it been recognized.

Origin of Westsylvania

Blend of west + Pennsylvania. The name was first used in 1776 in the early days of the American Revolutionary War, when the state was proposed.

Questions about Westsylvania

What does Westsylvania mean?
Westsylvania means a proposed state of the United States located in what is now West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania, and small parts of Kentucky, Maryland, and Virginia. It would have been the fourteenth state in the newly formed United States, had it been recognized.
What part of speech is Westsylvania?
Westsylvania is a proper noun.

Words near Westsylvania in the dictionary

  1. westside
  2. westsides
  3. Westsplainer
  4. westsplaining
  5. Weststellingwerf
  6. Westsylvania
  7. Westtown
  8. Westville
  9. westward
  10. Westward Ho!
  11. westwardly

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