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Pennsylvanian

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Pennsylvanian
1. of the state of Pennsylvania
2. (in North America) of, denoting, or formed in the upper of two divisions of the Carboniferous period (see also Mississippian (sense 2)), which lasted 30 million years, during which coal measures were formed
3. an inhabitant or native of the state of Pennsylvania
4. the. the Pennsylvanian period or rock system, equivalent to the Upper Carboniferous of Europe

Pennsylvanian [¦pen·sal¦vā·nyən]
(geology)
A division of late Paleozoic geologic time, extending from 320 to 280 million years ago, varyingly considered to rank as an independent period or as an epoch of the Carboniferous period; named for outcrops of coal-bearing rock formations in Pennsylvania.


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But no matter in what straits the Pennsylvanian or Virginian found himself, he would not let his daughters go out into service.
[*] Anthony Wayne, a Pennsylvanian distinguished in the war of the
The American is justly proud of the origin of his nation, which is perhaps unequaled in the history of the world; but the Pennsylvanian and Jerseyman have more reason to value themselves in their ancestors than the natives of any other state, since no wrong was done the original owners of the soil.
 
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