PENNSYLVANIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pennsylvanian mean? 

• PENNSYLVANIAN (noun)
  The noun PENNSYLVANIAN has 2 senses:

1. from 310 million to 280 million years ago; warm climate; swampy land

2. a native or resident of Pennsylvania

  Familiarity information: PENNSYLVANIAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENNSYLVANIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

From 310 million to 280 million years ago; warm climate; swampy land

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Pennsylvanian; Pennsylvanian period; Upper Carboniferous; Upper Carboniferous period

Instance hypernyms:

geological period; period (a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed)

Holonyms ("Pennsylvanian" is a part of...):

Carboniferous; Carboniferous period (from 345 million to 280 million years ago)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A native or resident of Pennsylvania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Keystone Stater; Pennsylvanian

Hypernyms ("Pennsylvanian" is a kind of...):

American (a native or inhabitant of the United States)