Penn
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- proper noun
- /pɛn/
- Informal
:
Universidad de Pensilvania
- My parents are all about tough love since I bombed out of Penn State.
- a Penn professor
- graduate student at Penn
So the, you know, local schools were like Penn and Drexel and.
- So the, you know, local schools were like Penn and Drexel and.
- I I've hosted Mary Beth Tinker in my class at Penn.
- But OK, the policy arena, so the, the Penn Environment report is pretty good on this.
- By Russ Epstein, Penn and undoubtedly others.
Examples
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I'm a law student at Penn.
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"Both of us went to Penn and bumped into each other a few times over the years.
Fiction book (1992) -
But you attended Penn on an academic scholarship.
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So as we heard from Penn yesterday and Randy, this work must continue.
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Bill is the past president of the Adams County Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association.
Academic text (2008) -
I should be able to get both you and Shane into Penn.
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In America, William Penn established the William Penn Charter School in 1689.
Academic text (1993) -
I returned to graduate study at Penn after a U.S. Navy stint in 1963.
Academic text (1999) -
Anyu is the program coordinator at the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions.
Academic text (2017) -
She graduated from Penn with a degree in biology.
Synonyms
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A well-known private university in Philadelphia, United States
Surface Forms
Etymology
Penn is the short, friendly name for the University of Pennsylvania, which was named after William Penn. The name Pennsylvania literally means 'Penn's woods' because the -sylvania part means 'woods', so saying Penn links the school to the man and the state.