Pittsburgh
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- proper noun
- /ˈpɪtsbɜrɡ/
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Pittsburgh
- The University of Pittsburgh is renowned for its research programs.
- university in Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
What do you miss about your hometown, Pittsburgh Dairy Queen?
- What do you miss about your hometown, Pittsburgh Dairy Queen?
- This is an example outside Pittsburgh that I'm looking at right now.
- You had a show last night in Pittsburgh and who came out?
- OK, so Kamala Harris in Pittsburgh goes to this Spice store.
- You cannot kill an alum from Pittsburgh, from Mount Lebanon.
- I'm not from Pittsburgh, but I do I do like this sweater.
- I was just in a city, the suburb of Pittsburgh.
- What we used to call mill towns right outside of Pittsburgh, PA.
Examples
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Our next question comes from Chelsea in Pittsburgh, PA.
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Well, there's plenty of places like that in Pittsburgh.
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One return ticket to Pittsburgh, please.
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Did you get in touch with our friends in Pittsburgh ?
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However, my daughter was born in Pittsburgh, PA.
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My father worked the Pittsburgh mill.
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I was his first hire at the University of Pittsburgh in 1975.
Academic text (2017) -
Let's go to Ben, who joins us in Pittsburgh, PA Ben, how can we help?
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After the Civil War, the Catholic Church in Pittsburgh rapidly emerged as a major cultural force.
Academic text (1990) -
Tomorrow I have to fly to Pittsburgh and back, so more hustling.
Compounds
A major 1862 American Civil War battle in Tennessee, also called the Battle of Shiloh
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pittsburgh comes from the family name Pitt, after British leader William Pitt, plus the ending -burgh, an old word meaning 'town' like in Hamburg. So Pittsburgh simply meant 'Pitt's town', which is why the name refers to that city.