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Although Swedes and Dutch were the
first European settlers, William Penn, a Quaker, named Pennsylvania
in honor of his father by combining the name Penn and the Latin term
sylvania, which translates as "woodlands," to come
up with "Penn's woodlands."
Known as the "Keystone
State," Pennsylvania is one of the original 13 colonies (it
entered the Union in 1787).
Today, two major cities dominate
the state--Philadelphia, home of the Liberty Bell, Constitution
Hall, and a thriving metropolitan area, and Pittsburgh, a busy
inland river port. The Amish, a group of people who live without the
use of modern technology, live in the countryside of
Pennsylvania.
The capital is Harrisburg and the
state bird is the ruffed grouse.
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