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 | | In full, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, one of the Middle Atlantic states of the U.S., bounded on the N by Lake Erie and New York; on the E by New York and New Jersey; on the S by Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia; and on the W by West Virginia and Ohio. |
 | | The name of the state was probably coined by Charles II of England and combines the surname of Adm. William Penn (1621-70), the father of William Penn, to whom the king granted the colony in 1681, and sylva (Lat., "wood"). |
 | | The central third of the state drains S to Chesapeake Bay by the Susquehanna and its major tributaries, which include the West Branch of the Susquehanna and the Juniata R. Western Pennsylvania is drained by the Ohio R., which is formed at Pittsburgh by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. |
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