English Explanatory Dictionary

Jersey Shore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The coastal region of New Jersey, United States.
  2. A borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States, originally named Waynesburg.

Word forms

Jersey Shore

Etymology

In Pennsylvania, on one side (shore) of the West Branch Susquehanna River, it was first settled by a family from New Jersey; settlers on the other side of the river referred to Waynesburg as the Jersey shore, and the name stuck.

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