English Explanatory Dictionary

Keystone State

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Official nickname for Pennsylvania: a state of the United States.

Word forms

Keystone State the Keystone State

Etymology

An allusion to its central position connecting the original northern and southern thirteen states of the United States, at the time of formation of the Constitution.

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