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pittsylvania

/ˌpɪt.sɪlˈveɪ.ni.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
pitt-syl-va-nia
IPA
/ˌpɪt.sɪlˈveɪ.ni.ə/
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Ellipsis of Pittsylvania County.

name

A proposed name for a failed colony bid, in what would later become West Virginia.

Etymology

* (Pittsylvania County): Pitt (“William Pitt the Elder”) + sylvan (“woods”) + -ia (“land”)

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌpɪt.sɪlˈveɪ.ni.ə/
  • British English: /ˌpɪt.sɪlˈveɪ.ni.ə/

Frequently Paired Words

Pennsylvania Spotsylvania Sylvania Transylvania

Synonyms

Vandalia Westsylvania West Virginia

Rhymes With

paramania extemporanea extemporania hagiomania pistolvania laconomania dysphania

Questions

How do you pronounce pittsylvania?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpɪt.sɪlˈveɪ.ni.ə/.
What does pittsylvania mean?
Ellipsis of Pittsylvania County.
Where does pittsylvania come from?
* (Pittsylvania County): Pitt (“William Pitt the Elder”) + sylvan (“woods”) + -ia (“land”)

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