Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pittsburgh

/ˈpɪtsbɝɡ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables: pitts-burgh
IPA: /ˈpɪtsbɝɡ/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city, the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Example Sentences

"Because he was coincidentally situated in Pittsburgh, he had examined the brains of two former Pittsburgh Steelers players who were discovered to have had postconcussive brain dysfunction: Mike Webster, who became homeless and cognitively impaired before dying of heart failure in 2002; and Terry Long, who committed suicide in 2005."
"Together with our partner in Pittsburgh, Jewish Family and Community Services, and others across the country, we’ve directly resettled more than 450,000 refugees in the US since 1980 when the USRAP was established, according to HIAS annual reports."

Etymology

From Pitt + -s- + -burgh (“fortified place”), named after William Pitt the Elder.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpɪtsbɝɡ/

Inflected Forms

Pittsburg (alternative)

Derived Forms

Pittsburgher Pittsburghese Shitsburgh

Phrases

Pittsburgh compound B Pittsburgh ivy Pittsburgh potty Pittsburgh salad Pittsburgh toilet

Frequently Paired Words

Pittsburg

Synonyms

PIT PITT Pgh.

Rhymes With

pittsburg

Questions

How do you pronounce pittsburgh?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɪtsbɝɡ/.
What does pittsburgh mean?: A city, the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Where does pittsburgh come from?: From Pitt + -s- + -burgh (“fortified place”), named after William Pitt the Elder.

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