Usually means: Geological period; coal-rich sedimentation era.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word Pennsylvanian:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. Pennsylvanian, Pennsylvanian: Merriam-Webster
  2. Pennsylvanian, the Pennsylvanian: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Pennsylvanian: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Pennsylvanian, the Pennsylvanian: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Pennsylvanian: Vocabulary.com
  6. Pennsylvanian: Wordnik
  7. Pennsylvanian: Wiktionary
  8. Pennsylvanian: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Pennsylvanian: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. Pennsylvanian: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Pennsylvanian: Dictionary.com
  12. Pennsylvanian (Amtrak), Pennsylvanian (geology), Pennsylvanian (train), Pennsylvanian: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Pennsylvanian: Rhymezone
  14. pennsylvanian: FreeDictionary.org
  15. pennsylvanian: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. Pennsylvanian: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Pennsylvanian: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pennsylvanian: USGS Paleontology Glossary of Terms

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  1. Pennsylvanian: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Pennsylvanian)

▸ noun:  A native or resident of the state of Pennsylvania in the United States of America.
▸ noun:  (geology) Any of the three Pennsylvanian epochs.
▸ adjective:  Of, or pertaining to the state of Pennsylvania.
▸ adjective:  (geology) Of any of the three geologic epochs (lower, middle and upper) within the Carboniferous period from 318 to 299 million years ago; marked by a high oxygen atmosphere and the rise of reptiles and winged insects.

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pennsylvanian period, upper carboniferous, upper carboniferous period, keystone, Scrantonian, Pittsburgher, Delawarean, New Jerseyan, Pennsylvania German, Philadelphian, more...

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Amish, Yankee, Quaker, PennsylvaniDutch, more...

Phrases:
middle pennsylvanian, pennsylvanian period, more...

Adjectives:
late, native, young, early, upper, middle, lower, pre, old, mississippian, permo



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Similar:
pennsylvanian period, upper carboniferous, upper carboniferous period, keystone, Scrantonian, Pittsburgher, Delawarean, New Jerseyan, Pennsylvania German, Philadelphian, more...

Types:
Amish, Yankee, Quaker, PennsylvaniDutch, more...

Phrases:
middle pennsylvanian, pennsylvanian period, more...

Adjectives:
late, native, young, early, upper, middle, lower, pre, old, mississippian, permo



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