Pittsylvania

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Pittsylvania

Etymology[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Pittsylvania

Ellipsis of Pittsylvania County.
(historical) A proposed name for a failed colony bid, in what would later become West Virginia

Synonyms[edit]

(West Virginia): Vandalia, Westsylvania, West Virginia

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