Pittsylvania
English
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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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