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      »   The noun penn has 2 meanings (no senses from tagged texts)

• Penn, William Penn -- (Englishman1.) Englishman -- (a man who is a native or inhabitant of England)
  
  Englishman and Quaker1.) Friend, Quaker -- (a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers))
  
  2.) Quaker, trembler -- (one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear)
  
  Quaker who Founded1.) Establish, set up, found, launch -- (set up or found; "She set up a literacy program")
  
  2.) Establish, found, plant, constitute, institute -- (set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department")
  
  founded the Colony1.) Colony, settlement -- (a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government)
  
  2.) Colony -- (a group of animals of the same type living together)
  
  colony of Pennsylvania1.) Pennsylvania, Keystone State, PA -- (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
  
  2.) Pennsylvania -- (one of the British colonies that formed the United States)
  
  Pennsylvania (1644-1718))

• University of Pennsylvania1.) Pennsylvania, Keystone State, PA -- (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
  
  2.) Pennsylvania -- (one of the British colonies that formed the United States)
  
  Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Penn -- (a University1.) University -- (the body of faculty and students at a university)
  
  2.) University -- (establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching)
  
  university in Philadelphia1.) Philadelphia, City of Brotherly Love -- (the largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania)
  
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Related Terms - "Penn"

Meaning 1 of PennPenn, William Penn Friend, Quaker REFRENCED BY

• Penn1.) Penn, William Penn -- (Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718))
  
  2.) University of Pennsylvania1.) University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Penn -- (a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  
  University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania1.) Pennsylvania, Keystone State, PA -- (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
  
  2.) Pennsylvania -- (one of the British colonies that formed the United States)
  
  Pennsylvania, Penn1.) Penn, William Penn -- (Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718))
  
  2.) University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Penn -- (a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  
  Penn - A university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- (a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  
  Penn, William Penn1.) Penn, William Penn -- (Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718))
  
  William Penn - Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)

Meaning 2 of PennUniversity of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Penn university REFRENCED BY

• Brown University1.) Brown University, Brown -- (a university in Rhode Island)
  
  Brown University, Brown1.) Brown, brownness -- (an orange of low brightness and saturation)
  
  2.) Brown, Robert Brown -- (Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858))
  
  Brown - A university in Rhode Island

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• Cambridge University1.) Cambridge University, Cambridge -- (a university in England)
  
  Cambridge University, Cambridge1.) Cambridge University, Cambridge -- (a university in England)
  
  2.) Cambridge -- (a city in Massachusetts just north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  
  Cambridge - A university in England

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• Carnegie Mellon University1.) Carnegie Mellon University -- (an engineering university in Pittsburgh)
  
  Carnegie Mellon University - An engineering university in Pittsburgh

• City university1.) City university -- (an urban university in a large city)
  
  City university - An urban university in a large city

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• Columbia University1.) Columbia University, Columbia -- (a university in New York City)
  
  Columbia University, Columbia1.) Columbia, Columbia River -- (a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring)
  
  2.) Columbia -- (a town in west central Tennessee)
  
  Columbia - A university in New York City

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• Cooper Union1.) Cooper Union, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art -- (university founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences)
  
  Cooper Union, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtClick for more information.Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art - University founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences

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• Cornell University1.) Cornell University -- (a university in Ithaca, New York)
  
  Cornell University - A university in Ithaca, New York

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• Duke University1.) Duke University -- (a university in Durham, North Carolina)
  
  Duke University - A university in Durham, North Carolina

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• Harvard University1.) Harvard University, Harvard -- (a university in Massachusetts)
  
  Harvard University, Harvard1.) Harvard University, Harvard -- (a university in Massachusetts)
  
  2.) Harvard, John Harvard -- (American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638))
  
  Harvard - A university in Massachusetts

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• Johns Hopkins1.) Hopkins, Johns Hopkins -- (United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873))
  
  2.) Johns Hopkins -- (a university in Baltimore)
  
  Johns Hopkins - United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873)

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• Massachusetts Institute of Technology1.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT -- (an engineering university in Cambridge)
  
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT1.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT -- (an engineering university in Cambridge)
  
  MIT - An engineering university in Cambridge

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• Ohio State University1.) Ohio State University -- (a university in Columbus, Ohio)
  
  Ohio State University - A university in Columbus, Ohio

• Oxbridge1.) Oxbridge -- (general term for an ancient and prestigious and privileged university (especially Oxford University or Cambridge University))
  
  Oxbridge - General term for an ancient and prestigious and privileged university (especially Oxford University or Cambridge University)

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• Oxford University1.) Oxford University, Oxford -- (a university in England)
  
  Oxford University, Oxford1.) Oxford -- (a city in southern England northwest of London; site of Oxford University)
  
  2.) Oxford -- (a university town in northern Mississippi; home of William Faulkner)
  
  Oxford - A university in England

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• Paris University1.) Paris University, University of Paris, Sorbonne -- (a university in Paris; intellectual center of France)
  
  Paris University, University of Paris1.) Paris University, University of Paris, Sorbonne -- (a university in Paris; intellectual center of France)
  
  University of Paris, Sorbonne1.) Paris University, University of Paris, Sorbonne -- (a university in Paris; intellectual center of France)
  
  Sorbonne - A university in Paris; intellectual center of France

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• Princeton University1.) Princeton University, Princeton -- (a university in New Jersey)
  
  Princeton University, Princeton1.) Princeton -- (a university town in central New Jersey)
  
  2.) Princeton University, Princeton -- (a university in New Jersey)
  
  Princeton - A university in New Jersey

• Redbrick university1.) Redbrick university -- ((British informal) a provincial British university of relatively recent founding; distinguished from Oxford University and Cambridge University)
  
  Redbrick university - (British informal) a provincial British university of relatively recent founding; distinguished from Oxford University and Cambridge University

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• Stanford University1.) Stanford University, Stanford -- (a university in California)
  
  Stanford University, Stanford1.) Stanford, Leland Stanford -- (United States railroad executive and founder of Stanford University (1824-1893))
  
  2.) Stanford University, Stanford -- (a university in California)
  
  Stanford - A university in California

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• University of California at Berkeley1.) University of California at Berkeley -- (a university in Berkeley, California)
  
  University of California at Berkeley - A university in Berkeley, California

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• University of Chicago1.) University of Chicago -- (a university in Chicago, Illinois)
  
  University of Chicago - A university in Chicago, Illinois

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• University of Michigan1.) University of Michigan -- (a university in Ann Arbor, Michigan)
  
  University of Michigan - A university in Ann Arbor, Michigan

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• University of Nebraska1.) University of Nebraska -- (a university in Lincoln, Nebraska)
  
  University of Nebraska - A university in Lincoln, Nebraska

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• University of North Carolina1.) University of North Carolina -- (a university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
  
  University of North Carolina - A university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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• University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Penn - no definition found

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• University of Pittsburgh1.) University of Pittsburgh -- (a university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
  
  University of Pittsburgh - A university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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• University of Sussex1.) University of Sussex, Sussex University -- (a red-brick university in Brighton, England)
  
  University of Sussex, Sussex University1.) University of Sussex, Sussex University -- (a red-brick university in Brighton, England)
  
  Sussex University - A red-brick university in Brighton, England

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• University of Texas1.) University of Texas -- (a university in Austin, Texas)
  
  University of Texas - A university in Austin, Texas

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• University of Vermont1.) University of Vermont -- (a university in Burlington, Vermont)
  
  University of Vermont - A university in Burlington, Vermont

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• University of Washington1.) University of Washington -- (a university in Seattle, Washington)
  
  University of Washington - A university in Seattle, Washington

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• University of West Virginia1.) University of West Virginia -- (a university in Morgantown, West Virginia)
  
  University of West Virginia - A university in Morgantown, West Virginia

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• University of Wisconsin1.) University of Wisconsin -- (a university in Madison, Wisconsin)
  
  University of Wisconsin - A university in Madison, Wisconsin

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• Yale University1.) Yale University, Yale -- (a university in Connecticut)
  
  Yale University, Yale1.) Yale University, Yale -- (a university in Connecticut)
  
  2.) Yale, Elihu Yale -- (English philanthropist who made contributions to a college in Connecticut that was renamed in his honor (1649-1721))
  
  Yale - A university in Connecticut