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Definitions for Penn
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Penn.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Penn, William Pennnoun

    Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)

  2. University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennnoun

    a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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  1. penn

    A Penn could have a few different meanings depending on the context, so here are three general definitions: 1. Penn: short for University of Pennsylvania, a prestigious private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2. Penn: a surname of English origin. 3. Penn: a shortened or alternative name for Pennsylvania, a state in the United States.

Wikidata

  1. Penn

    Penn is a village and civil parish in Chiltern district in Buckinghamshire, England, about 3 miles north-west of Beaconsfield and 4 miles east of High Wycombe. It is 3,991 acres in area.

Suggested Resources

  1. PENN

    What does PENN stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the PENN acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PENN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Penn is ranked #1849 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Penn surname appeared 19,409 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 7 would have the surname Penn.

    50.5% or 9,813 total occurrences were White.
    38.5% or 7,472 total occurrences were Black.
    4.4% or 871 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    3.3% or 658 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.8% or 349 total occurrences were Asian.
    1.2% or 246 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Penn in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Penn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Penn in a Sentence

  1. Jeff Gordon:

    I've had a chance to see many Penn State students out at Pocono over the years, i know they are not only some great engineers and future business leaders here at this school, but a lot of race fans and people that are going to take advantage of this opportunity and this relationship.

  2. Aaron Freiwald:

    Those statements were knowingly false, james and others relied on those statements to his detriment. Penn State knew hazing was taking place and took a 'Well, that's what goes on here' kind of attitude, so when they said there was zero tolerance for hazing, that was a false statement and (Vivenzio) says he wouldn't have rushed if he'd known about hazing.

  3. Hunter Biden:

    President Gutmann, when you came to me before the [Obama] administration was up and asked me whether I [would] consider to be a professor at Penn, the first thought I had was that it sounded like an intriguing idea, but it became even more intriguing after the outcome of the [2016] election when you said I could bring along with me some serious, serious people, serious staff people and much more than staff and they start with Tony Blinken and Steve Ricchetti and others, so thank you for allowing me to bring along some really, really bright people.

  4. Peter Schweizer:

    You had Bill Clinton there, you had Hillary Clinton there. You had Donna Karan, the fashion designer. You had Ben Stiller. You had Sean Penn.

  5. Ron Galella/Ron Galella:

    It was like that a lot: You had Madonna and Sean Penn walking in, Barbra Streisand and Don Johnson, Muhammad Ali would be there, Oprah sitting with Donald ringside, it was a special time. I'm sorry to see it go.

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