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Penn

Rhymes with -ɛn

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* As an English surname, named after various places such as Penn in Buckinghamshire or Staffordshire, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *penn (“(hill) top, head”).

* Also as an English surname, from the noun pen (“enclosure”).

* Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Parnell.

* As a German surname, from Sorbian pien (“tree stump”), from Proto-Slavic *pьňь.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SP9094). High on a ridge of the Chilterns stands the village from which a celebrated Buckinghamshire family took its name. It was the home of the ancestors, and some of the descendants, of William Penn, the Quaker who in 1682 founded Pennsylvania in America.
  3. A hamlet in Wootton Fitzpaine parish, west Dorset (OS grid ref SY3495).
  4. A western suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO8996).
  5. An unincorporated community in Ramsey County, North Dakota.
  6. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
  7. A borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, named after William Penn.
  8. A number of townships in the United States, including in Illinois (2), Indiana (3), Iowa (4), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio (2), and Pennsylvania (12), listed under Penn Township.
  9. informal University of Pennsylvania Well, he [Donald J. Trump] did go to Penn. Whether he got in on merit is a whole other question.

    Similar: UPenn

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Closest in meaning: authorship, writing, composition, moo, between, pennsylvania, biro, ballpoint, quill, stylus, marker, sharpie, rollerball, felt-tip, brush-pen, fineliner

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MLA

"Penn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/penn. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Penn. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/penn

Chicago

"Penn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/penn.

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@misc{penn_2026,
  title = {Penn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/penn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}