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Harrisburg

[ har-is-burg ]

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Pennsylvania, in the S part, on the Susquehanna River.


Harrisburg

/ ˈhærɪsˌbɜːɡ /

noun

  1. a city in S Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River: the state capital. Pop: 48 322 (2003 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Riley June Williams, 22, was allowed to go home to her mother in Harrisburg, Pa.

So Lincoln was instead spirited from Harrisburg back to Philadelphia.

The original plan was for Lincoln to arrive from Harrisburg at the Calvert Street station, Widmer said.

Harrisburg and Fredericksburg, previously the Potomac Nationals, have been with the organization since 2005.

It was obvious that, once Strickland returned, Kieboom would head straight back to Harrisburg to ride the season out.

Stephens left New York City when he was 20 to begin college in Harrisburg, but he traveled often to the city for work.

Stephens left New York City when he was 20 to begin college in Harrisburg, but he travelled often to the city for work.

Sara Ganim was standing in her pink socks in the office of the Harrisburg, Pa., Patriot-News when she heard the news Monday.

“This may be the most high-profile sexual abuse case ever,” says Andreozzi, of Harrisburg.

Things are completely different now … I spend three days a week in Harrisburg lobbying representatives from all over the state.

Our army, under the command of General Houston, was in front of Harrisburg, to which place the congress had retreated.

He's jealous, for he has never been past Harrisburg; but I've really gone around a little circle.

Next I went on to Harrisburg, and thence took rail up the beautiful Susquehanna valley, deep into and over the mountains.

Later it was called Rockwell and Harrisburg; and finally Juneau, the name it still bears with more or less dignity.

At noon we came to "a fix;" the railway bridge across to Harrisburg had broken down.

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