Pittsburgh

proper nounattested in dialogue

United States//ˈpɪtsbɝɡ//

A city, the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.

proper noun

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A city, the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Because he was coincidentally situated in Pittsburgh, he had examined the brains of two former Pittsburgh Steelers players who were discovered to have had postconcussive brain dysfunction: Mike Webster, who became homeless and cognitively impaired before dying of heart failure in 2002; and Terry Long, who committed suicide in 2005.
Together with our partner in Pittsburgh, Jewish Family and Community Services, and others across the country, we’ve directly resettled more than 450,000 refugees in the US since 1980 when the USRAP was established, according to HIAS annual reports.

Etymology

From Pitt + -s- + -burgh (“fortified place”), named after William Pitt the Elder.

pitching · The act of throwing or casting.pitiful · So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for…Pitt · An English topographical surname for someone who lived by, or…

Pittsburgh · A city, the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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