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Passyunk Square is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia bounded by Broad Street to the west, 6th Street to the east, Tasker Street to the south and Washington Avenue to the north. [ 1 ] Passyunk Square is bordered by the Bella Vista , Hawthorne , Central South Philadelphia , Wharton , and Point Breeze neighborhoods.
Moyamensing is an area of Philadelphia established as a Moyamensing Township during British colonial rule on the fast land of the Neck [clarification needed], lying between Passyunk and Wicaco. [1] It was incorporated into Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania , United States and today encompasses several neighborhoods along the Moyamensing Avenue ...
Pages in category "Passyunk Square, Philadelphia" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Passyunk Avenue: Named after the Lenape word meaning "in the valley" or "in the valleys." [9] Philmont Ave: Named after the county line between Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties, which it runs along for part of its route (Phil + Mont). Pine Street: One of William Penn's streets named after trees, this one named after the pine tree. Race Street
This is a list of Native American place names in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania; Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania) Allegheny Mountains; Allegheny River
Passyunk – from Lenape pahsayunk 'in the valley', [104] from pahsaek 'valley' (also the name of Passaic, New Jersey). Pennypack–Lenape pənəpekw 'where the water flows downward'. [105] Perkiomen – Lenape, 'where there are cranberries.' [78] Poconos – Lenape pokawaxne 'a creek between two hills'. [106]
The East Passyunk Gateway Park is a landscaped triangle bounded by Passyunk Avenue, McKean and Broad Streets, located at the traffic entrance to the East Passyunk Avenue shopping district. [ 15 ] The Joey Giardello Statue park, situated in the triangle formed by Passyunk Avenue, Mifflin and 13th Streets, is a tree covered relaxation space with ...
Speakers around the Great Lakes began to pronounce the short a sound, /æ/ as in TRAP, as more of a diphthong and with a higher starting point in the mouth, causing the same word to sound more like "tray-ap" or "tray-up"; Labov et al. assume that this began by the middle of the 19th century. [23]