Meanings
proper noun
- A township and census-designated place therein, in Salem County, New Jersey.
The sister, Mary Oleson, 45, said that her brother was questioned by police officers in a hotel in Pennsville, N.J., on Monday and again on Tuesday.
2007 April 4, Nate Schweber, “Man Queried in Killings of Prostitutes”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2015 - An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Ohio, named after Penn Township.
Origin
In New Jersey, from Penn + -s- + -ville, after William Penn.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
Pennsville. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pennsville
MLA
“Pennsville.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pennsville. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pennsville,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pennsville.
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