Meanings
proper noun
- USslangDerogatory name for Pennsylvania: a state of the United States.
Origin
Blend of pistol (“handgun”) + Pennsylvania, a reference to the state's high gun violence statistics.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Pistolvania
PennsylvaniaRomaniaLithuaniaAlbaniaTasmaniamaniaTransylvaniaSpotsylvaniauraniaPomeraniabibliomaniaPittsylvaniaLusitaniapyromaniamegalomaniatrichotillomaniaMauretaniakleptomaniagazaniaegomanianymphomaniaAquitaniaacraniaanthomania
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
Pistolvania. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pistolvania
MLA
“Pistolvania.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pistolvania. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pistolvania,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pistolvania.
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