Meanings
- A borough southern Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States, known for its annual Groundhog Day celebration.
Many sources claim that the original Groundhog Day took place in 1887, when residents of Punxsutawney set out to Gobbler’s Knob, known as Phil’s “official” home, but the first piece of evidence Yoder found of townspeople trusting a groundhog for the weather, a diary entry, was dated 1840.
2023 February 1, Scottie Andrew, “The bizarre history of Groundhog Day”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2024
Origin
- UnamiPunkwsutènay
- EnglishPunxsutawney
Borrowed from Unami Punkwsutènay (literally “mosquito town”).
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Punxsutawney. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Punxsutawney
“Punxsutawney.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Punxsutawney. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Punxsutawney,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Punxsutawney.
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