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This isn't a Greek word and there is no Greek equivalent for it.

This is a composite word, Penn-sylvania.

The first part is a man's name, Penn (who owned a lot of land in those parts).

The second part is a Latin word meaning forest (because the state was heavily wooded at the time).

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