Nittany may refer to:
Locations
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Mount Nittany, a mountain in Centre County, Pennsylvania
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Nittany Valley, a valley between Mount Nittany and Bald Eagle Mountain, in Pennsylvania
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Nittany Arch, a geographic feature in the Appalachian Mountains
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Nittany, Pennsylvania
Nittany is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Walker Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 658.
It is located along the northeastern border of Centre County, next ...
, a town in Centre County, Pennsylvania
Sports
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Penn State Nittany Lions, the sports teams for
Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvan ...
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Nittany Lion, the mascot for said teams
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The Nittany Lion (song)
"The Nittany Lion" is a traditional fight song played by the Penn State Blue Band at football games and other sporting events. During the pre-game show of home football games at Beaver Stadium, it is part of the traditional Lion Fanfare and Dow ...
, the school's fight song
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Nittany Nation
Legion of Blue is the student cheering section supporting the Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team. The cheering section has been around as long as the Penn State basketball team, but the organization was formed in 2003 as the Nittwits b ...
, the student cheering section
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Nittany Lion Shrine, a statue at Pennsylvania State University
Transportation
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Nittany Valley Railroad
The Nittany Valley Railroad was a Pennsylvania shortline built to haul iron ore to blast furnaces near Bellefonte.
The company was incorporated on March 15, 1887. It was controlled by B.K. Jamison, president of the Centre Iron Company. The rail ...
, a former shortline railroad
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Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad, a current shortline railroad
Other
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Nittany Furnace
Nittany Furnace, known earlier as Valentine Furnace, was a hot blast iron furnace located in Spring Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. Placed in operation in 1888 on the site of an older furnace, it was an important feature of ...
, a former iron furnace in Spring Township, Pennsylvania
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Nittany Mall, a shopping center in State College, Pennsylvania
* Nittany Apple, a hybrid cultivar of
Golden Delicious
'Golden Delicious' is a cultivar of apple. It is one of the 15 most popular apple cultivars in the United States. It is not closely related to 'Red Delicious'.
History
Golden Delicious arose from a chance seedling, possibly a hybrid of 'Gri ...
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York Imperial
The 'York Imperial', or 'York', is a cultivar of apple (''Malus pumila'') from which a number of other valuable strains and cultivars have arisen, including four sport varieties: Commander York, Ramey York, Red Yorking, and Yorking.
History
In ...
apples
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