Philadelphia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadélpheia), from φιλέω (philéō, “I love”) + ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brotherly/sisterly”). Doublet of Filadelfia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪləˈdɛlfi.ə/
  • (local) IPA^(key): [fɪɫəˈdɜɫfi.ə]

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Proper noun

Philadelphia

1. The largest city in Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of coterminous Philadelphia County; former capital of the United States.
2. (historical) An ancient Greek city in the Decapolis in modern Jordan; modern Amman.
3. (historical) An ancient Greek city in Lydia in modern Turkey; modern Alaşehir.
4. A locale in the United States; named for the city in Pennsylvania.
   1. An unincorporated community in Cass County, Illinois.
   2. An unincorporated community in Sugar Creek Township, Hancok County, Indiana.
   3. A city, the county seat of Neshoba County, Mississippi.
   4. A town and village in Jefferson County, New York.
   5. A small city in Loudon County, Tennessee.
5. A village in Brandenburg, Germany; named for the city in Pennsylvania.
6. A village in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England; named for the city in Pennsylvania (OS grid ref NZ3352).
7. A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.

Derived terms

• New Philadelphia
• North Philadelphia
• Philadelphia County

---

• Philadelphian
• Philly
• West Philadelphia

Translations

largest city in Pennsylvania

• Albanian: Filadelfija f
• Amharic: ፊላዴልፊያ (filadelfiya)
• Armenian: Ֆիլադելֆիա (Filadelfia)
• Basque: Filadelfia
• Bengali: ফিলাডেলফিয়া (philaḍelphiẏa)
• Bulgarian: Филаде́лфия f (Filadélfija)
• Catalan: Filadèlfia
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 費城 (zh), 费城 (zh) (Fèichéng), 費拉德爾菲亞 (zh) (Fèilādé'ěrfēiyà)

• Czech: Filadelfie (cs) f
• Esperanto: Filadelfio
• Finnish: Philadelphia (fi)
• French: Philadelphie (fr)
• Galician: Filadelfia (gl)
• Georgian: ფილადელფია (piladelpia)
• German: Philadelphia (de)
• Greek: Φιλαδέλφεια (el) f (Filadélfeia)
• Gujarati: ફિલાડેલ્ફિયા (philāḍelphiyā)
• Hebrew: פִילָדֶלְפִיָּה‎ f (filadélfia)
• Hindi: फिलाडेल्फिया (philāḍelphiyā)

• Icelandic: Fíladelfía f
• Italian: Filadelfia (it) f
• Japanese: フィラデルフィア (Firaderufia)
• Kannada: ಫಿಲಡೆಲ್ಫಿಯಾ (philaḍelphiyā)
• Korean: 필라델피아 (pilladelpia)
• Latvian: Filadelfija f
• Lithuanian: Filadelfija f
• Pennsylvania German: Filadelfi
• Persian: فیلادلفیا‎ (filadelfia)
• Polish: Filadelfia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Filadélfia (pt) f
• Russian: Филаде́льфия (ru) f (Filadélʹfija)
• Samoan: Filatelefia
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Филаделфија f

  Roman: Filadelfija f

• Slovene: Filadelfija f
• Spanish: Filadelfia (es) f
• Tamil: பிலடெல்பியா (pilaṭelpiyā)
• Telugu: ఫిలదెల్ఫియా (philadelphiyā)
• Turkish: Filedelfiya
• Yiddish: פֿילאַדעלפֿיע‎ f (filadelfye)

---

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadélpheia).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pʰi.la.delˈpʰiː.a/, [pʰɪɫ̪äd̪ɛɫ̪ˈpʰiːä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fi.la.delˈfi.a/, [filäd̪elˈfiːä]

Proper noun

Philadelphīa f sg (genitive Philadelphīae); first declension

1. (historical) Philadelphia (ancient Greek city in the Decapolis in modern Jordan; modern Amman)
2. (historical) Philadelphia (ancient Greek city in Lydia in modern Turkey; modern Alaşehir)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Philadelphīa
Genitive	Philadelphīae
Dative	Philadelphīae
Accusative	Philadelphīam
Ablative	Philadelphīā
Vocative	Philadelphīa
Locative	Philadelphīae

References

• Philadelphia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette