Philadelphia

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια ‎(Philadélpheia), from φιλέω ‎(philéō, “I love”) + ἀδελφός ‎(adelphós, “brother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪləˈdɛlfiə/
  • (local) IPA^(key): [fɪɫəˈdɜɫfiə]

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Proper noun

Philadelphia

1. Largest city in Pennsylvania, located in southeastern part of the state along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Site of the Independence Hall; former capitol of United States. Nicknamed "City of Brotherly Love".
2. (historical) Ancient name of Amman, the capital of Jordan.
3. (historical) Ancient name of Alaşehir, Turkey.
4. Any of a number of towns and villages around the world.

Derived terms

• Philadelphian
• Philly

Translations

largest city in Pennsylvania

• Armenian: Ֆիլադելֆիա ‎(Filadelfia)
• Basque: Filadelfia
• Bulgarian: Филаде́лфия f ‎(Filadélfija)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: Filadelfie f
• Esperanto: Filadelfio
• Finnish: Philadelphia (fi)
• French: Philadelphie (fr)
• German: Philadelphia (de)
• Greek: Φιλαδέλφεια (el) f ‎(Filadélfeia)
• Hebrew: פִילָדֶלְפִיָּה f ‎(filadélfia)
• Hindi: फिलाडेल्फिया ‎(philāḍelphiyā)
• Icelandic: Fíladelfía f

• Italian: Filadelfia (it) f
• Japanese: フィラデルフィア ‎(Firaderufia)
• Latvian: Filadelfija f
• Lithuanian: Filadelfija f
• Persian: فیلادلفیا ‎(filadelfia)
• Polish: Filadelfia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Filadélfia (pt) f
• Russian: Филаде́льфия (ru) f ‎(Filadélʹfija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Филаделфија f

  Roman: Filadelfija f

• Slovene: Filadelfija f
• Spanish: Filadelfia (es) f
• Yiddish: פֿילאַדעלפֿיע f ‎(filadelfye)