Philadelphia

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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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

• New Philadelphia
• Philadelphian
• Philly

Translations

largest city in Pennsylvania

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

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

• Czech: Filadelfie f
• Esperanto: Filadelfio
• Finnish: Philadelphia (fi)
• French: Philadelphie (fr)
• Georgian: ფილადელფია (piladelpia)
• 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
• Pennsylvania German: Filadelfi
• 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)