Philadelphia

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Philadelphia

1. The largest city in Pennsylvania, United States; the county seat of coterminous Philadelphia County, and a former capital of the United States.
2. (historical) A city of the Decapolis; modern Amman, Syria.
3. (historical) A city in Lydia; modern Alaşehir, Turkey.
4. A locale in the United States; named for the city in Pennsylvania.
   1. A city in Mississippi; the county seat of Neshoba County.
   2. A town in New York, and a village within it.
   3. A city in Tennessee.
   4. An unincorporated community in Illinois.
   5. An unincorporated community in Indiana.
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
• Philadelphia County
• Philadelphian
• Philly

Translations

largest city in Pennsylvania

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

  Mandarin: 費城／费城 (zh) (Fèichéng), 费城 (zh) (Fèichéng), 費拉德爾菲亞／费拉德尔菲亚 (zh) ( Fèilādé'ěrfēiyà)

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

  Cyrillic: Филаделфија f

  Roman: Filadelfija f

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

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadélpheia).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Philadelphīa f sg (genitive Philadelphīae); first declension

1. A city of Lydia situated near the course of the Cogamus
2. A town of the Decapolis, now Amman

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

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.