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Etymology edit

Blend of kill +‎ Philadelphia, a reference to the city's high homicide rate.

Proper noun edit

Killadelphia

  1. (slang, offensive) Philadelphia.
    • 2014, “Gettin' Money”, performed by Meek Mill:
      They locked me in chains, niggas took shots with my frame / In Killadelphia where bodies be dropping like rain

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