Philadelphia

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadelphia), from φιλέω (phileō, “I love”) + ἀδελφός (adelphos, “brother”)

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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. A town in Mississippi, United States.

Derived terms

• Philadelphian
• Philly

Translations

large city

• Armenian: Ֆիլադելֆիա (hy) (Filadelfia)
• Basque: Filadelfia (eu)
• Bulgarian: Филаделфия (bg) (Filadélfija) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 費城 (cmn), 费城 (cmn) (Fèichéng)

• Czech: Filadelfie (cs) f
• Esperanto: Filadelfio (eo)
• French: Philadelphie (fr)
• Greek: Φιλαδέλφεια (el) (Filadélfeia) f
• Hebrew: פִילָדֶלְפִיָּה (he) (filadélfia) f

• Icelandic: Fíladelfía (is) f
• Italian: Filadelfia (it) f
• Japanese: フィラデルフィア (ja) (Firaderufia)
• Portuguese: Filadélfia (pt) f
• Russian: Филадельфия (ru) (Filadél’fija) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Филаделфија f

  Roman: Filadelfija f

• Spanish: Filadelfia (es) f