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Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) フィラデルフィ [fìrádérúfíꜜà] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸʲiɾa̠de̞ɾɯ̟ɸʲia̠]

Etymology 1

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Alternative spellings
費拉特費 (obsolete)
費府 (obsolete)
 
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Borrowed from English Philadelphia.[2]

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フィラデルフィア (Firaderufia

  1. Philadelphia (a city in Pennsylvania)
  2. Philadelphia (a city in Mississippi)
  3. Philadelphia (a town in New York)
  4. Philadelphia (a city in Tennessee)
  5. Philadelphia (a village in England)
  6. Philadelphia (a town in South Africa)

Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadélpheia).

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フィラデルフィア (Firaderufia

  1. (historical) Philadelphia (a city of the Decapolis; modern Amman, Syria)
  2. (historical) Philadelphia (a city in Lydia; modern Alaşehir, Turkey)

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Italian Filadelfia.

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フィラデルフィア (Firaderufia

  1. Filadelfia (a town in Italy)

Etymology 4

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Borrowed from Spanish Filadelfia.

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フィラデルフィア (Firaderufia

  1. Filadelfia (a city in Paraguay)
  2. Filadelfia (a town in Colombia)
  3. Filadelfia (a town in Costa Rica)

Etymology 5

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Borrowed from Portuguese Filadélfia.

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フィラデルフィア (Firaderufia

  1. Filadélfia (a town in Bahia, Brazil)
  2. Filadélfia (a town in Tocantins, Brazil)
  3. Filadélfia (a town in Amazonas, Brazil)

References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN