Philadelphia

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Etymology

From Latin Philadelphia, from Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadélpheia), from φιλάδελφος (philádelphos, “brother/sibling-loving”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming placenames”), from the combining form of φῐλέειν (phĭléein, “to love”) + ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother, sibling”). In reference to the city in Turkey, named for the loyal Attalus II Philadelphus of Pergamon. In reference to the city in Jordan, named for the incestuous Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt. In reference to the American city, named for the ancient towns as well as the Quaker William Penn's aim of fostering religious tolerance. Doublet of Filadelfia.

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

Philadelphia

2. The largest city in Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of coterminous Philadelphia County; the former capital of the United States.

   Synonyms: (informal) Philly, (slang) Killadelphia, (poetic) City of Brotherly Love

   • 2025 May 5, “Barstool Sports founder retracts Auschwitz tour offer to customer in antisemitic sign incident”, in Associated Press‎:

     Philadelphia police said they were investigating. No charges were immediately filed.

3. (historical) Former name of Amman: the capital of Jordan.
4. (historical) Former name of Alaşehir: a city, municipality, and district of Manisa Province, Turkey.
5. A locale in the United States; named for the city in Pennsylvania.
   1. An unincorporated community in Cass County, Illinois.
   2. An unincorporated community in Sugar Creek Township, Hancock County, Indiana.
   3. A city, the county seat of Neshoba County, Mississippi.
   4. A town and village in Jefferson County, New York.
   5. A small city in Loudon County, Tennessee.
6. A village in Brandenburg, Germany; named for the city in Pennsylvania.
7. A village in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England; named for the city in Pennsylvania (OS grid ref NZ3352).
8. A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.

Derived terms

• Filthadelphia
• New Philadelphia
• North Philadelphia
• Philadelphia County
• Philadelphia fleabane
• Philadelphia ice cream
• Philadelphia lily
• Philadelphian
• Philadelphia pepper pot
• Philadelphia roll
• Philly
• West Philadelphia

Translations

largest city in Pennsylvania

Albanian: Filadelfija f Amharic: ፊላዴልፊያ (filadelfiya) Armenian: Ֆիլադելֆիա (Filadelfia) Basque: Filadelfia Bengali: ফিলাডেলফিয়া (philaḍelphiẏa) Bulgarian: Филаде́лфия f (Filadélfija) Burmese: ဖီလာဒဲလ်ဖီးယား (hpiladailhpi:ya:) Catalan: Filadèlfia Chinese: Mandarin: 費城 / 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) Galician: Filadelfia (gl) Georgian: ფილადელფია (piladelpia) German: Philadelphia (de) Greek: Φιλαδέλφεια (el) f (Filadélfeia) Gujarati: ફિલાડેલ્ફિયા (philāḍelphiyā) Hebrew: פִילָדֶלְפִיָּה f (filadélfia) Hindi: फिलाडेल्फिया (philāḍelphiyā) Icelandic: Fíladelfía f Italian: Filadelfia (it) f Japanese: フィラデルフィア (ja) (Firaderufia) Kannada: ಫಿಲಡೆಲ್ಫಿಯಾ (philaḍelphiyā) Khmer: ហ្វីឡាដែលហ្វ្យ៉ា (fəylaadaelfyaa), ហ្វ៊ីឡាដែលហ្វ្យ៉ា (fiilaadaelfyaa), ភីឡាដេលផ្យា (phiilaadeelphyaa) Korean: 필라델피아 (pilladelpia) Latvian: Filadelfija f Lithuanian: Filadelfija f Ottoman Turkish: فیلادلفیا (Filadelfiya) Pennsylvania German: Filadelfi Persian: فیلادلفیا (filâdelfiâ) Polish: Filadelfia (pl) f Portuguese: Filadélfia (pt) f Russian: Филаде́льфия (ru) f (Filadélʹfija) Samoan: Filatelefia Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Филаделфија f Roman: Filadelfija f Slovene: Filadelfija f Spanish: Filadelfia (es) f Tamil: பிலடெல்பியா (pilaṭelpiyā) Telugu: ఫిలదెల్ఫియా (philadelphiyā) Turkish: Filedelfiya Yiddish: פֿילאַדעלפֿיע f (filadelfye)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadélpheia).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pʰɪ.ɫa.dɛɫˈpʰiː.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fi.la.d̪elˈfiː.a]

Proper noun

Philadelphīa f sg (genitive Philadelphīae); first declension

1. (historical) Philadelphia (ancient Greek city in the Decapolis in modern Jordan; modern Amman)
2. (historical) Philadelphia (ancient Greek city in Lydia in modern Turkey; modern Alaşehir)
3. (New Latin) Philadelphia (the largest city in Pennsylvania, United States)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	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.