Philadelphia
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Philadelphia (pronounced /ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə/ (deprecatit template)) is the lairgest ceety in Pennsylvanie, saxt-maist-populous ceety in the Unitit States an the fifty-first maist populous ceety in the warld.[3]
In 2008, the population o the ceety proper wis estimatit tae be mair nor 1.54 million,[4] whiles the Greater Philadelphia metropolitan aurie's population o 5.8 million makkit it the kintra's fift lairgest. The ceety, that lies aboot 80 mile (130 km) soothwast o New York Ceety,[5] is the naition's fowert-lairgest urban aurie bi population an its fowert-lairgest consumer media mercat, as ranked bi the Nielsen Media Research.
It is the coonty seat o Philadelphia Coonty, wi whilk it is coterminous. Popular eiknames for Philadelphia include Philly an The Ceety o Britherly Luve, frae the literal meanin o the ceety's name in Greek (Greek: Φιλαδέλφεια ([pʰilaˈdelpʰeːa], Modren Greek: [filaˈðelfia]) "britherly luve", compundit frae philos (φίλος) "luve", an adelphos (ἀδελφός) "brither").
A commercial, eddicational, an cultural centre, Philadelphia wis ance the seicont-lairgest ceety in the Breetish Empire[6] (after Lunnon), an the social an geographical centre o the oreeginal 13 American colonies. It wis a centrepiece o early American history, host tae mony o the ideas an actions that gied birth tae the American Revolution an independence. It wis the maist populous ceety o the young Unitit States, although bi the first census in 1790, New York Ceety haed owertaen it. Philadelphia served as ane o the naition's mony caipitals durin the Revolutionary War an efter. Efter the ratification o the U.S. Constitution, the ceety served as the temporary naitional caipital frae 1790 tae 1800 whiles Washington, D.C. wis unner construction.
Philadelphia is central tae African American history; its lairge black population predates the Great Migration.
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Sister ceeties
Philadelphia haes ten sister ceeties, as designatit bi the International Visitors Council of Philadelphia (IVC) Archived 2010-12-23 at the Wayback Machine:[7]
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