Philadelphia

English <dab!> Etymology en :bor la:Philadelphia + From en la Philadelphia, from en grc Φιλαδέλφεια, from grc φιλάδελφος brother/sibling-loving + grc -εια en -ia place: forming placenames, from the combining form of grc φιλέω φῐλέειν to love + grc ἀδελφός brother, sibling. In reference to the city in Turkey, named for the loyal Attalus II Philadelphus of Kingdom of Pergamon Pergamon. In reference to the city in Jordan, named for the incestuous Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Ptolemaid Egypt 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. en Filadelfia. Pronunciation en /fɪləˈdɛlfi.ə/ en [fɪɫəˈdɜɫfi.ə] local en en-uk-Philadelphia.ogg UK en en-us-Philadelphia.ogg US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Philadelphia.wav US Proper noun en Q1345en The largest <<city>> in <<s/Pennsylvania>>, <<c/US>>, and the <<county seat>> of coterminous <<co/Philadelphia County>> ; former capital c/US. TopoZone: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania en Philly<q:informal> Killadelphia<q:slang> City of Brotherly Love<q:poetic> en Barstool Sports founder retracts Auschwitz tour offer to customer in antisemitic sign incident w:Associated Press https://apnews.com/article/barstool-antisemitism-temple-university-philadelphia-auschwitz-72c7d507b4feb70e6fe0c8eed29b89b0 2025-05-05 Philadelphia police said they were investigating. No charges were immediately filed. https://web.archive.org/web/20251210123848/https://apnews.com/article/barstool-antisemitism-temple-university-philadelphia-auschwitz-72c7d507b4feb70e6fe0c8eed29b89b0 10 December 2025 en historical en @former name of:Amman capital c/Jordan. en historical en @former name of:Alaşehir city/municipality/and/district p/Manisa c/Turkey. en locale c/US ; named for the city in Pennsylvania. en ucomm co/Cass County s/Illinois. en ucomm twp:Suf/Sugar Creek co/Hancock County s/Indiana. en city/county seat co/Neshoba County s/Mississippi. en town/and/village co/Jefferson County s/New York. TopoZone: Philadelphia, New York en small city co/Loudon County s/Tennessee. en village s/Brandenburg c/Germany ; named for the city in Pennsylvania. en village city/Sunderland co/Tyne and Wear cc/England ; named for the city in Pennsylvania OS grid ref NZ3352. en suburb city/Cape Town c/South Africa. Derived terms en Philthadelphia Philadelphia fleabane Philadelphia pint Philadelphia ice cream New Philadelphia North Philadelphia Philadelphia lily Philadelphia pepper pot Philadelphia County Philadelphian Philly West Philadelphia Philadelphia roll Filthadelphia Killadelphia Philadelphia vireo Translations largest city in Pennsylvania Albanian: sq Filadelfija f Amharic: am ፊላዴልፊያ Arabic: ar فِيلَادِلْفْيَا f or ar فِلَدِلْفِيَا f Armenian: hy Ֆիլադելֆիա Basque: eu Filadelfia Bengali: bn ফিলাডেলফিয়া Bulgarian: bg Филаде́лфия f Burmese: my ဖီလာဒဲလ်ဖီးယား Catalan: ca Filadèlfia Cayuga: cay Tganadaęˀgó:wah Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 費城 Fèichéng, cmn 費拉德爾菲亞 Fèilādé'ěrfēiyà Czech: cs Filadelfie f Esperanto: eo Filadelfio Finnish: fi Philadelphia French: fr Philadelphie Galician: gl Filadelfia Georgian: ka ფილადელფია German: de Philadelphia Greek: el Φιλαδέλφεια f Gujarati: gu ફિલાડેલ્ફિયા Hebrew: he פִילָדֶלְפִיָּה f filadélfia Hindi: hi फ़िलाडेल्फ़िया Icelandic: is Fíladelfía f Italian: it Filadelfia f Japanese: ja フィラデルフィア Firaderufia Kannada: kn ಫಿಲಡೆಲ್ಫಿಯಾ Khmer: km ហ្វីឡាដែលហ្វ្យ៉ា, km ហ្វ៊ីឡាដែលហ្វ្យ៉ា, km ភីឡាដេលផ្យា Korean: ko 필라델피아 Latvian: lv Filadelfija f Lithuanian: lt Filadelfija f Onondaga: ono Tganadayeñgó:nah Pennsylvania German: pdc Filadelfi Persian: fa فیلادلفیا filâdelfiâ Polish: pl Filadelfia f Portuguese: pt Filadélfia f Russian: ru Филаде́льфия f Samoan: sm Filatelefia Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Филаделфија f Latin: sh Filadelfija f Seneca: see Tganödayë́’go:wa:h Slovene: sl Filadelfija f Spanish: es Filadelfia f Tamil: ta பிலடெல்பியா Telugu: te ఫిలదెల్ఫియా Thai: th ฟิลาเดลเฟีย fí-laa-deen-fia Turkish: tr Filedelfiya Ottoman Turkish: ota فیلادلفیا Filadelfiya Ukrainian: uk Філаде́льфія f Yiddish: yi פֿילאַדעלפֿיע f References en eponyms Latin Etymology la :bor grc:Φιλαδέλφεια + + Pronunciation Philadelphīa Proper noun Philadelphīa<1.loc> la historical la <<ancient>> Greek <<city>> in the <<r/Decapolis>> in modern <<c/Jordan>> Amman Philadelphia la historical la <<ancient>> Greek <<city>> in <<r/Lydia>> in modern <<c/Turkey>> Alaşehir Philadelphia la New Latin la largest city s/Pennsylvania c/US Philadelphia Declension Philadelphīa<1.loc> Descendants it Filadelfia pt Filadélfia es Filadelfia en Philadelphia 1 de Philadelphia 1 tr Philadelphia 1 References