Philadelphia

From Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadélpheia), from φιλέω (philéō, “I love”) + ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother”).

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

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Philadelphia

1. The largest city in Pennsylvania, United States; the county seat of coterminous Philadelphia County, and a former capital of the United States.
2. (historical) A city of the Decapolis; modern Amman, Syria.
3. (historical) A city in Lydia; modern Alaşehir, Turkey.
4. A locale in the United States; named for the city in Pennsylvania.
   1. A city in Mississippi; the county seat of Neshoba County.
   2. A town in New York, and a village within it.
   3. A city in Tennessee.
   4. An unincorporated community in Illinois.
   5. An unincorporated community in Indiana.
5. A village in Brandenburg, Germany; named for the city in Pennsylvania.
6. A village in Tyne and Wear, England; named for the city in Pennsylvania.
7. A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.

• New Philadelphia
• Philadelphia County
• Philadelphian
• Philly

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadélpheia).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pʰi.la.delˈpʰiː.a/, [pʰɪ.ɫa.dɛɫˈpʰiː.a]

Philadelphīa f sg (genitive Philadelphīae); first declension

1. A city of Lydia situated near the course of the Cogamus
2. A town of the Decapolis, now Amman

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Philadelphia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette