Philadelphia

From Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadélpheia), from φιλέω (philéō, “I love”) + ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brotherly/sisterly”). Doublet of Filadelfia.

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

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Philadelphia

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

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

2. (historical) An ancient Greek city in the Decapolis in modern Jordan; modern Amman.
3. (historical) An ancient Greek city in Lydia in modern Turkey; modern Alaşehir.
4. 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, Hancok 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.
5. A village in Brandenburg, Germany; named for the city in Pennsylvania.
6. A village in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England; named for the city in Pennsylvania (OS grid ref NZ3352).
7. A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadélpheia).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pʰi.la.delˈpʰiː.a/, [pʰɪɫ̪äd̪ɛɫ̪ˈpʰiːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fi.la.delˈfi.a/, [filäd̪elˈfiːä]

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).

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Philadelphia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette