Phil·a·del·phi·a

(fĭl′ə-dĕl′fē-ə)

1. An ancient city northeast of the Dead Sea in modern-day Jordan. The chief city of the Ammonites, it was enlarged and embellished by Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285-246 bc) and named in honor of him. Amman, the capital of Jordan, is now on the site.

2. An ancient Greek city of Asia Minor in present-day western Turkey. Founded in the second century bc, Philadelphia was a center of early Christianity.

3. The largest city of Pennsylvania, in the southeast part of the state on the Delaware River. It was founded as a Quaker colony by William Penn in 1681 on the site of an earlier Swedish settlement. The First and Second Continental Congresses (1774 and 1775-1776) and the Constitutional Convention (1787) met in the city, which served as the capital of the United States from 1790 to 1800.

Phil′a·del′phi·an adj. & n.

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Philadelphia

(ˌfɪləˈdɛlfɪə)

(Placename) a city and port in SE Pennsylvania, at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers: the fourth largest city in the US; founded by Quakers in 1682; cultural and financial centre of the American colonies and the federal capital (1790–1800); scene of the Continental Congresses (1774–83) and the signing of the Declaration of Independence (1776). Pop: 1 479 339 (2003 est)

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Phil•a•del•phi•a

(ˌfɪl əˈdɛl fi ə)

n.

a city in SE Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River. 1,478,002.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

Philadelphia - the largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania

City of Brotherly Love

Benjamin Franklin Bridge - a suspension bridge across the Delaware River

Independence Hall - the building in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was signed

Walt Whitman Bridge - a suspension bridge across the Delaware River

Keystone State, Pennsylvania, PA - a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

Translations

Filadelfie

Φιλαδέλφεια

Filadelfia

Philadelphie

פילדלפיה

Philadelphia

[ˌfɪləˈdelfɪə] N → Filadelfia f

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"The doctors want my husband to feel that he is in his own home; otherwise he would be so wretched that the climate would not do him any good," she explained, winter after winter, to the sympathising Philadelphians and Baltimoreans; and Mr.

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"Education isn't begun yet." This was a Philadelphian, curled up in a corner.

Built one place at San Diego, the old man has; another at Los Angeles; owns half a dozen railroads, half the lumber on the Pacific slope, and lets his wife spend the money," the Philadelphian went on lazily.

"Oh, you're a high-grade machine, with the writing in plain sight," the Philadelphian yawned.

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I read this now dead-and-gone immortal with an ecstasy unspeakable; I raved of him by day, and dreamed of him by night; I got great lengths of his "Life-Drama" by heart; and I can still repeat several gorgeous passages from it; I would almost have been willing to take the life of the sole critic who had the sense to laugh at him, and who made his wicked fun in Graham's Magazine, an extinct periodical of the old extinct Philadelphian species.

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The mayor, especially one presiding over a city of eds, meds, and tech, can apply pressure to larger employers like universities to lower barriers to employment, and to encourage more jobs and contracts to go to Philadelphians.

Philadelphia's Poverty Problem

Philadelphians, with their history of trash talk, taught Embiid, 24, not to be scared but to be outspoken.

Joel Embiid: PHILADELPHIA 76ERS CENTER AND PERSONAL-BRAND WIZ

One hundred percent of the restaurant's net profits go towards feeding hungry Philadelphians at the Broad Street Ministry.

Philadelphia's Rooster Soup Company Has Partnered With a Local Organization to Feed the City's Needy

Vaughn was nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar and Golden Globe for his early role in The Young Philadelphians and in 2012 he became the first major American star to feature on Coronation Street.

Man From U.N.C.L.E dies

Phillips will serve as a panelist for Philadelphia VIP's annual Summer Pro Bono Program which educates law students about the critical legal needs of low-income Philadelphians.

Willig, Williams & Davidson Partner Kristine A. Phillips to Serve on Panel for Philadelphia VIP Summer Pro Bono Program

In the post-Reformation seventeenth century, independent religious quests gave rise to new religious groups such as Ranters, Fifth Monarchists, Philadelphians, and many other antinomian groups.

Martin, Michael, Literature and the Encounter with God in Post-Reformation England