Philadelphia

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The largest city in Pennsylvania (state), US (country), and the county seat of coterminous Philadelphia (county) County ; former capital US (country).
• An ancient Greek city in the Decapolis (region) in modern Jordan (country) .
• An ancient Greek city in Lydia (region) in modern Turkey (country) .
• locale US (country) ; named for the city in Pennsylvania.
• village Brandenburg (state) Germany (country) ; named for the city in Pennsylvania.
• village city, Sunderland Tyne and Wear (county) England (country) ; named for the city in Pennsylvania .
• suburb city, Cape Town South Africa (country).

Origin

• From Ancient Greek Φιλαδέλφεια, from φιλέω + ἀδελφός. Filadelfia.