noun
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
• Syn: ↑Philadelphia
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑city, ↑metropolis, ↑urban center
• Part Holonyms: ↑Pennsylvania, ↑Keystone State, ↑PA
• Part Meronyms: ↑Benjamin Franklin Bridge, ↑Independence Hall, ↑Walt Whitman Bridge
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Philadelphia, Pa. (used as a nickname).
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City of Brotherly Love,
Philadelphia.
╂[partially a translation of Greek philadelphíā brotherly love]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.