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Philadelphia
is the largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia
may also refer to:
Places
United States
Philadelphia, Illinois
Philadelphia, Indiana
Philadelphia, Mississippi
Philadelphia, Missouri
Philadelphia, New York
Philadelphia (village), New York
Philadelphia, Tennessee
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
, a county coterminous with the city of the same name
Center City, Philadelphia
, the old city of Philadelphia before consolidation with the county
Other places
Ancient
Amman
, the capital of Jordan, called Philadelphia during the Hellenistic and Roman periods
Philadelphia (Cilicia)
, a town and bishopric of ancient Cilicia
Philadelphia (Lydia)
or Alaşehir, home of one of the seven churches of Asia Minor in the Book of Revelation
Philadelphia (Faiyum)
, an ancient Egyptian settlement established by Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus in the 3rd century BC
Present
Philadelphia, Tyne and Wear
, a village north of Houghton-le-Spring, City of Sunderland, United Kingdom
Philadelphia, Western Cape
, a town in South Africa
Former
Philadelphia, Germany
, a former village, now part of Storkow, Oder-Spree, Brandenburg
People
Philadelphia Austen Hancock
(1730-1792), aunt of
Jane Austen
Jacob Philadelphia
, an 18th-century magician and mystic
Maureen Allison Philadelphia
, a 21st-century politician from Guyana
Philadelphia Nina Robertson
(1866-1951), Australian Red Cross administrator
Art, entertainment, and media
Music
Philadelphia (band)
, a Christian metal band from Louisiana
"Philadelphia", a song by
Neil Young
from the film
Philadelphia
"
Streets of Philadelphia
", a song by Bruce Springsteen from the film
Philadelphia
"Philadelphia", a song by alt-J from their 2022 album
The Dream
Periodicals
Philadelphia
(magazine)
, a regional monthly magazine published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia Inquirer
, a daily newspaper published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Film and stage
Philadelphia
(film)
, a 1993 film directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington
The Philadelphia
, a one-act play by David Ives
Ships
USS
Philadelphia
(1776)
, a gunboat sunk in the Battle of Valcour Island
USS
Philadelphia
(1799)
, a 36-gun sailing frigate active in the Quasi-War
USS
Philadelphia
(1861)
, a side-wheel steamer used in the American Civil War
SS
City of Paris
(1888)
, a passenger liner named Philadelphia from 1901 to 1918 and again in 1919–1923
USS
Philadelphia
(C-4)
, a protected cruiser commissioned in 1890 and in service until 1926
USS
Philadelphia
(CL-41)
, a light cruiser commissioned 1937, active in World War II
USS
Philadelphia
(SSN-690)
, a
Los Angeles
-class attack submarine commissioned in 1977 and decommissioned in 2010
Other uses
Brotherly love (philosophy)
Philadelphia Cream Cheese
, a brand owned by Kraft Foods
Philadelphian cricket team
, a first-class cricket team from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between 1878 and 1913
See also
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Filadelfia (disambiguation)
New Philadelphia (disambiguation)
Philadelphian (disambiguation)
Philadelphus (disambiguation)
Phillies (disambiguation)
Philly (disambiguation)
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