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Philadelphia

[ fil-uh-del-fee-uh ]

noun

  1. a city in SE Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River: Declaration of Independence signed here July 4, 1776.


Philadelphia

/ 藢蹿瑟濒蓹藞诲蓻濒蹿瑟蓹 /

noun

  1. 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鈥1800); scene of the Continental Congresses (1774鈥83) and the signing of the Declaration of Independence (1776). Pop: 1聽479聽339 (2003 est)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Philadelphia

  1. Largest city in Pennsylvania .
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Philadelphia, the 鈥淐ity of Brotherly Love,鈥 was founded in the late seventeenth century as a Quaker colony by William Penn .
Cultural center now and especially in colonial times. Its historical monuments include Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; the Liberty Bell ; and Congress Hall.
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