Philadelphia

Philadelphia most commonly refers to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a city in the United States and the largest city bearing that name.

Philadelphia, Filadelfia or Filadélfia (Greek: Φιλαδέλφεια, /fi.la.ˈðɛl.fja/, "brotherly love") also refers to the following places:

In the United States:

• Philadelphia, Mississippi
• Philadelphia (town), New York
• Philadelphia (village), New York
• Philadelphia, Tennessee

Also, several ships have been named USS Philadelphia

In other countries:

• Philadelphia, England, a village north of Houghton-le-Spring, City of Sunderland
• Philadelphia, Germany, a former village, now part of Storkow, Oder-Spree, Brandenburg
• Philadelphia, Western Cape, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa

• Alaşehir, Turkey, was known as Philadelphia, one of the seven churches of Asia (Minor) in the Book of Revelation
• Amman, Jordan, was once called Philadelphia during the Hellenic and Roman eras
• Darb Gerza, Egypt is an archeological site of a city called Philadelphia, now in the Al Fayyum Governorat
• Filadelfia, a town in Boquerón, Paraguay
• Filadelfia, Vibo Valentia, a town in Calabria, Italy
• Filadélfia, Bahia, a town in Bahia, Brazil
• Filadélfia, Tocantins, a town in Tocantins, Brazil

Philadelphia may also refer to:

• Philadelphia, the brand name of a line of cream cheese products, manufactured by Kraft Foods
• Philadelphia chromosome, a genetic abnormality that leads to chronic myelogenous leukaemia
• Philadelphia experiment, an alleged project to render ships invisible during World War II
  • The Philadelphia Experiment (film) is a movie based on that experiment
• Philadelphia (film), a film produced in 1993 and nominated for five Academy Awards
  • Philadelphia (song), award-nominated song also from that film, by Neil Young
  • "Streets of Philadelphia", award-winning song from that film, by Bruce Springsteen
• Philadelphia International Records, a record label made popular by songstress Patti LaBelle
• Philadelphia (organization), a Dutch Christian oriented organization that delivers care to mentally handicapped people
• The Philadelphia Story, a 1940 comedy starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart
• Philadelphia (song), a song by post-punk band Magazine off the 1980 album The Correct Use Of Soap
• The Philadelphia Space Center, the main space command center of the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) in the Command & Conquer video-game series.

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