Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a city in the United States and the largest city bearing that name. Greek for "brotherly love", it may also refer to:

Places

United States

• Philadelphia, Indiana
• Philadelphia, Mississippi
• Philadelphia (town), New York
  • Philadelphia (village), New York
• Philadelphia, Rockingham Township, Richmond County, North Carolina
• Philadelphia, Tennessee

Outside the US

• Philadelphia, Germany, a former village, now part of Storkow, Oder-Spree, Brandenburg
• Philadelphia, Tyne and Wear, a village north of Houghton-le-Spring, City of Sunderland, United Kingdom

Historical

• 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, an archaeological site of a city called Philadelphia, now in the Al Fayyum Governorat

Entertainment

• Philadelphia (film), a 1993 film starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington
  • "Philadelphia" (song), a song also from that film, by Neil Young
  • "Streets of Philadelphia", a song from that film, by Bruce Springsteen
• The Philadelphia Experiment (film), a 1984 film based on the WWII experiment (see below for article)
• Philadelphia International Records, a record label made popular by songstress Patti LaBelle
• The Philadelphia Story, a 1940 comedy film starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart
• The Young Philadelphians, a 1959 film starring Paul Newman and Barbara Rush, and directed by Vincent Sherman

Other

• Philadelphia chromosome, a genetic abnormality that leads to chronic myelogenous leukemia
• Philadelphia cream cheese, the brand name of a line of cream cheese products, manufactured by Kraft Foods
• Philadelphia Daily News, one of the major newspapers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Philadelphia Experiment, an alleged project to render ships invisible during World War II
• The Philadelphia Inquirer, one of the major newspapers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Philadelphians, a 17th-century Protestant religious sect (sometimes called the "Philadelphian Society", or the "Philadelphia Society")
• USS Philadelphia, one of several ships bearing the name
• The Philadelphia, a short one act play by David Ives

See also

• Filadelfia (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Philadelphia"

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