Philadelphia (disambiguation)

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

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

(See also List of traditional Greek place names)

• United States:
  • Philadelphia, Mississippi, a city in Mississippi
  • Philadelphia, New York, a town in New York
  • Philadelphia, New York, a village in New York
  • Philadelphia, Tennessee, a city in Tennessee

Also, several ships have been named USS Philadelphia.

• United Kingdom:
  • Philadelphia, England, a village north of Houghton-le-Spring, City of Sunderland

• South Africa:
  • Philadelphia, Western Cape, a suburb of Cape Town, Western Cape

• Germany:
  • Philadelphia, Germany, a former village, now part of Storkow, Oder-Spree, Brandenburg

• Jordan:
  • Amman was once called Philadelphia during the Hellenic and Roman eras.

• Turkey:
  • Alaşehir, Turkey was known as Philadelphia, one of the seven churches of Asia in the Book of Revelation.

• Egypt:
  • Darb Gerza is an archeological site of a city called Philadelphia, now in the Al Fayyum Governorate of Egypt.

Filadelfia is used in Italian and Spanish:

• Filadelfia (VV), a town in Calabria, Italy
• Filadelfia, a town in Boquerón, Paraguay

Filadélfia is used in Portuguese:

• Filadélfia (Bahia), a town in Bahia, Brazil
• Filadélfia (Tocantins), a town in Tocantins, Brazil

[edit] Products, organizations and works of art

Several other products, organizations and works of art are named Philadelphia:

• Philadelphia, the brand name of a line of cream cheese products, manufactured by Kraft Foods.
• The Philadelphia Story, a 1940 comedy starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Jimmy Stewart.
• Philadelphia (film), a film produced in 1993 and nominated for five Academy Awards.
  • "Streets of Philadelphia", award-winning song from that film, by Bruce Springsteen
  • "Philadelphia" (song), award-nominated song also from that film, by Neil Young
• Philadelphia (organization), a Dutch Christian oriented organization that delivers care to mentally handicapped people.
• Philadelphia International Records, a record label made popular by songstress Patti LaBelle.
• The Philadelphia experiment is alleged to have been a project to render ships invisible during World War II
• The Philadelphia Experiment (film) is a movie based on that experiment