Philadelphia (disambiguation) explained

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

• Filadelfia (disambiguation)
• New Philadelphia (disambiguation)
• Philadelphian (disambiguation)
• Philadelphus (disambiguation)
• Phillies (disambiguation)
• Philly (disambiguation)