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Noun: City of Brotherly Love
  1. The largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania
    - Philadelphia, Philly [US, informal]

Type of: city, metropolis, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Keystone State, PA, Pa., Pennsylvania

Encyclopedia: City of Brotherly Love