city of brotherly love

1. 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

   SynonymsPhiladelphia

   Broadercity

   Part ofPennsylvania

   PartsBenjamin Franklin BridgeIndependence HallWalt Whitman Bridge

Questions about city of brotherly love

What does city of brotherly love mean?

city of brotherly love means "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".

What is another word for city of brotherly love?

Close synonyms include Philadelphia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is city of brotherly love a common word?

city of brotherly love is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.