City of Brotherly Love

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City of Brotherly Love

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See etymology at Philadelphia.

proper noun the City of Brotherly Love

  1. poetic Nickname for Philadelphia: a major city in Pennsylvania, United States. When General Grant started on his tour around the world, the City of Brotherly Love was selected as the point of departure, and thence he set sail for Europe with the benisons of the sturdy burghers of the Quaker City.

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@misc{city_of_brotherly_love_2026,
  title = {City of Brotherly Love},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/city%20of%20brotherly%20love},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}