Philadelphia is a proper noun referring to a major U.S. city in Pennsylvania, known as the birthplace of American democracy. It is used in formal and casual contexts to denote the city, its people, institutions, or culture, and also appears in historical and contemporary discourse. The word is multisyllabic and stress falls on the third syllable: /fɪlɪˈdɛl fiə/ in typical broad American usage, but initial pronunciation may vary slightly by accent.
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