Front | Philadelphia |ˌfɪləˈdɛlfɪə| |
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Back | the chief city of Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River pop. 1,447,395 (est. 2008). Established as a Quaker colony by William Penn and others in 1681, it was the site in 1776 of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and in 1787 of the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. DERIVATIVES Philadelphian noun & adjective |
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