CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE
Dictionary entry overview: What does City of Brotherly Love mean?
• CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE (noun)
The noun CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE has 1 sense:
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
Familiarity information: CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
City of Brotherly Love; Philadelphia
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Meronyms (parts of "City of Brotherly Love"):
Benjamin Franklin Bridge (a suspension bridge across the Delaware River)
Independence Hall (the building in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was signed)
Walt Whitman Bridge (a suspension bridge across the Delaware River)
Holonyms ("City of Brotherly Love" is a part of...):
Keystone State; PA; Pennsylvania (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
"A cobbler formed the shape of shoes on a wooden foot shaped last. If it lasted long he was happy" (English proverb)
"Inside a well-nourished body, the soul remains longer" (Breton proverb)
"When what you want doesn't happen, learn to want what does." (Arabic proverb)
"The lazy donkey always overloads himself." (Cypriot proverb)
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