Philadelphia vs. Pennsylvania

Philadelphianoun

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

Philadelphia

Philadelphia (colloquially known simply as Philly) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States. It is the sixth-most-populous city in the United States and the most populous city in the state of Pennsylvania, with a 2019 estimated population of 1,584,064.

Pennsylvanianoun

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

Pennsylvanianoun

one of the British colonies that formed the United States

Pennsylvanianoun

a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (US: (listen) PEN-səl-VAY-nee-ə, elsewhere -⁠sil-; Pennsylvania German: Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, and Appalachian regions of the United States. The Commonwealth is bordered by Delaware to the southeast, Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to the northwest, New York to the north, and New Jersey to the east, while the Appalachian Mountains run through its middle.