Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

city of brotherly love

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: city of broth-er-ly love
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Nickname for Philadelphia: a major city in Pennsylvania, United States.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Indiana eclipsed Philadelphia as the center of North American Quakers in the 1850s. To this day, Richmond, Indiana, is second only to the City of Brotherly Love in total Quaker population."

Etymology

See etymology at Philadelphia.

Inflected Forms

the City of Brotherly Love (canonical)

Questions

What does city of brotherly love mean?: Nickname for Philadelphia: a major city in Pennsylvania, United States.
Where does city of brotherly love come from?: See etymology at Philadelphia.

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