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The city of Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania, the fifth most populous city in the United States[1] It is colloquially referred to as Philly, and known as The City of Brotherly Love (from Greek: F??ad??fe?a, /fi.la.'d?l.f?j.a/, "brotherly love" from philos "loving" and adelphos "brother").
The population of the city as of the 2000 census was 1,517,550 though 2005 U.S. Census estimates a population of 1,463,281.
Philadelphia is the second-largest city on the U.S. East Coast, and a major commercial, educational, and cultural center for the nation. The northeastern boundary of Philadelphia is only 46 miles from the southwestern fringe of New York City (and the downtowns of each are approximately 80 miles apart).
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