Philadelphia的词源

英文词源

Philadelphia

city in Pennsylvania, U.S., from Greek, taken by William Penn to mean "brotherly love," from philos "loving" (see -phile) + adelphos "brother" (see Adelphia). Also the name recalls that of the ancient city in Lydia, mentioned in the New Testament, which was so called in honor of Attalos II Philadelphos, 2c B.C.E. king of Pergamon, who founded it. His title is said to have meant "loving the brethren." Philadelphia lawyer "clever, shrewd attorney" attested from 1788 in London, said originally to have been applied to Andrew Hamilton, who obtained the famous acquittal of J.P. Zenger on libel charges in 1735.

[C]ricket and coaching were after all popular in their day in places besides Philadelphia. It was merely that Philadelphia kept on with them longer than most places. This is a perennial Philadelphia trick, and gives to Philadelphia a sort of perpetual feeling of loss. Philadelphians are always just now getting rid of things that are picturesque, like those gas lamps on the streets, only because everybody else got rid of them long ago. [Nathaniel Burt, "The Perennial Philadelphians," 1963]

中文词源

Philadelphia：费城

宾州的最大城市。建城者是规格会的领袖威廉·宾，最初是他在北美洲宣传规格会的基地。规格会是一个入会简单、崇尚平等、生活简朴、强调宽容和爱的教派。正因如此，威廉·宾把这个新城市命名为Philadelphia。这个词来源于希腊语，由两部分组成：philos意思是“爱”，而adelphos意思是“兄弟般的”。两部分组合后，经过变化，形成了Philadelphia这个词。

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