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nounthe 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
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- constitution the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states
- chester a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)
- pennsylvania a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- penn a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- bethlehem a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production
- camden a city in southwestern New Jersey on the Delaware River near Philadelphia
- university of pennsylvania a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- legionnaires' disease acute (sometimes fatal) lobar pneumonia caused by bacteria of a kind first recognized after an outbreak of the disease at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976; characterized by fever and muscle and chest pain and headache and chills and a dry cough
- us constitution the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states
- u.s. constitution the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states