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Philly en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɪl.i/ (UK)

Etymology

First syllable of Philadelphia or Philippa + -y.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Philadelphia.
    • The good life, it feel like Houston / It feel like Philly, it feel like D.C 2007, “Good Life”, in Graduation, performed by Kanye West:
    • Well, they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night / And they blew up his house, too 1982, Bruce Springsteen, “Atlantic City”, in Nebraska:
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Philippa.

Deriveds

Philly cheesesteak