Usually means: City of brotherly love, cheesesteaks.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word Philly:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. philly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Philly, Philly: Merriam-Webster
  3. Philly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Philly, philly: Wordnik
  5. Philly: Wiktionary
  6. Philly: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Philly: Dictionary.com
  8. Philly (TV series), Philly (TV show), Philly (disambiguation), Philly (dog), Philly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PHILLY: Acronym Finder

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Philly: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  3. American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Philly)

▸ noun:  (informal) Philadelphia.
▸ noun:  A diminutive of the female given name Philippa.

Similar:
Philthadelphia, Phila., City of Brotherly Love, Penn, Philadelphia, Pennsyltucky, Penn'a, Pensilvania, Pennsy, Phil., more...

Opposite:
anti-Philadelphia, non-Philly

Types:
cheesesteak, hoagie, grinder, sub, po'boy, more...

Phrases:
Philly cheesesteak, Philly Joe Jones, Philly Special, Philly D.A., Charleys Philly Steaks, more...

Adjectives:
old, south, little, dear, southwest, suburban, black, central, metropolitan



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Similar:
Philthadelphia, Phila., City of Brotherly Love, Penn, Philadelphia, Pennsyltucky, Penn'a, Pensilvania, Pennsy, Phil., more...

Opposite:
anti-Philadelphia, non-Philly

Types:
cheesesteak, hoagie, grinder, sub, po'boy, more...

Phrases:
Philly cheesesteak, Philly Joe Jones, Philly Special, Philly D.A., Charleys Philly Steaks, Philly Shipyard, philly footballer, more...

Adjectives:
old, south, little, dear, southwest, suburban, black, central, metropolitan



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