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| Germantown Avenue || It was the road to [[Germantown, Philadelphia|]] back when Germantown was a separate town, several miles outside Philadelphia. 
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| [[Girard Avenue]], Girard Point, and Girard Point Bridge || Named for financier [[Stephen Girard]].
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| [[Independence Mall East]], Independence Mall West || Named for [[Independence Mall (Philadelphia)|]]
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| Kelly Drive|| Formerly East River Drive, named in honor of [[John B. Kelly, Jr.]]^ref
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| John F. Kennedy Boulevard || Built in the 1950s as part of the large redevelopment of the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] "Chinese Wall" and former [[Broad Street Station (Philadelphia)|]] that created [[Penn Center, Philadelphia|]], it was for several years called Pennsylvania Boulevard before being renamed for [[John F. Kennedy]] after his assassination.
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| [[Lancaster Avenue]] || Originally [[Lancaster Pike]], named for the destination city of [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]
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| Locust Street || One of [[William Penn]]'s streets named for trees, this one was named for the .
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| [[Market Street (Philadelphia)|]] || As with "Market Street" in many other towns and cities, it was for several centuries the main [[public market]] site.
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Source of the place names in the city of [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]].

==Streets==
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|[[Aramingo Avenue]] ||Named for [[Aramingo Borough, Pennsylvania|Aramingo Borough]] whose name was a corruption of the [[Lenape|Lenni Lenapi]] stream name Tumanaraming, meaning "Wolf Walk."<ref>[http://www.fishtownonline.com/philadelphia-street-names.html]</ref>
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| [[Baltimore Pike|Baltimore Avenue]] || Originally ''[[Baltimore Pike]]'', named for the destination city of [[Baltimore, Maryland]]
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| Blair Street || Named for [[John Blair]].<ref>[http://www.fishtownonline.com/philadelphia-street-names.html]</ref> 
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| [[Broad Street (Philadelphia)|Broad Street]] || As with "Broad Street" in various other towns and cities, it was named for its breadth, and laid out and developed as a central thoroughfare. 
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| [[Cecil B. Moore]] Avenue || Named in honor of the late Philadelphia civil rights attorney, activist who led the fight to integrate Girard College, president of the local NAACP, and member of Philadelphia's City Council. Was formerly called Columbia Avenue. 
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| Cherry Street || One of [[William Penn]]'s streets named for trees, this one was named for the [[cherry|cherry tree]].
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| Chestnut Street || One of [[William Penn]]'s streets named for trees, this one was named for the [[chestnut|chestnut tree]].
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| Chew Avenue || Named after Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of [[Province of Pennsylvania]], [[Benjamin Chew]]
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| [[City Avenue]] || Originally ''Decker Avenue'' (after the co-founder of [[Black and Decker]], name comes from [[U.S. Route 1 in Pennsylvania|U.S. 1]] straddling both the Philadelphia city line and the [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery County]] line.
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| [[Christopher Columbus]] Boulevard || Formerly Delaware Ave, named in honor of the famous explorer.
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| Dickinson Street || Named for [[John Dickinson (politician)|John Dickinson]], Continental Congressman and one of the signers of the Constitution.
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| [[Elfreth's Alley]] || Named after Jeremiah Elfreth, an 18th-century blacksmith and property owner. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited residential streets in the United States of America, dating to 1702. 
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| Federal Street || The road between two [[Federal government of the United States|Federal]] properties, the [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]] and the [[Schuylkill Arsenal]]<ref>[http://ruins.wordpress.com/tag/schuylkill-arsenal/ Schuylkill Arsenal « THE NECESSITY FOR RUINS]</ref>
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| [[Benjamin Franklin Parkway]] || Named for [[Benjamin Franklin]].
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| [[Front Street (Philadelphia)|Front Street]] || Like "Front Street" in various other towns and cities, it was named after the ([[Delaware River|Delaware]]) [[riverfront]], which for several centuries was the economic and social heart of the city.
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| Germantown Avenue || It was the road to [[Germantown, Philadelphia|Germantown]] back when Germantown was a separate town, several miles outside Philadelphia. 
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| [[Girard Avenue]], Girard Point, and Girard Point Bridge || Named for financier [[Stephen Girard]].
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| [[Independence Mall East]], Independence Mall West || Named for [[Independence Mall (Philadelphia)|Independence Mall]]
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| Kelly Drive|| Formerly East River Drive, named in honor of [[John B. Kelly, Jr.]]<ref>[http://www.gophila.com/P/Kelly_Drive_/201.html Kelly Drive : Photo Detail :: gophila.com - The Official Visitor Site for Greater Philadelphia]</ref>
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| John F. Kennedy Boulevard || Built in the 1950s as part of the large redevelopment of the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] "Chinese Wall" and former [[Broad Street Station (Philadelphia)|Broad Street Station]] that created [[Penn Center, Philadelphia|Penn Center]], it was for several years called Pennsylvania Boulevard before being renamed for [[John F. Kennedy]] after his assassination.
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| [[Lancaster Avenue]] || Originally [[Lancaster Pike]], named for the destination city of [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]
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| Locust Street || One of [[William Penn]]'s streets named for trees, this one was named for the <<link:0>>.
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| [[Market Street (Philadelphia)|Market Street]] || As with "Market Street" in many other towns and cities, it was for several centuries the main [[public market]] site.
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| [[Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Manayunk]] || The neighborhood's name comes from the word "manaiung," place where we go to drink, in the language of the [[Lenape]]<ref>http://www.manayunk.com/abouthist.asp</ref>
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| [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] Drive<ref>Taussig, Doron  (January 13–19, 2005). "Fit for a King?".  ''Philadelphia Citypaper.'', p. 36. [http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2005-01-13/cb.shtml www.citypaper.net/articles/2005-01-13/cb.shtml]</ref> || Formerly West River Drive, named in honor of the slain civil rights leader.
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| Mount Pleasant Drive || [[Mount Pleasant (mansion)|Mount Pleasant]] built in what was then the countryside outside of the city by a [[privateer]].<ref name="MacPherson">{{cite web |url= http://www.ushistory.org/districts/fairmountpark/mount.htm |title= Mount Pleasant. |work= [[Independence Hall Association]] |quote= It was built in 1761-62 by Captain John Macpherson, a [[privateer]] who had had "an arm twice shot off" according to [[John Adams]]. The pirate called the house "[[Clunie]]" after the seat of his family's ancient clan in [[Scotland]]. }}</ref>  It is now an off-premise gallery of the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]] in [[Fairmount Park]].<ref name="Phila Museum Mount Pleasant">{{cite web |url= http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/216-20-244-37.html |title= Fairmount Park Houses: Mount Pleasant. |author= [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]] |quote= [[Scottish people|Scottish]] ship captain John Macpherson (1726–1792) and his first wife, Margaret, built their grand country estate on this site—high atop cliffs overlooking the [[Schuylkill River]]—between 1762 and 1765. They employed as their builder-architect [[Thomas Nevell]] (1721–1797), an apprentice of [[Edmund Woolley]], the builder of [[Independence Hall (United States)|Independence Hall]]. }}</ref>
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| Moyamensing Avenue || Named for [[Lenni Lenape]] word meaning "pigeon droppings."<ref>[http://www.philaplace.org/resources/South%20Philadelphia%20Timeline.pdf Philaplace.org page with reference] Retrieved 2011-01-31</ref>
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| [[Old York Road]], York Road, King's Highway || The old road to New York City was named, as was that city and [[Province of New York|its province]], for a [[Duke of York]], specifically, [[James II of England]]. 
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| Passyunk Avenue || Named for the Lenape word meaning "in the valley; in the Valleys."<ref>[http://www.talk-lenape.org/search.php?q=pahsayunk&x=0&y=0&ls=lenape] Retrieved 2012-07-24</ref>
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| Philmont Ave || Named for the county line between Philadelphia and Montgomery counties, which it runs along for part of its route.
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| Pine Street || One of [[William Penn]]'s streets named for trees, this one was named for the [[pine|pine tree]].
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| Reed Street || Named for [[Joseph Reed (jurist)|Joseph Reed]], statesmen of the [[American Revolution]].
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| Ridge Avenue || Named for the ridge of high ground between the Wissahickon and Schuylkill valleys, which the avenue follows. 
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| Rising Sun Avenue || Named after the Rising Sun Tavern, which was an important [[roadhouse (facility)|roadhouse]] in colonial times.
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| [[Roosevelt Boulevard (Philadelphia)|Roosevelt Boulevard]]/Roosevelt Expressway || Named for [[President of the United States|President]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]].
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| Sansom Street|| Self-named street by developer William Sansom (See [[Jewelers' Row, Philadelphia|Jewelers' Row]])
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| [[Shackamaxon]] Street|| Named for the historic village where the Shackamaxon Treaty was signed between [[William Penn]] and the village leaders of the Delaware/Lenape Indian tribe.  
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| [[South Street (Philadelphia)|South Street]] || The original southern border of the city of Philadelphia, before the [[Act of Consolidation, 1854|1854 Act of Consolidation]].
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| Spruce Street || One of [[William Penn]]'s streets named for trees, this one was named for the [[spruce|spruce tree]].
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| Walnut Street || One of [[William Penn]]'s streets named for trees, this one was named for the [[Juglans|walnut tree]].
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| Vine Street || One of [[William Penn]]'s streets named for trees, this one was named after [[vine]]s.
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==Place names==
{| class="wikitable"
! Place Name || Source
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| [[Clark Park]] || Built on land donated by [[Clarence Howard Clark]], originally known as "Clarence H. Clark Park".<ref name="jama">[http://books.google.com/books?id=JOwBAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA205&ots=edQPGIEx-E&dq=%22clark%20park%22%20satterlee%20%22clarence%20clark%22&pg=PA206#v=onepage&q=%22clark%20park%22%20satterlee%20%22clarence%20clark%22&f=false JAMA, 1912]</ref>
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| [[Delaware River]] || Named for the [[Delaware Bay]] which was named after [[Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr]], governor of the [[Jamestown Colony]].
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| [[Fern Rock, Philadelphia|Fern Rock]] || The neighborhood is named after the ancestral estate of [[Elisha Kent Kane]], a renowned arctic explorer and naval surgeon from Philadelphia.
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| [[Fox Chase, Philadelphia|Fox Chase]] || Named for the "Fox Chase Inn" which catered to affluent fox hunter.{{cn|date=January 2013}}
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| [[Franklin Square (Philadelphia)|Franklin Square]] || Named for [[Benjamin Franklin]].
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| [[Independence Mall (Philadelphia)|Independence Mall]] || Named for [[Independence Hall (United States)|Independence Hall]].
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| [[Lemon Hill]] || Named for the numerous lemon trees in [[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]]'s greenhouse.{{cn|date=January 2013}}
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| [[Logan Circle (Philadelphia)|Logan Circle]] || Named Logan Square after Philadelphia statesman [[James Logan (statesman)|James Logan]].<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20040807154147/http://www.phila.gov/fairpark/squares/logan.html]</ref>
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| [[Manayunk, Philadelphia|Manayunk]] || From the [[Lenape]] name for the [[Schuylkill River]], "Manaiung", their word for "river", which literally translates as "place to drink".<ref>Nickels, Thom ''Images of America :Manayunk''Arcadia Publishing 2001, ISBN 978-0-7385-0511-4</ref><ref>Chapter 3 - Part II, Vol. II - ''Watson's Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania'', 1857</ref>
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| [[Marconi Plaza]] || in honor of the [[Nobel Prize Laureate]] [[Guglielmo Marconi]], the inventor of [[radio]].
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| [[Mount Airy, Philadelphia|Mount Airy]] || Named for the estate of [[William Allen (loyalist)|William Allen]]
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| [[Nicetown-Tioga, Philadelphia|Nicetown]] || Named after immigrants to the area whose surname has appeared with many spellings over the centuries, including Neues, Neus, Neiss, Nice, and Nyce. 
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| [[Pastorius Park]] || Named in honor of [[Francis Pastorius]], a leader of early German immigrants to the area.{{cn|date=January 2013}}
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| [[Queen Village]] || Named for [[Christina, Queen of Sweden|Queen Christina]] of [[Sweden]] who promoted European settlement of the area.<ref>[http://www.southphillyreview.com/community/neighborhoods/queen-village]</ref>
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| [[Rittenhouse Square]] || Named for [[David Rittenhouse]].<ref>http://www.friendsofrittenhouse.org/history.php</ref>
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| [[RittenhouseTown Historic District|RittenhouseTown]] || Named after [[William Rittenhouse]].
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| [[Society Hill, Philadelphia|Society Hill]] || Named after the [[Free Society of Traders]], which had its offices in the area. 
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| [[Southwark, Philadelphia|Southwark]] || Named for a [[Southwark|district in London]].<ref name=sitarski/>
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| [[Torresdale]] || Originally Torrisdale, named by [[Charles Macalester]] for his Scotland home.<ref>[http://frankfordhistoricalsociety.org/cneph/torresdale/torhist.htm "Torresdale"], Historical Northeast Philadelphia: Stories and Memories ~1994, William C. English and Elaine D. Malinowski, Torresdale Historical Society</ref>
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| [[Washington Square (Philadelphia)|Washington Square]] || Named for [[George Washington]].
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| [[Wicaco]] || From the [[Lenape|Lenni Lenapi]] name for the area meaning "Pleasant Place".<ref name=sitarski>Sitarski, Stephen. From Weccacoe to South Philadelphia: The Changing Face of a Neighborhood. [http://www.hsp.org/node/2923/ Pennsylvania Historical Society]</ref>
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| [[Wissahickon Creek]] || From the [[Lenape language]] for "catfish creek" or "stream of yellowish color".<ref>Chapter 3 - Part II, Vol. II - ''Watson's Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania'', 1857</ref>
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==See also==
{{Portal|Philadelphia}}

==References==
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[[Category:History of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Place names, etymologies of]]
[[Category:Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|*]]
[[Category:Lists of United States placename etymology|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, place names in, etymologies of]]
[[Category:Pennsylvania-related lists|Philadelphia]]

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