Adelphi
Encyclopedia
The name Adelphi comes from the Greek
word adelphoi, meaning "brothers".
Adelphi may refer to:
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
word adelphoi, meaning "brothers".
Adelphi may refer to:
United States
- Adelphi, Iowa
- Adelphi, MarylandAdelphi, MarylandAdelphi is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 14,998 at the 2000 census...
- Adelphi, New York
- Adelphi, OhioAdelphi, OhioAdelphi is a village in Ross County, Ohio, United States. The population was 371 at the 2000 census. The current Mayor of Adelphi is Josh Hettinger, a 1999 graduate of Zane Trace High School.-Geography:Adelphi is located at ....
- Adelphi, TexasAdelphi, TexasThe Adelphi Community is an intentional community, population 16, 25 miles east of Dallas, Texas, USA. It has streets, private homes, eight townhouses, a community well, community gardens and a sewage treatment plant. It is also known as the "Adelphi Community."-History:The community was built by...
Hotels
- "Adelphi Hotel" redirects here.
- The Adelphi Hotel, Melbourne; see Denton Corker MarshallDenton Corker MarshallDenton Corker Marshall is a major award-winning Australian architecture practice established in Melbourne in 1972. It was founded by architects John Denton, Bill Corker, and Barrie Marshall...
- The Adelphi Hotel (Sheffield), a defunct hotel which saw the creation of several major sports teams
- The Adelphi Hotel, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
(1863-1973), replaced by The Adelphi, an office and retail building - The Britannia Adelphi HotelBritannia Adelphi HotelThe Britannia Adelphi Hotel, formerly the Adelphi Hotel, is in Ranelagh Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. The present building is the third hotel on the site, and has been designated by English Heritage as Grade II listed building....
, Liverpool; see Britannia Hotels#Events
Universities
- Adelphi UniversityAdelphi UniversityAdelphi University is a private, nonsectarian university located in Garden City, in Nassau County, New York, United States. It is the oldest institution of higher education on Long Island. For the sixth year, Adelphi University has been named a “Best Buy” in higher education by the Fiske Guide to...
, Garden City, New York - The Adelphi campus of the University of SalfordUniversity of SalfordThe University of Salford is a campus university based in Salford, Greater Manchester, England with approximately 20,000 registered students. The main campus is about west of Manchester city centre, on the A6, opposite the former home of the physicist, James Prescott Joule and the Working Class...
in England
Other uses
- Adelphi (band)Adelphi (band)Adelphi was an American rock band, based in Towson, Maryland. They formed in 2002 and were signed to the record label Drive-Thru Records. They played their last show as Adelphi on December 30, 2007 and three members now make up the band The Everlove.-History:...
, a US musical band - The Adelphi (also New Adelphi), an influential British literary magazine
- The Adelphi CharterAdelphi CharterThe Adelphi Charter on Creativity, Innovation and Intellectual Property is the result of a project commissioned by the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce, London, UK, and is intended as a positive statement of what good intellectual property policy is...
on Creativity, Innovation and Intellectual Property released by the Royal Society of Arts - The Adelphi PapersAdelphi PapersThe Adelphi Papers is a monograph series in which the policy-related original academic research of the International Institute for Strategic Studies is principally published. The series was established in 1961 and continues today....
, a monograph series published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies - Adelphi EdizioniAdelphi EdizioniAdelphi Edizioni S.p.A. is an Italian publishing house whose headquarters are in 14, via S. Giovanni sul Muro, Milan, Italy.Adelphi Edizioni was founded in 1962 by Luciano Foà and Roberto Olivetti. Contributors have included Roberto Bazlen, Giorgio Colli, Sergio Solmi, Claudio Rugafiori and...
, an Italian publishing house - Adelphi RecordsAdelphi RecordsAdelphi Records is a US record label founded in 1968 by Gene and Carol Rosenthal.Musicians on that label are The Nighthawks and Catfish Hodge , Lenny Breau, Reuben Brown and Richie Cole , Yellowman, Big Youth and Toots & the Maytals , Rev. Gary Davis, Gene Johnson [Rock & Soul], and Rev...
, a record label - AdelphoeAdelphoeAdelphoe is a play by Roman playwright Terence, adopted partly from plays by Menander and Diphilus. It explores the best form of child-rearing...
(or Adelphi), a play by Terence - Adelphi WhiskyAdelphi WhiskyThe Adelphi Distillery was a Scotch whisky distillery, which was founded in 1826 in Glasgow and closed in 1907. The name was revived in 1993, for an independent bottler of Scotch whisky.- Adelphi Distillery :...
, an independent bottler of Scotch whisky