Word.ws English Dictionary

Philippi

/fɪˈlɪpaɪ/

Philippi proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Philippi

  1. A surname.
  2. An ancient town in Macedonia, Greece
  3. A city, the county seat of Barbour County, West Virginia, United States.

Origin of Philippi

From Latin Philippī, from Ancient Greek Φίλιπποι (Phílippoi). Doublet of Filippi.

Words formed from Philippi

Phrases with Philippi

Questions about Philippi

What does Philippi mean?
Philippi means a surname.
What part of speech is Philippi?
Philippi is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Philippi?
Philippi is pronounced /fɪˈlɪpaɪ/.

Words near Philippi in the dictionary

  1. Philipinos
  2. Philipp.
  3. Philippa
  4. Philippan
  5. Philippeville
  6. Philippi
  7. Philippian
  8. Philippians
  9. philippic
  10. philippicize
  11. philippicized

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Philippi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-ca-Philippi.opus.

Cite this entry: “Philippi.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/philippi. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.