Nicknames for cities
Posted by San fransisco on August 30, 2003
In Reply to: Nicknames for cities posted by aaron on August 08, 2003
: : Some South African city names:
: : Cape Town: The Mother City
: : Johannesburg: Joeys / Joburg
: : Pretoria: The Jacaranda City
: : Port Elizabeth: The Friendly City
: : Plettenburg Bay: Plett
: : Durban: Durbs
: For Chicagoans we know it as:
: 1)The windy city
: 2)Chi-Town
: 3)Chi-gil
: 4)Da Town
: 4)Chicagoland
: I believe the name is native-american in origin and it means onions.