Nicknames for cities
Posted by Asia Manerds on August 27, 2003
In Reply to: Nicknames for cities posted by ESC on August 04, 2003
: : : : : : : Chicago is the Windy City; NYC is the Big Apple. What other cities have colorful nicknames like these?
: : : : : : Sheffield is, or more often was, called the Steel City. That originated in the days when Sheffield made the world's cutlery. The other UK city I know best - Birmingham, is known by local wags as the Celestial City. They are strong on irony down there.
: : : : : Liverpool a.k.a. "City of cars on bricks"
: : : : : London "the Smoke"
: : : : : Manchester "too much smoke" (it does me fkin 'ead in man!)
: : : : steve-badger.net/nicknames.html
: : : Edinburgh is my personal favorite with the nickname: Auld Reekie.
: : Derry/Londonderry in NI is known as 'stroke' city.
: These are from "Slanguage: A Cool, Fresh, Phat, and Shagadelic Guide to all Kinds of Slang" By Mike Ellis (Hyperion, New York, 2000) and are in addition to the ones at
: steve-badger.net/nicknames.html
: ALABAMA
: Birmingham - The Ham, Football Capital of the South.
: ALASKA
: Anchorage - Los Anchorage
: ARIZONA
: Tucson - Prune Valley, Medicare Acres, Geritol Junction
: CALIFORNIA
: Malibu - The Boo or Big Boo
: Modest - Mo-Town
: Los Angeles - Smell A, Hell A, Behind the Orange Curtain, Los Scandelous, La La Land, Illa
: Sacramento - Sack of Tomatoes, Sacred Men's Toes, Sack Toe, Sock Town.
: San Francisco - Frisco, San Fantastico, Bagdad by the Bay.
: COLORADO
: Denver - Queen City of the Plains, Dusty Old Cowtown.
: FLORIDA
: Gainesville -- G-ville, Hogtown.
: Jacksonville - Jax, Actionville.
: Miami - My Jummy
: GEORGIA
: Atlanta - Phatlanta, Hotlanta, Itlanta.
: ILLINOIS
: Chicago - Shytown, Chicagoland.
: Springfield - Springpatch
: INDIANA
: Indianapolis - Nap Town
: KENTUCKY
: Louisville - Loo Ah Vull, Derby City
: LOUISIANA
: New Orleans - Gnaw Lynn's
: MARYLAND
: Baltimore - Ball Mer
: MICHIGAN
: Ann Arbor - A Squared
: MINNEAPOLIS -- Paris of the Prairie, The Cleanest City in America
: KANSAS CITY - Can Town, BBQ City, Home of Jazz, Kay See Em Oh, City of Fountains, Kay See Moe
: NEBRASKA
: Omaha - Big O
: NEVADA
: Las Vegas - Lost Wages
: NEW YORK
: Rochester - Rah Cha Cha, Rottenchester
: Binghamton - Bingo Town, The Ham
: NORTH CAROLINA
: Raleigh - Raleighwood
: Charlotte - Queen City
: OHIO
: Cincinnati - Porkopolis, Cincy, Sin City, Cinsinnasty, Sin Sin At A, The Natty.
: COLUMBUS - Cowlumbus, Cols, Klums
: OREGON
: Eugene - The Emerald City
: Portland - The Rose City, Stumptown, P Town, Port Town, P.O., Bridgetown, Rip Town, Puddle Town.
: PENNSYLVANIA
: Philadelphia - Philly, Illadelphia, Chilladelphia.
: Pittsburgh - Pixburg, D'burg, Urn City, City of Champions.
: TENNESSEE
: Memphis - Birthplace of the Blues
: TEXAS
: Houston - H-Town, Clutch Town
: UTAH
: Salt Lake City -- SLU, Behind the Zion Curtain
: WASHINGTON
: Spokane - Lilac City.
: Seattle - Seatown, Lattetown
: WISCONSIN
: Milwaukee - Brew City, M'Wacky, Mocky.