Cities with nicknames

How about Dallas 'big D' ? Yes it is! I been there and proud of it once. :lol:

Florida is 'Sunshine State' :)

Peanut roots comes in AL and GA....

wow, I should be army brat -- I been live those...
 
Washington DC has another name too! Its "Number One Murder Capitol"
heh! it has the most murders committed in Washington DC than any other states!
 
Defee said:
Washington DC has another name too! Its "Number One Murder Capitol" heh! it has the most murders committed in Washington DC than any other states!
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yea Defee -- thats what i had mentioned in my earlier post :lol: it was true back in the 80s during Mayor Marion Barry's administration til he was busted for freebasing crack on video and thrown in jail for it then right after that there was a MAJOR Metropolititan PD overhaul resulting in the firing of SO MANY DC officers who were found to have criminal records and other shit like that and a pretty lengthy investigations in this along with other DC government changes and the federal government took control of DC government for a while -- in some areas it still have control of DC -- DC's current mayor is Anthony "Tony" Williams and hes done alot for DC that were positive
 
Alabama

Birmingham Smoke City & The Magic City
Huntsville Rocket City
Jacksonville Gem of the Hill
Mobile The Azalea City

Alaska

Anchorage City of Lights

Arkansas

Eureka Springs The City That Water Built
Harrison Crossroads of the Arkansas Ozarks

Arizona

Glendale An Oasis in the Desert & Arizona's Antique Capital
Phoenix The Valley of the Sun
Scottsdale The Most Livable City & The West's Most Western City

California

Los Angeles City of Angels & Smog City
Sacramento River City
San Francisco City by the Bay/City of the Golden Gate & Fog City

Colorado

Denver Mile High City
Dove Creek The Pinto Bean Capital of the World
Connecticut

Greenwich Gateway to New England

Delaware

Milton Delaware's Smallest Wonder
Florida

Lake Placid Caladium Capital of the World
Georgia

Calhoun Home of the Cherokee
Savannah Hostess City of the South

Hawaii


Idaho


Illinois

Chicago City of the Big Shoulders, The Windy City, Hog Butcher for the World & Pride of the Rustbelt
Springfield The Land of Lincoln
Thomson The Melon Capitol of the World

Indiana

Bedford Limestone Capital of The World
Columbus Athens of the Prairie
Gary Steel City
Indianapolis Circle City & Railroad City

Iowa

Lewis Home of Kool-Aid

Kansas


Kentucky

Lexington Horse Capital of the World

Louisiana

Morgan City Jumbo Shrimp Capital of the World & Pride of the Atchafalaya
New Orleans The Big Easy, Fat City, & The Crescent City
Maine


Maryland

Annapolis America's Sailing Capital
Baltimore Charm City

Massachusetts

Boston Bean Town
New Bedford The Whaling City
Springfield City of Homes

Michigan

Bronson The Gladiolus Capital of the USA
Detroit Motown/Motor City
Hudsonville Michigan's Salad Bowl

Minnesota

Minneapolis/St Paul Twin Cities
St Cloud Rock City & The Granite City

Mississippi

Belzoni The Catfish Capital of the World
Biloxi The Playground of the South
Hattiesburg The Hub City
Jackson Chimneyville
McComb Camellia City
Meridian The Queen City
Vicksburg Red Carpet City

Missouri

St. Louis Gateway to the West / Mound City
Springfield The Queen City, Gateway City to Ozark Mountain Country
Montana


Nebraska


Nevada

Las Vegas Sin City & The City That Doesn't Sleep
Pioche The Living Ghost Town
Reno Divorce City & Biggest Little City in the World
New Hampshire


New Jersey

Newark Brick City, Da Bricks, & Renaissance City

New Mexico


New York

New York City The Big Apple
North Carolina

Durham City of Medicine
North Dakota

Fargo Blizzard City
Minot Magic City

Ohio

Ada The Football Capital of the World
Bryan The Fountain City
Cincinnati The Queen City
Cleveland Rock-and-Roll City
Columbus Cowtown & the C O
Springfield Champion City & City of Roses
Toledo The Glass Capital of the World

Oklahoma

Rush Springs The Watermelon Capital of the World
Oregon

Portland The City of Roses

Pennsylvania

Hershey Chocolate Capital
Philadelphia The City of Brotherly Love
Pittsburgh Steel City / The Smoky City
Rhode Island


South Carolina

Anderson The Electric City
Spartanburg The Hub City & Sparkle City

South Dakota

Rapid City The Star of the West

Tennessee

Columbia Mule Capital of the World
Jellico Gem City & Gateway to the South
Nashville Music City USA & The Athens of the South
Memphis Bluff City

Texas

Austin Live Music Capital of the World & City of the Violet Crown
Crystal City The Spinach Capital of the World
Dallas Big D
Houston The Bayou City, Space City, & The Energy Capital of the World
Utah


Vermont


Virginia

Lynchburg The City of Seven Hills
Staunton The Queen City of the Shenandoah Valley
Washington

Seattle Emerald City & Rain City
West Virginia


Wisconsin

Milwaukee Beer City
Wyoming
 
The place I live in Morgantown, everybody call this city, Mo-Town. I have no idea why everybody called it Mo-town. I will find out more about and will post it here as soon as I can.
 
wow Tekkmortal -- great post there with all the nicknames from cities in each state -- mebbe someone would be able to answer for those states with cities that has no nicknames listed in ur post

:thumb: Tekkmortal
 
Indianapolis - Indy

Charleston, SC - the Holy City

Chicago - Shy Town

Willimantic, CT - Thread City

Hartford, CT - Insurance Capital of the World
 
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City Name - St. Catharines
City Nickname - St. Kitts
 
My town's english meaning is violence, though any type of crime is very rare.. it's just the ancient norwegian vikings just liked to give tuff sounding names. heh heh. Though.. I call my town "Vagina" with the name sign because I can see how similar it is to the actual town name, when mouthed (no sound necessary). LOL me bad. Hubby doesnt know the actual nickname, though.

Loveland, CO, USA-- Gateway to the Mountains, I think. I thought of that cos I once considered moving there. Heh.
 
racheleggert said:
I wonder does cities near you have nickname and abboveration (sp?) ? Some cities in Minnesota does...

1) Minneapolis- City of Lakes because of so many lakes in one major cities. It is also called Murderapolis (that is true!) Because Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper called them that due to high crime such as murders years ago.. Abb. name is Mpls

Minneapolis-St. Paul is nicknamed Twin Cities because they are so close to eachother, just across Mississippi River, so that where MN MLB team get name: Twins

St. Paul- Minnesota's Capitol City, of course its seat of Minnesota Government. Nicknames keep on changing when new mayor swears in. I forget what it is now...
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Key West (Florida) has two nicknames...

1) Bone Island
2) The Conch Republic

I have heard the story of how Key West came to be known as The Conch Republic, and supposedly, there is a story for for how KW came to be known as Bone Island. Sadly, I'm not very good with the legends of either, so I'll have to let this post stand as is.
 
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Alaska - "The Last Frontier" or "The Great Land" ..........
 
Here in Seattle, we have too many nicknames...the most known one called "the Emerald city". Don't ask me why they call it, tho we got lot of trees in the green belt area (area where u can't build houses/apartments on steep unstable hills of Seattle.) The trees hold the hillside together, basically.
 
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The place I live in Morgantown, everybody call this city, Mo-Town. I have no idea why everybody called it Mo-town. I will find out more about and will post it here as soon as I can.
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I thought detroit is called mo-town....they call ur town that too...interesting.
 
St Thomas, Ontairo.Canada = Elephant Mournament/Railway That where I living there.
There has beautiful history 'bout Elephant as same Railway too That's all have around here.
 
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Really, what happen to COW????? :smash:
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my so baddd !!! I didn't realize that someone ask me about what happen to Cow !!!! it took me to repsond back in 2 month later .... well... before u were born ... Denver used to be small city like about 2 to 5 tower ... and the Cow was all over Subrar area ..as it used to be farm or ranch whatever u names it .. thats why it was known in the past call here Cow City but long times very well known as Mile High City ... I am so glad that Cow City has been fade away long times ago whew !!! bounce bounce cuz i never like that Cow City .. lol
 
The city if San Franscico is known as either San Fagsicio or Cisco or The City was born and raised up north of San Fransciso, a good hr up north, in the heart of the wine country. ( napa valley and Sonoma County which is indeed the heart of the wine country)
 
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