Nicknames for cities
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.
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