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.htmlALABAMA
Birmingham - The Ham, Football Capital of the South.ALASKA
Anchorage - Los AnchorageARIZONA
Tucson - Prune Valley, Medicare Acres, Geritol JunctionCALIFORNIA
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 JummyGEORGIA
Atlanta - Phatlanta, Hotlanta, Itlanta.ILLINOIS
Chicago - Shytown, Chicagoland.
Springfield - SpringpatchINDIANA
Indianapolis - Nap TownKENTUCKY
Louisville - Loo Ah Vull, Derby CityLOUISIANA
New Orleans - Gnaw Lynn'sMARYLAND
Baltimore - Ball MerMICHIGAN
Ann Arbor - A SquaredMINNEAPOLIS -- 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 ONEVADA
Las Vegas - Lost WagesNEW YORK
Rochester - Rah Cha Cha, Rottenchester
Binghamton - Bingo Town, The HamNORTH CAROLINA
Raleigh - Raleighwood
Charlotte - Queen CityOHIO
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 BluesTEXAS
Houston - H-Town, Clutch TownUTAH
Salt Lake City -- SLU, Behind the Zion CurtainWASHINGTON
Spokane - Lilac City.
Seattle - Seatown, LattetownWISCONSIN
Milwaukee - Brew City, M'Wacky, Mocky.