List of city nicknames

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This partial list of city nicknames compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities are sometimes known by, officially and unofficially, to locals, outsiders or their tourism boards.

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Patterns

There are some common types of city nicknames.

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Agricultural or Industrial Capitals

Many cities have nicknames which claim that the international or, less commonly, the national or regional capital of a particular industry, hobby or other phenomenon, especially the agricultural production of a certain plant. These include:

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Self-proclaimed Capitals of the World

Many cities and towns (particularly in North America) claim to be a "Capital of the World" of a certain subject or other item. These nicknames are usually based on the city's cultural heritage or history. Here is an incomplete list of those cities.

Australia and New Zealand

Canada

Mexico

United Kingdom

United States

THE capital of the world:

Former Maryland businessman Bill Rau has authored a guidebook (America's Capitals: U.S. and Canadian Towns with World Class Names, published by Side Roads Publishing Company of Takoma Park, Md.) which catalogs North America's "world capitals."

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Birthplace

Some cities take nicknames based on an industry, invention or other phenomenon which allegedly arose there. These include:

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Comparative nicknames

Some cities have nicknames which refer to other cities with established reputations. For example, a city might bill itself as the "Athens of the North" to establish a link with the major cultural contributions of Athens, Greece.

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'Venice of ...'

Many places have been compared with Venice in Italy, usually due to a high density of waterways.

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'... the North'

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'... the South'

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'... the East'

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'... the West'

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By country

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Others

See also Places named Venice. There is also Venise-en-Québec, Quebec. Also, the name of Venezuela means "little Venice".

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Folk heroes

The American folk hero Paul Bunyan, and his blue ox Babe, have at least three towns vying for being considered his homeland. These include Bemidji, Minnesota, Brainerd, Minnesota and Westwood, California.

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Paradises

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  • Hong Kong - gourmet paradise, shopping paradise, adventurers' paradise
  • Sunderland - council house paradise
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Complete list

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Cities in Argentina

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Cities in Australia

  • Adelaide
    • City of Churches
    • Athens of the South
    • City of Churches and Chappells, as the Chappell brothers (cricketers) come from there
  • Brisbane
  • Canberra
    • The Bush Capital
    • The City Of Lights
  • Melbourne
    • That's Me!bourne (official promotion, note the "!" symbol in place of "L")
    • The Rainy City
    • The World's Most Livable City in 2004 and 2005
    • Bleak City (by people from Sydney)
    • Sporting Capital of Australia/The World (both due to Melbournians love of sport and many sporting events)
    • Marvellous Melbourne (particularly during the city's 1880s boom)
    • Melbin (translated to Melbun for Kiwis)
    • Smellbourne ( in the early days of settlement there was a lack of swerage)
    • Paris on the Yarra
    • Four seasons in one day
  • Sydney
    • The Harbour City
    • Emerald City
    • City Of Lights
    • Sin City
    • Sydgay (due to the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras)
  • Wollongong, New South Wales
    • 'The Gong'
  • Perth
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Cities in Belgium

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Cities in Brazil

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Cities in Canada

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Cities in China

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Cities in Colombia

  • Bogotá
    • La Atenas suramericana (The Southamerican Athenes).
  • Medellín
    • La Bella Villa (The Beauty city), La ciudad de la eterna primavera (The city of eternal spring).
  • Cali
    • La Sultana del Valle (The sultan of the Valley).
  • Barranquilla
    • La Arenosa (The sandy), Curramba la Bella (Curramba the Beauty).
  • Pereira
    • La perla del Otún (The Otun's pearl).
  • Popayán
    • La ciudad blanca (The white city).
  • Bucaramanga
    • La ciudad de los parques (The city of the parcs).


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Cities in Croatia

  • Split
    • Dioklecijanov grad (The Diocletian' s city)
    • Grad pod Marjanom (The city beneath the Marjan)
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Cities in the Czech Republic

  • Prague [1]
    • The Golden City
    • The City of Hundred Spires
    • The City of Thousand Spires
    • The Heart of Europe
    • The Paris of the 20´s in the 90´s
    • The Pearl of Europe
  • Ostrava
    • The Steel Heart of the Republic (historically)
    • The city of golden penises
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Cities in Denmark

  • Århus
    • City of Smiles
    • The World's Smallest Metropolis
  • Copenhagen
    • The King's Copenhagen
    • Kjøben (In Norway)
    • Københavnstrup (Sometimes used to refer to Copenhagen in "funny" way)
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Cities in Egypt

  • Alexandria
    • Pearl of the Mediterranean
  • Cairo
    • Mother of the World
    • Paris on the Nile
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Cities in Finland

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Cities in France

  • Angers
    • The Black City (for its slate roofs)
    • City of Flowers
    • Athens of the West
  • Bordeaux
    • City of wine
  • Grenoble
    • Capital of the Alps
  • Le Havre
    • The Ocean Gate (La Porte Océane)
  • Lyon
    • Capital of the Gauls
  • Marseille
    • Phocean City ("La cité phocéenne") after its Greek origin
  • Nice
    • Angels City ("La cité des anges", after La Baie des Anges, the name of the bay, by which the city is built)
  • Paris
    • City of Light
    • City of Lights
    • City of Love
    • Paname
    • Pantruche
  • Reims
    • Crowning City ("La cité des sacres", as French kings were crowned in the local cathedral until Louis XVI)
  • Toulouse
    • Pink City ("La ville rose") after the colour of the roof tiles on many buildings
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Cities in Germany

  • Berlin
    • Spree-Athens (Spree river)
    • The Grey City ("die graue Stadt")
    • The Parted City (during Berlin's partition; "die geteilte Stadt")
    • The Parvenue City (during its rise to international importance around 1900)
  • Bremen
    • Key to the World (der Schlüssel zur Welt)
  • Dresden
    • Elbflorence (because of the Elbe river)
  • Frankfurt
  • Freiburg im Breisgau
    • Germany's southernmost metropolis (Deutschlands südlichste Großstadt)
  • Göttingen
    • City of Scholarship [or Science] ("Stadt der Wissenschaft")
  • Hamburg
    • Gateway to the World (das Tor zur Welt)
  • Husum
    • The Grey Town at the sea (die graue Stadt am Meer)
  • Munich (München)
    • Village of a million inhabitants (Millionendorf)
    • World City with Heart (Weltstadt mit Herz)
  • Wittenberg
    • Luther's City ("Lutherstadt")
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Cities in Guatemala

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Cities in Hungary

  • Budapest
    • The Pearl of the Danube
  • Debrecen
    • The Calvinist Rome (for its leadership in Hungarian protestantism)
  • Sopron
    • The City of Fidelity (in 1921 the city voted to remain the part of Hungary not Austria)
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Cities in India

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Cities in Iran

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Cities in the Republic of Ireland

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Cities in Israel

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Cities in Italy

  • Alba, Italy
    • City of a Hundred Towers
  • Anagni
    • City of Popes
    • City of the Slap
  • Ancona
    • Doric City
    • Princess of the Adriatic
  • Aosta, Italy
    • Rome of the Alps
  • Aquileia
    • Rome of the North
  • Asolo
    • City of a Hundred Horizons
  • Bari
    • Small Paris
  • Bergamo
    • City of Garibaldi's Thousand
  • Bitonto
    • City of Olives
  • Bologna
    • The Fat One (because it's well renowned for its many gourmet treats)
    • The Learned One (because it hosts the oldest university in the world)
    • The Red One (because it's the traditionally communist stronghold of the nation)
  • Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
    • The Door to the Dolomites (wherever in the world)
    • Vineyard city (in the German-speaking countries)
    • City of Walther (von der Vogelweide, in the German-speaking countries)
    • Capital of the Christmastime (in Italy)
    • Capital of the Speck (tipical and famous ham from South Tyrol, in the countries in which Speck is known)
    • The German one (because it's the capital city of the region it's most populated by German-speaking people, in Italy)
    • Sentinel of Italy (antiquated and nationalist, in Italy)
  • Bordighera
    • City of Palms
  • Brescia
    • Lioness of Italy
  • Caccamo, Italy
    • Carthage of Sicily
  • Caltanissetta
    • City of Sulphum
  • Caserta
    • Versailles of Italy
  • Catanzaro
    • Eagles Nest
  • Cherasco
    • City of Peace
  • Chieti, Italy
    • The Aerial City
  • Empoli
    • Granary of Tuscany
  • Fabriano
    • City of Paper
  • Faenza
    • City of Pottery
  • Feltre
    • The Small City of Big Men
  • Florence
    • Athens of Italy
    • City of Lilies
  • Gaeta
    • Venice of the Tyrrhenian
  • Genoa
    • The Superb
  • Grado
    • Mother of Venice
  • Gubbio
    • City of Silence
  • Jesi
    • City of Silk
  • L'Aquila
    • City of Frederick II
  • Lecce
    • Athens of Apulia
  • Legnano, Italy
    • Bethlehem of Italy
  • Lugo
    • Mother of the Italian Flag <