User:The wub/city nicknames

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. Due the characteristics of the information presented, we can't cite sources references.

Patterns

There are some common types of city nicknames.

United Kingdom

• Glasgow, Scotland: Shipbuilding capital of the world

'Little Vienna'

Several cities around the world have been named the 'Little Vienna' due to their characteristic Vienna-inspired architecture. These include:

• Rousse, Bulgaria
• Sofia, Bulgaria
• Varaždin, Croatia
• Zagreb, Croatia
• Bielsko-Biała, Poland
• Timişoara, Romania
• Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Cities in Belgium

• • The Capital of Europe

Cities in Canada

• Ancaster, Ontario
  • The A.C.
• Brampton, Ontario
  • Bramatown
  • Browntown
  • Bramladesh
  • Flowertown (former)
• Brantford, Ontario

• Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  • City of Lakes [1]

• Edmonton, Alberta
  • Capital City
  • City of Champions
  • City of Champignons

• • The Birthplace of British Canada [2]
  • The City of Firsts [3]
  • The City of Trees [4]
  • The Fax
  • The Road Construction Capital of Canada (possibly coined by the radio station Q104)
  • Warden of The North [5]

• • BC's original capital city [6]

• Windsor, Nova Scotia
  • The Birthplace of Hockey [7]

• Braga
  • City of the Archbishops (Cidade dos Arcebispos — numerous churches and the historical importance of the clergy in the city)
  • Portuguese Software Capital (Capital Portuguesa do Software — software services and industry, and Minho Campus Party)[8]
  • The Portuguese Rome (Roma Portuguesa)
• Coimbra
  • City of the Students (Cidade dos Estudantes — large student population; the oldest Portuguese university)
  • The Lusitanic-Athens (Lusa-Atenas — central hill with the ancient university at the top; center of culture and erudition)
  • Capital of Health (Capital da Saúde — large hospitals and health industry)[9]
  • Knowledge City (Cidade do Conhecimento — important institutions of education and research)[10]
• Covilhã
  • City of Wool and Snow (Cidade de Lã e Neve — woollen industry and winter resort; after A Lã e a Neve, a 1947 novel by Ferreira de Castro)
  • Portuguese Manchester (Manchester Portuguesa — important textile industry through 18th to 20th century)
• Évora
  • Museum-City (Cidade-Museu — ancient monuments like the walls, churches, and the important Roman Temple of Diana)
• Figueira da Foz
  • Queen of the Beaches (Rainha das Praias — important beach resort)[11]
• Guarda
  • Portugal's Highest City (Cidade Mais Alta de Portugal — 1056 meters above see level)
  • Plentiful, Strong, Cold, Loyal and Beautiful (Farta, Forte, Fria, Fiel e Formosa — the 5 F's city)[12]
• Guimarães

Cities in Sweden

• Stockholm
  • The City on Water [[13]]
  • Venice of the North [[14]]
• Gothenburg
  • Little London [[15]]

Cities in the United Kingdom

• Aberdeen, Scotland
  • The Granite City [16]
  • The Silver City [17]
  • Oil Capital of Europe [18]
• Birmingham, England
  • Brum [19]
  • Brummagem [20]
  • The City of a Thousand Trades [21]
  • The Workshop of the World [22]
• Bradford
  • Bradistan (due to large Asian population) [23]
• Coventry, England
  • Cov [24]
  • The City of Three Spires [25]
  • The City of Peace and Reconciliation [26]
• Derry (or Londonderry), Northern Ireland
  • The Maiden City [27]
  • Stroke City (jocular, from Derry/Londonderry) [28]
• Durham, England
  • The Oxbridge of the North [29]
• Edinburgh, Scotland
  • The Athens of the North [30]
  • Auld Reekie [31]
• Glasgow, Scotland
  • The Dear Green Place (from one interpretation of the Gaelic name Glaschu) [32]
  • Second City of the Empire [33]
  • Shipbuilding capital of the world [34]
• Leeds
  • The Shopping Mecca of the North [35]
• Liverpool
  • The 'Pool (from the city's name) [36]
• London
  • The (Big) Smoke [37] [38]
  • The Great Wen [39]
  • Londonistan [40]
  • London Town [41]
• The City of London
  • The Square Mile [42]
  • The City [43]
• Manchester
  • Gunchester [44]
  • Manc [45]
  • Cottonopolis [46]
  • Rainy City [47]
• Newcastle upon Tyne, England
  • The Toon (local pronunciation of town) [48]
  • Geordieland (the Tyneside conurbation as a whole, wider than just Newcastle) [49]
• Nottingham, England
  • Shottingham (due to the high incidence of gun crime in the city) [50]
• Oxford, England
  • City of Dreaming Spires [51]
• Portsmouth, England
  • Pompey [52]
• Sheffield, England
  • The Steel City [53]
• Wolverhampton, England
  • Wolvo [54]

Cities in the United States

Main article: List of city nicknames in the United States

Sources

• Kim, Hodong (2004). Holy War in China: The Muslim Rebellion and State in Chinese Central Asia, 1864-1877. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0804748845.