This 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.
Patterns
There are some common types of city nicknames.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:
For more cities, see Self-proclaimed Capitals of the World.
Birthplace
Some cities take nicknames based on an industry, invention or other phenomenon which allegedly arose there. These include: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.
- Athens of America - Boston, Massachusetts
- Athens of the North - Edinburgh, Scotland
- Athens of the South - Atlanta, Georgia
- Athens of Texas - Marshall, Texas
- Baghdad by the Bay - San Francisco, California
- Birmingham of America - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Gibraltar of America - Vicksburg, Mississippi
- Gibraltar of North America - Quebec, Quebec
- Hollywood North - Vancouver, British Columbia
- Little Paris - Kristianstad, Sweden, Vänersborg, Sweden
- Mendocino of the East - Rockport, Massachusetts
- Moscow on the Charles - Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Moscow on the Mississippi - Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Nashville of the North - Edmonton, Alberta
- New York of the South - Atlanta, Georgia
- New York of the South (former) - Galveston, Texas
- Silicon Valley North - Ottawa, Ontario
- Paris of Latin America - Buenos Aires, Argentina
- People's Republic of Berkeley - Berkeley, California
- People's Republic of Burlington - Burlington, Vermont
- People's Republic of Santa Monica - Santa Monica, California
- Pittsburgh of the South - Birmingham, Alabama
- Plymouth of the West - San Diego, California
- Venice of the East - Bangkok, Thailand
- Venice of the North - Amsterdam, the Netherlands and St. Petersburg, Russia
- Tijuana North - Windsor, Ontario
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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