List of city nicknames in the United States
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This partial list of city nicknames in the United States compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities are known by, officially and unofficially, to locals, outsiders or their tourism boards. Some of the nicknames are positive, while others are derisive. The unofficial nicknames listed here are those that have been used for such a long time or have gained so wide a currency that they have become well-known in their own right.
A separate list of city nicknames is also available; that list covers other countries as well as certain common types of nicknames such as birthplaces, self-proclaimed capitals, and comparative nicknames.
Cities by state
- Alabaster - The City for Families
- Albertville
- The Fire Hydrant Capital of the World
- The "Heart of Sand Mountain"
- Anniston - The Model City
- Auburn - The Loveliest Village on the Plains
- Bessemer - The Marvel City
- Birmingham
- The Magic City
- The Pittsburgh of the South
- Cedar Bluff - Fisherman's Paradise
- Decatur
- The River City
- The Chicago of the South
- Ballooning Capital of Alabama
- The Heart of the Valley
- "Home of America's First Wave Pool"
- Douglas - City of Eagles
- Dothan
- The Peanut Capital of the World
- The Circle City
- Greenville - The Camellia City
- Haleyville - Home of 911
- Hartselle - The City of Southern Hospitality
- Huntsville
- The Rocket City
- Watercress Capital of the World
- Jacksonville - Gem of the Hill
- Lillian - Be Friendly
- Lincoln - The Motorsports City
- Madison - Where Progress Meets Preservation
- Mobile
- The Azalea City
- The City of Five Flags
- The Home of Mardi Gras
- Prattville - The Fountain City
- Summerdale - The Sunshine City
- Slocomb- The Tomato Capital
- Tuscaloosa - The Druid City
- Tuskegee - The Pride of the Swift-Growing South
- Wetumpka - "Roaring Waters"
- Winfield - City on the Move
- Anchorage
- The City of Lights and Flowers
- Air Crossroads of the World
- Hanging Basket Capital of the World
- Barrow - The North City
- Cordova - Clam Town
- Fairbanks - The Golden Heart City
- Kenai - The Village With a Past, the City With a Future
- Ketchikan - King Salmon Capital of the World
- Knik - Dog-mushing Center of the World
- Sitka
- First City of Alaska
- The Natural Place to Visit
- Apache Junction
- Home of the Superstition Mountains
- Gateway to Legends, Lakes, Leisure, and Lost Treasure
- Catalina - Cat Town
- Phoenix
- The Valley, Phoenix Valley, Valley of the Sun (includes surrounding cities such as Scottsdale, Tempe, Chandler, Mesa, Glendale and Paradise Valley) [1] [2] [3]
- Scottsdale - The West's Most Western Town
- Tombstone - The Town Too Tough To Die
- Tucson - The Old Pueblo [4]
- Flagstaff - City of Seven Wonders
- Brinkley - Home of the Ivory-billed woodpecker
- Hope - Watermelon Capital of the World
- Hot Springs - Spa City
- Jonesboro
- The City of Churches
- The Crepe Myrtle City
- Little Rock
- Capitol City
- The City of Roses
- Lowell - The Town With a Past, the City With a Future
- Mountain View - Folk Music Capital of the World
- Stuttgart - Rice and Duck Capital of the World
- Alameda
- The Island City
- Alamurda
- Dirty Meda
- Anaheim
- Disneyland
- Anacrime
- Antioch
- Gateway to the Delta
- Yock Town
- Bakersfield - California's Country Music Capital
- Baldwin Park - The City That Time Forgot
- Berkeley - The People's Republic of Berkeley
- Buena Park - Center of the Southland
- Castroville - Artichoke Center of the World
- Chico - Big City Taste, Small Town Flavor
- Chula Vista - Beautiful View
- Coachella
- City of Eternal Sunshine
- Gateway to the Salton Sea
- Compton
- City of Champions
- The Hub City
- Del Mar - Where the surf meets the turf (actually a nickname for the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, a major thoroughbred racetrack in the town)
- Fallbrook - Avocado Capital of the World
- Fresno
- California's New Frontier
- Garden of the Sun
- Raisin Capital of the World
- Fullerton
- F-Town
- Garden Grove
- City of Youth and Ambition
- Garbage Grove
- Gilroy - Garlic Capital of the World
- Glendale - The Jewel City
- Gold Beach - City of Gold
- Greenfield - Broccoli Capital of the World
- Hawthorne - The City of Good Neighbors
- Hayward
- The Heart of the Bay
- The Haystack/Stack
- District B13
- Holtville - The Carrot Capital of the World
- Huntington Beach - Surf City, USA
- Indio
- Date Capital of the World
- The City of Festivals
- Irvine - The Bubble
- Isleton - Crawdad Town
- Kelseyville - Pear Capital of the World
- Lafayette - Love Lafayette (popular bumper sticker slogan)
- Lancaster - The Heart of the Antelope Valley
- Lemon Grove - Best Climate on Earth
- Lodi - Grape Capital of the World
- Long Beach
- The Home To West Coast Rap
- The L.B.C.
- Home To Snoop Dogg
- Los Angeles
- L.A.
- Lala Land
- City of Angels
- Southland
- Marysville - Gateway to the Gold Fields
- Merced - Gateway to Yosemite
- Modesto, California - Water, Wealth, Contentment, Health
- Monterey - The Cradle of History
- Monterey Park
- Little Taipei
- Chinatown
- Oakdale - Cowboy Capital of the World
- Oroville
- City of Gold
- Solar City, USA
- Oxnard - Strawberry Capital of the World
- Palmdale - Aerospace Capital of America
- Pasadena
- City of Roses
- Crown City
- Patterson - Apricot Capital of the World
- Pearsonville - Hubcap Capital of the World
- Petaluma - Egg Basket of the World
- Placerville - Hangtown
- Pleasanton - It's All the Name Implies
- Poway - The City in the Country
- Reseda - The Hub of the West Valley
- Rowland Heights - New Chinatown
- Sacramento
- The Camellia City
- The City of Trees
- River City
- Sac-Town
- Sacranecko
- Suckramento
- Salinas - Salad Bowl of the World
- San Bruno - The Airport City
- San Diego
- America's Finest City
- The First Great City of the 21st Century
- The Place Where California Began
- Plymouth of the West
- Daygo
- San Francisco
- The City by the Bay
- Baghdad by the Bay
- The City by the Gays
- Frisco (as in, Don't call it Frisco...Herb Caen)
- Golden Gate City
- Chinatown
- San Jose
- The Capital of Silicon Valley
- The Garden City
- San Hoochie/Hoe-Chi Minh City
- San Lorenzo
- San Lo
- SLZ
- Santa Monica - Dogtown
- Selma - Raisin Capital of the World
- Sonoma - The Queen of the Southern Mines
- South San Francisco
- South City
- The Industrial City
- Stockton
- California's Sunrise Seaport
- The Hub of the California Heartland
- Sunnyvale - The Heart of Silicon Valley
- Tulelake - Horseradish Capital of the World
- Union City
- Gateway to Silicon Valley
- The Une
- UC
- Ventura - The City of Good Fortune
- Ventura is a nickname, the true city name is City of San Buenaventura
- Victorville - Key to the High Desert
- Walnut Creek
- The Corners
- WC/Dub Ceez
- West Hollywood
- Boystown
- The Creative City
- Westminster - The City of Progress, Built on Pride
- Aurora
- Gateway to the Rockies
- A Big City with a Small Town Flavor
- Boulder - The People's Republic of Boulder
- Colorado Springs
- The Springs
- Pikes Peak's City
- Denver
- Gateway to the Rockies
- The Mile-High City
- Paris on the Platte
- Queen City of the Plains
- Fort Collins - The Choice City
- Grand Junction|
- World's Dumbest Town
- Ouray
- Gem of the Rockies
- Jeep Capital of the World
- The Switzerland of America
- Pueblo - Home of Heroes
- Steamboat Springs - Ski Town USA
- Bridgeport - Park City
- Bristol - Mum City
- Danbury - Hat City
- Hartford
- Insurance Capitol of the World
- New England's Rising Star
- New Haven - Elm City
- New Britain
- Beehive City
- Hardware City (reference to Stanley Works)
- Norwalk - Constitution City
- Waterbury - Brass City
- Stamford
- The City that Works
- Lock City (a reference to the now-defunct Yale & Towne lock factory)
- Dover - The State Capital since 1777
- Apopka - Indoor Foliage Capital of the World
- Bartow
- The City of Oaks
- The City of Oaks and Azaleas
- Capital of Imperial Polk County
- DeLand - The Athens of Florida
- Eustis - The City of Bright Tomorrows
- Fort Lauderdale - Venice of America
- Fort Myers
- The City of Palms
- Gulf Coast Paradise
- Gainesville - Hogtown
- Hialeah - City of Progress
- Jacksonville - The Bold New City of the South,Murder capital of Florida
- Key West
- Southernmost City
- Conch Republic
- Lake Mary - City of Lakes
- Melbourne
- The Harbor City
- The Midway City
- Miami
- The American Riviera
- The Sixth Borough (in reference to New York City)
- Gateway to the Americas
- Cocaine Capital of America
- Ocoee - The Center of Good Living
- Orlando - The City Beautiful, O-Town
- Panama City Beach - The World's Most Beautiful Beaches
- Pensacola
- City of Five Flags
- Just Do It
- St. Petersburg - Always in Season
- The Burg
- Tallahassee - The Capital City
- Tampa
- Cigar City
- America's Next Greatest City
- Wauchula - The Cucumber Capital of the World
- West Palm Beach
- The W.P.B.
- The Dub City
- Winter Park - City of Culture and Heritage
- Albany
- The Artesian City
- Good Life City
- Pecan Capital of the World
- Athens- The Classic City
- Atlanta
- Blue Collar Town (As Seen On Comedy Central's Blue Collar Comedy Which Stars Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall And Larry The Cable Guy
- The Athens of the South
- ATL
- The Big Peach
- The City Too Busy to Hate
- The City In The Forest
- Dogwood City
- Gate City of the South
- World's Next Great International City
- Augusta
- The Garden City
- Home of the Masters
- Claxton - Fruitcake Capital of the World
- Dalton - Carpet Capital of the World
- Lilburn - The City of Champions
- Waynesboro - The Bird Dog Capital of the World
- Honolulu - Sheltered Bay
- Boise - The City of Trees
- Pocatello - U. S. Smile Capitol
- Preston - Napoleon Dynamite Town or City
- Rigby - Birthplace of Television
- Calumet City - Cal City
- Chicago
- City of Big Shoulders
- Hog Butcher of the World
- Second City
- The "I Will" City
- Pride of the Rustbelt
- City in a Garden
- The City That Works Together
- Gem of the Prairie
- Railroad Center of America
- Slaughterhouse of the World
- Windy City
- DeKalb - Barb City (after the invention of barbed wire)
- Galena - The City That Time Forgot
- Joliet - The City of Champions
- Metropolis - Hometown of Superman
- Nauvoo - The Beautiful
- Morton - Pumpkin Capital of the World
- Churubusco - Turtle Town, U.S.A.
- Columbus - Athens of the Prairie
- Evansville - River City
- Fort Wayne - Summit City
- Gary
- City of the Century
- City of Vision
- Steel City
- Gary and Hammond - "the Region" (encompasses most of Lake County, Indiana adjacent to Chicago)
- Indianapolis
- Amateur Sports Capital of the World
- Circle City
- Naptown
- Railroad City
- Kokomo - City of Firsts
- Lafayette - Star City
- Muncie - Middletown (after Middletown, a pioneering sociological study conducted there)
- Warsaw - Orthopedic Capital of The World
- Burlington - The Loader/Backhoe Capital of the World
- Cedar Rapids - The City of Five Seasons
- Davenport/Bettendorf, Iowa / Moline/East Moline/Rock Island, Illinois - The Quad Cities
- Sumner - City With a Future
- Kansas City - KCK [9]
- Lansing - City With a Future
- Manhattan - The Little Apple [10]
- Topeka - To the Stars with Difficulty
- Wichita
- Air Capital
- Emerald City
- Lexington - Horse Capital of the World
- Lextown
- Horse Capital of the Worl
- 859
- The Hardest City in Kentucky
- Louisville
- City of Beautiful Churches
- Derby City
- Falls City
- Gateway to the South
- Owensboro - Barbeque Capital of Kentucky
- Paducah - Quilt City
- Pikeville - The City That Moves Mountians
- New Orleans
- The Big Easy
- The City That Care Forgot
- The Crescent City
- The Queen City of the Mississippi
- Nawlins
- NOLA
- Bangor - The Queen City of the East
- Bath - The City of Ships
- Lewiston & Auburn
- Cities of the Androscoggin
- L-A
- Portland
- Forest City
- Hill City
- Waterville
- Elm City
- The Heart of the Kennebec
- Annapolis
- Crabtown
- Naptown
- The Sailing Capital of the World
- Baltimore
- Balmo or Balmer -- imitations of the local pronunciation of Baltimore
- Bodymore - Referencing Baltimore's high murder rate
- Charm City
- Mob Town
- Monument City
- The City That Reads
- Columbia - The Next America
- Cumberland - Queen City
- Gaithersburg - Log Town
- Hagerstown - Hub City
- Ocean City - The White Marlin Capital
- Salisbury - The Crossroads of Delmarva
- Boston
- Athens of America
- Beantown
- The City of Champions
- The City of Kind Hearts
- The Cradle of Liberty
- The Hub -- short for hub of the universe (Oliver Wendel Holmes, Jr.)
- Purity City
- Brockton - The City of Champions
- Fall River
- Scholarship City
- The Spindle City
- The City of Hills, Mills and Pork Pies
- Fall Reev
- Franklin - The Source
- Leominster - Pioneer Plastic City. (Note: it is where the original plastic pink lawn flamingos were first manufactured)
- Lynn
- Methuen - The City Known as the Town
- New Bedford
- The Whaling City
- New Beige
- Rockport - The Mendocino of the East
- Salem
- City of Witches
- The Witch City
- Somerville - Slummaville, Scummaville
- Springfield - Birthplace of Basketball
- Taunton
- The Silver City
- The Christmas City
- City of Firsts
- Waltham - Watch City
- Westfield - The Whip City
- Worcester - Wormtown (originally applied to the local music scene)
- Provincetown - P'Town
- Albion - The Smart City
- Ann Arbor
- A-Squared
- Tree Town
- Battle Creek - Cereal City
- Benton Harbor - BeeTown (because of the large population of bees and wasps)
- Cadillac
- City on the Lakes
- Chestnut Town
- Caddy
- Charlevoix - Charlevoix the Beuatiful
- Detroit
- The City of Champions
- The Motor City
- Motown
- Det-Riot
- The City That Put The World on Wheels
- Hitsville USA
- The Paris of the Midwest
- Daytwah (French pronunciation of Detroit)
- D-Town
- Murder Capital
- The Renaissance City
- The City on the Strait
- The D
- The Ambassador City (named after the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Detroit to Windsor, Ontario)
- Hockeytown
- America's Most Canadian City
- Amityville
- Arsenal of Democracy
- The 313
- Rock City
- East Lansing
- EL
- Flint
- Birthplace of Michael Moore
- Vehicle City
- Flint Town
- That 810
- Gladstone
- The Pet Casket Capital of the World
- Grand Rapids
- Furniture City
- Second City of Michigan
- The Valley City
- G Rap
- Harrison Twp
- Boattown USA
- The Twip
- Jackson - Birthplace of the Republican Party
- Jack Town
- Kalamazoo
- Celery City
- Kazoo (often spelled in print as "K'zoo")
- Lansing
- L-town
- L-A (Lansing Area)
- That 517
- Capitol City
- Marquette - Superior City
- Mt. Clemens - The Clem
- Bath City
- Newberry - Moose Capital of Michigan
- Niles - The City of Four Flags
- Parchment - The Paper City
- Sault Ste. Marie - The Soo
- Saginaw
- Sag Nasty
- Nastyville
- Grimey City, USA
- Sturgis - Curtain Rod Capital of the World
- Taylor - Taylor-tucky
- Traverse City
- TC
- Cherry Capital of the World
- Ypsilanti
- Ypsi
- Ypsitucky
- Bemidji
- Home of Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox
- Curling Capital of the United States
- Brainerd - Home of Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox
- Fredenberg - A Pleasant Blend of Progress and Tradition
- International Falls - The Icebox of the United States
- Mankato - City With a Future
- Minneapolis
- Mill City
- The Minni Apple
- The Minneapp
- Moneyapolis
- Murderapolis -- during the early 1990s
- The City of Lakes
- Minnea-no-place
- Flour City (19th Century early 20th)
- The Twin Cities (with St. Paul)
- Monett - City With a Future
- Mountain Iron - Taconite Capital of the World
- New Ulm - The City of Charm and Tradition
- St. Paul - The Twin Cities (with Minneapolis)
- Duluth, Minnesota
- The Zenith City
- The Twin Ports (with Superior, Wisconsin)
- Warroad, Minnesota
- Hockey Town USA
- Cape Girardeau - The Rose City
- Carthage - The Maple Leaf City
- Caruthersville - Birthplace of the Bootheel
- Chadwick - The Copperhead Capital of the World
- Kansas City
- City of Fountains
- K.C.
- Valentine City
- Cowtown
- Heart of America
- KCMO
- BBQ Capital of the World
- Marionville - Home of the White Squirrels
- Neosho
- The Flower Box City
- City of Springs
- Sedalia - The Queen City of the Prairie
- St. Louis
- City With a Future
- The Gateway City
- Gateway to the West
- St. Louie (strongly discouraged in most contexts)
- The "Lou"
- The Mound City
- S.T.L.
- Springfield
- Queen City of the Ozarks
- Birthplace of Route 66
- Webb City - City of Flags
- Billings
- Magic City
- City Beneath the Rims
- Star of the Big Sky Country
- Capitol of the Midland Empire
- Bozeman
- The Bozone
- Bozangeles
- Butte
- Copper City
- Mining City
- Great Falls - Electric City
- Helena - The Queen City
- Livingston - Windy City
- Missoula
- Garden City
- The Zoo
- Omaha
- The Big 'O'
- Oh-ma-HAW!
- Fort Calhoun - Atomic City
- Grand Island - G.I.
- Hastings - Queen City of the Plains
- Lincoln - Chain-linc
- Lincoln Log
- Las Vegas
- America's Playground
- Vegas
- City of Lights
- Entertainment Capital of the World
- Sin City
- Lost Wages
- Glitter Gulch
- The City That Never Sleeps
- Reno
- The Biggest Little City in the World
- Skeeno -- among punk rock fans
- Winnemucca - City of Paved Streets
- Atlantic City
- AC
- America's Playground
- Cranford
- C-Town
- Crane's Ford
- Little Italy
- Small Town America
- Dover
- Doverico
- Doversity
- East Orange - Illtown -- popular among hip hop fans
- Elizabeth - Eastwick
- Hoboken
- The Mile Square City
- Birthplace of Frank Sinatra
- Birthplace of Baseball
- No-Jokin' Hoboken
- Jersey City
- Chilltown -- popular among hip hop fans
- Dirty Shitty
- The JC
- The Big JC
- Wall Street West
- The Sixth Borough
- Keansburg
- Kingstown
- Maplewood - Birthplace of Ultimate
- Morristown
- MoTown
- New Brunswick
- Hub City
- Health Care City
- Gunswick
- New Vernon
- Richville
- Newark
- Brick City
- Nork - imitations of the local pronunciation of Newark
- EWR
- Ocean City
- OC
- America's Greatest Family Resort
- Overdale
- Overload!
- O.D.
- Oh-daley
- Paterson
- P-Town
- Silk City
- Pleasantville - P'ville
- Seaside Heights - Sleaze side
- Berlin - The City That Trees Built
- Keene - Elm City
- Manchester
- ManchVegas
- Queen City
- Manchganistan
- Nashua
- Gate City
- Nausea
- Portsmouth - Port City
- Rochester - Lilac City
- Salem - Gateway to New Hampshire
- Somersworth - Scummersworth
- Albuquerque
- The Duke City
- The Wrong Turn City (from Bugs Bunny never taking that left turn)
- Gallup - Drunk-Driving Capital of America
- Santa Fe - The City Different
- Santa Rosa - The Scuba Capital of New Mexico
- Shiprock - Shitrock
- Albany
- Smallbany
- Tech Valley
- Amsterdam
- The Carpet City
- Amsterico
- Binghamton
- Parlor City
- Carousel Capital of the World
- Bronx
- Boogie Down
- BX
- Brooklyn
- The City of Churches
- The City of Trees
- BK
- Brooknah
- Brooknam
- Bucktown
- Crooklyn
- Medina
- The planet
- Buffalo
- B-Lo
- Bison City
- The City of Good Neighbors
- The Nickel City
- The Queen City (of the Great Lakes)
- Cooperstown - Birthplace of baseball
- Cortland - The Crown City
- Florida - The Onion Capital of the World
- Fulton - City With a Future
- Geneva - Lake Trout Capital of the World
- Hammondsport - Cradle of Aviation
- Lockport, New York - Lock City
- New Rochelle - New Rock City
- New York City
- The Big Apple
- The Concrete Jungle
- The Capital of the World
- The First Capital of America
- The Unofficial Capital of America
- The City
- The City of Dreams
- The City So Nice, They Named It Twice
- The City That Never Sleeps
- Empire City
- Media Capital of the World
- Gotham City
- The Melting Pot
- N.Y.C.
- New Rome
- Babylon
- The World's Second Home
- Zoo York
- Niagara Falls - Cataract City
- North Tonawanda - Lumber City
- Oneonta
- City in the Hills
- City of Clouds
- Queens
- School of Hard Knocks
- Q Boro
- Rochester
- The Flour City
- The Flower City
- Crochester
- Kodak City
- Ra-Cha-Cha
- The R-O-C
- The Rock
- Snapshot City
- Rottenfester
- Crapchester
- Rye - Border Town
- Saratoga Springs
- The Spa City
- Toga (slang term, less used)
- Schenectady
- The Electric City
- The City That Lights And Hauls The World
- Staten Island
- Shaolin
- The Forgotten Borough
- Home of The Dump
- Syracuse
- Salt City
- Central City
- The 'Cuse
- Typewriter City
- City of Bridges
- Sorrycuse
- Zerocuse
- Troy - The Collar City
- Williston Park
- Willy P
- Dub Park
- Yonkers
- City of Gracious Living
- Albemarle - The A-L-B
- A-town
- Albehole
- Asheville - Ashe Vegas
- Burlington - Burlywood
- Cape Hatteras - The Graveyard of the Atlantic
- Carrboro - the Paris of the Piedmont
- Chapel Hill - the Southern Part of Heaven
- The Thrill
- Charlotte
- Hornet's Nest (From the Revolutionary War, during a series of skirmishes between British troops and feisty Charlotteans the village earned the lasting nickname "Hornets Nest" from a frustrated Lord General Charles Cornwallis)
- Queen City
- The QC
- Metrolina
- Durham
- the hilly city
Bull City
- City of Medicine
- Dirty D-Town
- Fayetteville - Fayettenam
- Gastonia, North Carolina
- The Gas House
- Greensboro - Gate City
- Greenville - G-Vegas
- Hendersonville - Hendo
- Jacksonville - Actionville
- Raleigh
- City of Oaks
- Raleighwood
- Ruff Raleigh (Double R)
- Statesville, North Carolina
- Statesvegas
- The 'Ville
- Wilmington
- The Port City
- The River City
- Grand Forks and East Grand Forks, Minnesota - The Grand Cities
- Hoople - Tater Town
- Minot - The Magic City
- Akron
- The Rubber Capital of the World
- Rubber City
- Lil' A-town
- Athens
- A-town
- Athenstucky (derisive)
- Riot City (reference to frequent Halloween rampages by Ohio University students)
- Bryan
- The Fountain City
- Canton
- Hall of Fame City
- Birthplace of Football
- FameTown
- Chillicothe
- Chillicompton
- Chillitucky
- Cincinnati
- The Queen City
- The Queen of the West
- The Blue Chip City
- The City of Seven Hills
- Cincinnata
- Zinzinnati
- Cin-City
- Cincy (or Cinci)
- Cinti
- The 'Nati
- Rohanati
- The City of Seven Rohans
- Porkopolis (derisive)
- Cleveland
- The Forest City
- C-Town
- The New American City
- America's North Coast
- The Best Location in the Nation
- The City of Bridges
- Sports Capital of Ohio
- Metropolis of the Western Reserve
- Prodigy of the Western Reserve
- The Heart of New Connecticut
- Mistake by the Lake (derisive)
- The Comeback City
- Cleveland Heights
- City for a Lifetime
- Columbus
- The Arch City
- The Discovery City
- The Crossroads of Ohio
- C-Bus
- Dayton
- Gem City
- Birthplace of Aviation
- East Cleveland
- E.C.
- Euclid
- The Lakefront City
- Mansfield
- The Heart of Ohio
- Carousel Capital of Ohio
- Marysville
- The Ville
- Massillon
- City With a Future
- Norwood
- The Road City
- Da Wood
- N-Wood
- Norwoodia
- Parma
- Food Valley
- P-Town
- Shaker Heights
- The Garden City
- Springfield
- The Field
- Toledo
- The Glass City
- Detroit's Right Hand
- Corn City
- T-Town
- Troy, Ohio
- T-Roy
- Youngstown
- Y-Town
- Yo. (often used in mailing addresses)
- Murdertown/Murder City (reference to the city's high homicide rate during the 60s)
- Zanesville
- Clay City
- Norman - Weather Capital of the World
- Oklahoma City
- The OC
- The Renaissance City
- The City
- OKC
- Oke City
- Tornado City
- Tulsa
- Oil Capital of the World
- America's Most Beautiful City
- Green Country
- T-Town
- Art-Deco Capital of the USA
- Tulsa Area
- Claremore - Home of Will Rogers
- Jenks - Antique Capital of Oklahoma
- Bartlesville - The Town That Frank Lloyd Wright Built
- Albany - Home of the Timber Carnival
- Bandon - Storm Capital of the World
- Coos Bay - City With a Future
- Cornelius - Oregon's Family Town
- Grants Pass
- GP
- Grass Pants
- Grant's Ass
- Halsey - Grass Seed Capital of the World
- Hillsboro - Hillsburrito
- Hood River - Windsurfing Capital of the World
- Keizer - Iris Capital of the World
- Milton-Freewater
- The Home of Low-Cost Utilities
- Muddy Frogwater Country
- Pendelton - The Real West
- Portland
- Bridgetown
- City of Roses
- Little Beirut
- PDX
- P-Town
- Rip City
- River City
- Stumptown
- Roseburg
- Land of Umpqua
- Timber Capital of the West
- Rogue Valley - Pear Capital of the World
- Salem - The Cherry City
- The Dalles
- Cherry City
- The End of the Oregon Trail
- The Dirty
- TD
- Allentown - Cement City
- Bethel Park - Municipality of Champions
- Bethlehem - Christmas City
- Carbondale - Pioneer City
- Chalfont - Da Font
- Doylestown - D-Town
- Erie - The Gem
- Hanover
- The Black Rose Community
- The Snack Capital of the World
- Snack Town
- Hershey - Chocolate Town, USA
- Horsham Township - Horsham
- Johnstown - J-Town, The Friendly City, Flood City
- Lancaster - Red Rose City (In the War of the Roses, the red rose was the symbol of the House of Lancaster)
- Lansdale - Ldale, lil philly
- New Oxford - The Antique Capital of the World
- Philadelphia
- City of Brotherly Love
- Philly
- Quaker City
- City of Brotherly Shove
- Philthadelphia
- Birthplace of America
- The 215 (reference to area code)
- Illadelph
- Killadelphia
- crack city
- Pretty Philly
- Dope Capital
- Nitrous capital
- Pittsburgh
- Forks of the Ohio (Before 1750)
- Fort Pitt (1750-1795)
- Gateway to the West (1796-1851)
- Smoky City (1852-1876)
- Steel City (1876-1945)
- Renaissance City (1945-present)
- The 'Burgh
- City of Bridges
- City of Champions
- Iron City
- The Golden Triangle (downtown)
- Three Rivers
- Blitzburgh
- Someplace Special (former marketing slogan)
- Where it all comes together (current marketing slogan)
- Workshop to the World
- Arsenal of Democracy
- Arsenal of Liberty
- Arsenal of Freedom
- Robo-burgh
- City of Stairways
- The Birmingham of America
- The San Francisco of the East
- The Paris of Appalachia
- The Little Apple
- Scranton - The Electric City
- Spring Grove - Paper Town
- State College - Happy Valley
- York
- White Rose City (In the War of the Roses, the white rose was the symbol of the House of York)
- Barbell City
- Wilkes-Barre - Diamond City
- Bristol
- America's Most Patriotic Town
- Breesht
- Newport - The City by the Sea
- Providence
- Beehive of Industry
- Downcity (Downtown area)
- PVD (airport code for T.F. Green Airport)
- Woonsocket - A City on the Move
- Anderson - The Electric City
- Batesburg-Leesville - Twin City
- Blacksburg - The Iron City
- Charleston
- The Holy City
- Palmetto City
- The Chuck
- Chucktown
- The Marina City
- Port City
- Charlio
- The Yo
- Columbia
- Cola
- The Metro
- Capital City
- Florence
- The Magic City
- Flo-Town
- Greenville
- G-Ville
- G-Vegas
- The Ville
- Textile Capital of the World
- Greenwood
- The Emerald City
- Myrtle Beach
- Sin City
- Sun City
- Spartanburg
- The Hub City
- Sparkle City
- Brookings - Brook-Brook, Brookville, Brooktown
- Leola - Rhubarb Capital of the World
- Madison - Madtown
- Sioux Falls - SuFu, Soo Foo
- Vermillion (Correct spelling) - Vermin
- Bristol - Food City - Thunder Valley - Birthplace of Country Music
- Chattanooga
- Dynamo of Dixie
- The Scenic City
- Chatt Town
- Chattavegas
- Clarksville
- The Queen City
- ClarksVegas
- Crunksville
- C-Ville
- The Ville
- Cookeville
- Hub City
- Cookevegas
- Gleason
- Tater Town USA
- TaterTown
- Ball Clay Capital of the World
- Knoxville
- The Marble City
- K-Town
- The Streaking Capital of the World
- Knox Vegas
- Memphis
- Birthplace of the Blues
- The River City
- Bluff City
- M-Town
- Memphrica (also spelled Memfrica)
- Murder Town
- Nashville
- The Athens of the South
- Music City
- The Protestant Vatican
- Blastville
- Ca$hville
- The Ville
- NashVegas
- Oak Ridge
- The Secret City
- The Atomic City
- Alpine - Gateway to the Big Bend
- Amarillo - The Yellow Rose of Texas (amarillo is Spanish for yellow)
- Anson - Crossroads of West Texas
- Austin -
- Live Music Capital of the World
- Silicon Hills
- Commerce - Bois d'arc Capital of the World
- Corpus Christi
- Sparkling City by the Sea
- City of Beautiful Women (because of the numerous beauty queens from the city such as Farrah Fawcett, Eva Longoria, Lisa Dergan, Rachel Sterling)
- Dallas
- Dope-Town
- America's Favorite City
- Metroplex (with Fort Worth)
- Denton
- Little D (Texas band Fishboy produced a Denton tribute album with this title)
- Duncanville - The City of Champions
- El Paso
- EP
- Sun City, Texas
- The City With a Legend
- Hell Paso
- Fort Worth
- Cowtown
- Murder Worth
- Funky Town
- Panther City
- Where the West Begins
- Kelly Clarkson City
- American Idol City
- Metroplex (with Dallas)
- Fort Hancock - The Dump
- Glen Rose - Dinosaur Capital of Texas
- Hereford - The Town without a Toothache
- Houston
- Bayou City
- Clutch City - in response to Chronicle headline "Choke City" [11]
- Codeineville
- The Cough Syrup Capital of the World
- H-Town
- Magnolia City
- Oil capital of the world, Energy capital of the World - headquarters to many energy companies such as Baker Hughes, CenterPoint Energy, Citgo, ConocoPhillips, Dynegy, El Paso Corporation, Marathon Oil Corporation, Halliburton, Reliant Energy, Smith International
- Space City - "Houston" one of the first words uttered on the moon by Neil Armstrong to NASA (Actually it was either "Contact Light" by Aldrin when the 67 inch dangling probes first touched the surface or "Okay" by Armstrong. See http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/frame.html)
- Capital of the Sunbelt
- Screwston- Due to the screwed and chopped music.
- Huntsville
- Prison City of Texas - There is a Prison Museum of Huntsville
- Execution Capital of the World
- Death Penalty City
- The Big H
- Lubbock
- The Hub of the Plains
- The Hub City
- LBK
- Marshall
- Athens of Texas
- City of Seven Flags
- Gateway to Texas
- Pottery Capital of the World
- Midlothian - Cement Capital of Texas - M-Town
- Missouri City — Misery City
- San Antonio
- Alamo City
- Mission City
- River City
- SA Town
- San Antone
- San Anto
- Sugar Land
- Sweet Land of Sugar
- The next Fort Worth
- New Houston
- Tyler
- City of Roses
- Rose Capital of the World
- Wichita Falls
- The City that Faith Built
- Whiskey-ta Falls
- Cottonwood Heights
- City between the Canyons
- Salt Lake City
- Crossroads of the West
- Salt City
- Lake Town
- The S.L.C
- Honkeytown-Due to the tiny amount of ethnic peoples.
- Tremonton
- City With a Future
- Logan
- Dairy Capital of the Intermountain West
- Green River
- The World's Watermelon Capital
- Barre - Granite Capital of the World
- Burlington
- The Queen City
- The People's Republic of Burlington (used when Bernie Sanders was mayor)
- Blacksburg - Bleaksburg
- Bowling Green
- B.F.G. (similar to "B.F.E.")
- Boring Green
- Charlottesville - C-ville
- Chesapeake - The 'Peake
- Fredericksburg
- F-burg
- Fredrock
- Fred Vegas
- The Fred
- Lexington
- Lex Vegas
- Metro-Lex
- Lynchburg
- Lunchburg
- The Hill City
- Newport News - Bad News
- Petersburg - Cockade City
- Portsmouth - P-Town
- Norfolk - Naughty by Norfolk
- Richmond
- River City
- RVA
- The 804
- Capitol City/Cap City
- The City of Seven Hills
- Capital of the Confederacy
- Roanoke - The Star City
- The Magic City
- Springfield - The Field, S-Field (or any phonetic equivalent)
- Virginia Beach - VA Beach (pronounced "vah-beach")
- Williamsburg - The 'Burg (or any phonetic equivalent)
- Bickleton - Bluebird Capital of the World
- Redmond
- Bicycle Capital of the Northwest
- Mordor
- Nerdburg
- Seattle
- Emerald City -- official since 1982
- Jet City
- Rainy City
- Sea-Town
- Hedgehog City (in reference to the namesake of the basketball team in relations to the Sega video game, and the numerous hedgehogs found in the city).
- Queen City (of the Pacific Northwest) -- official from 1869-1982
- Spokane
- Lilac City
- The Inland Empire
- Spokavegas
- Spokanistan
- Spokaloo
- Spokorn
- Spoklahoma
- Spokompton
- The Can
- Skybridge City
- The biggest little city in the west
- Tacoma
- City of Destiny
- Tackyoma
- America's #1 Wired City
- Toppenish
- Where The West Lives On
- City of Murals
- City of Murals and Museums
- Vancouver, Washington
- The Couve
- Walla Walla
- The City That Was So Nice They Named It Twice
- Walla2
- Wallyworld
- Wenatchee - Apple Capital of the World
- Yakima - The Palm Springs of Washington
- Charleston - Chemicalville
- Fairmont - The Friendly City
- Huntington - River City
- Morgantown - Motown, Morganhole
- Parkersburg - Parkingburg
- Wheeling - Nail City
- Hundred - Old Hundred
- Baraboo — Circus City of the World
- Boulder Junction — Musky Capital of the World (copyrighted nickname)
- Burlington — Chocolate City, USA
- Cuba City — The City of Presidents
- Eagle River — The Snowmobile Capital of the World
- Fond du Lac — FDL, Fondy
- Green Bay — Titletown USA
- Janesville — Bower City; the City of Parks
- Madison
- Four Lake City
- Mad City
- Madtown
- Eighty Square Miles Surrounded by Reality
- Manitowoc — Manty
- Milwaukee
- Cream City
- Brew City
- Brew Town
- City of Festivals
- City of Steeples
See also: Wisconsin Community Slogans (PDF)
- New Holstein — Cowtown
- Ripon — Birthplace of the Republican Party
- Seymour — Home of the Hamburger
- Stockbridge — The Sturgeon Capital of the World
- Superior — Soup Town
- Two Rivers
- Home of the Ice Cream Sundae
- West Allis -- Stallis
- Cody - Rodeo Capital of the World
- Douglas - Home of the Jackalope
- Laramie - Gem City
- Cheyenne - The Magic City of the Plains
- Washington DC
- Capital City
- DC
- The District
- Our Nation's Capital
- Murder Capital of America (Late 80's - Early 90's)
- Chocolate City
Cities in Puerto Rico
- Aibonito
- The cold city
- City of flowers
- Bayamón - City of the cowboys
- Caguas - Country city
- Carolina - Giant city
- Cayey - City of the bulls
- Fajardo - Hardface city
- Humacao - The gray city
- Guayama - Witch city
- Lares - The Athens of Puerto Rico
- Mayagüez - The Sultan of the West
- Ponce
- City of the lions
- The senior city
- Quebradillas - City of the pirates
External links
- a list of American and a few Canadian nicknames
- US cities list