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(Mexico) A person from Mexico City. Residents of the city widely use Chilango to refer to themselves, but consider the term's use by anyone else to be derogatory. Defeño may be used in either a positive or negative sense. Capitalino is generally accepted as a neutral demonym, although it can also be used negatively. [12] Cockney
Prior to 2011, the United States Board on Geographic Names had received repeated complaints from one individual petitioning to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. [14] The name Gulf of America had also been used ironically, by comedian Stephen Colbert in 2010 as well as in a satirical 2012 bill by Mississippi lawmaker Steve ...
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
The former secretary of state, 77, was caught stifling a laugh when Trump, 78, declared moments taking the oath on Jan. 20 that as president, he will prioritize changing the name of the Gulf of ...
The US officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the Alaskan peak Denali, the tallest mountain in North America, to Mount McKinley, Trump’s team said last week.
It's a comment from president-elect Donald Trump that caught many people off guard. "We're going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America," he said.
Reno, Nevada proudly displays its nickname as "The Biggest Little City in the World" on a large sign above a downtown street.. This partial list of city nicknames in the United States compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards ...
The Gulf of Mexico has been identified by several names through its history, with "Golfo de Mexico" first appearing on maps in the mid-16th century when Spain occupied the areas now known as Cuba ...