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"The Left Coast" – a name shared with the West Coast of the United States, referring to the region notably leaning politically left. [6]"British California" – a play on the initials of the province, referring to its similarities with California in terms of culture, geography (particularly in the Lower Mainland), politics, and demographics.
This is a list of nicknames and slogans of cities in Canada. Many Canadian cities and communities are known by various aliases , slogans , sobriquets , and other nicknames to the general population at either the local, regional, national, or international scales, often due to marketing campaigns and widespread usage in the media.
*Name used by the United States Board on Geographic Names from 1891 to 1911. The name used by the city in its official documents and on its seal was unchanged. The name used by the city in its official documents and on its seal was unchanged.
Previously Nfld. and T.-N. for Newfoundland before the change of name of the province occurred on December 6, 2001. [3] T.-N. is short for Terre-Neuve. T.-N.-L. is short for Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador. NF was the two-letter abbreviation used before the province's name changed to Newfoundland and Labrador.
Archivist Barbara Wilson states: "Many Berliners, including Mayor J. E. Hett, saw no real purpose in changing Berlin's name, but to oppose the change-the-name movement actively in February [1916] would have led to more charges of disloyalty and pro-Germanism." [70] The Berlin Telegraph supported the name change while the Berlin News Record opposed.
Aside from the name rebranding, the Arc Ontario also announced that it had implemented the largest wage increase in the company's history, having first taken effect on Sept. 9 of last year.
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The second was usually the name of the godfather or godmother, while the third and last given name was the name used in everyday situations. [ citation needed ] Thus, a child prenamed Joseph Bruno Jean on his birth or baptismal certificate would indicate the baby was a boy, the godfather's first name was Bruno and that the child would be called ...