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  2. List of city nicknames in California - Wikipedia

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    City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its nickname; promote civic pride; and build community unity. [1] Nicknames and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth" [2] are also believed to have economic value. [1]

  3. List of city nicknames in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Category:Lists of city nicknames by U.S. state - Wikipedia

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    List of city nicknames in California; List of city nicknames in Colorado; List of city nicknames in Connecticut; D. List of city nicknames in Delaware; F.

  5. Nicknames of San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    The City by the Bay – refers to San Francisco Bay [12] The City of Love – as seen in Cool, Gray City of Love by Gary Kamiya [13] and in the lyrics of "San Francisco" by German eurodance group Cascada [14] The City that Knows How [15] The Golden City – in reference to the California Gold Rush and golden brown grass on hillsides in the dry ...

  6. What are the origins of some famous city nicknames? - AOL

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    Many city nicknames roll off the tongue like it's second nature. New York City is, of course, "the Big Apple." Paris is the "City of Love." Los Angeles is the "City of Angels." They're a given at this

  7. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    A city in Iran that if the name is anything to go by, is probably going to get robbed at some point. Banning: A city in California where nothing remains legal for more than 15 minutes. Banzai: A place in China - whose province was only blockaded by the IJN during the war, despite their ships' sailors being the ones who'd more likely shout ...

  8. List of municipalities in California - Wikipedia

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    One, San Francisco, is a consolidated city-county. California law makes no distinction between "city" and "town", and municipalities may use either term in their official names. [6] They can be organized as either a charter municipality, governed by its own charter, or a general-law municipality (or "code city"), governed by state statute. [7]

  9. Talk:List of city nicknames in California - Wikipedia

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    2 /* Added "San Pancho" to list of nicknames for San Francisco */ 1 comment. 3 External links modified. ... Talk: List of city nicknames in California. Add languages.