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Adjectives ending -ish can be used as collective demonyms (e.g. the English, the Cornish). So can those ending in -ch / -tch (e.g. the French, the Dutch) provided they are pronounced with a 'ch' /tʃ/ sound (e.g. the adjective Czech does not qualify as its -ch is pronounced /k/).
Adjectives ending -ish can be used as collective demonyms (e.g. the English, the Cornish). So can those ending in -ch / -tch (e.g. the French, the Dutch) provided they are pronounced with a 'ch' sound (e.g., the adjective Czech does not qualify). Where an adjective is a link, the link is to the language or dialect of the same name.
Some nicknames are positive, while others are derisive, disparaging or derogatory. City nicknames can help establish a civic identity, promote civic pride, build civic unity, market the community, and attract residents and businesses. [1] They are also believed to have economic value, though their economic value is difficult to measure. [1]
Lene Town (used in hip-hop culture) [5] Alpine – Gateway to the Big Bend [6] Amarillo- The Big Brown Flat, [citation needed] Bomb City (due to proximity to the Pantex facility), [citation needed] Yellow City [citation needed] Anahuac – Alligator Capital of Texas [7] [8] Anthony – Leap Year Capital of the World (shared with Anthony, New ...
Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Great Barrier Reef, Australia is one of the most visited places of diving tourists. The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey. Machu Picchu in Cusco, Peru, one of the most visited destinations in South America.
This is a list of the most common U.S. place names (cities, towns, villages, boroughs and census-designated places [CDP]), with the number of times that name occurs (in parentheses). [1]
"Chicago of the South" "Convention City of Dixie Land" An 1859 industrial journal was among the first to note nicknames for Atlanta, Georgia: [1]. An orator claimed for it the signification of "a city among the hills" while a writer has declared that it was the opposite of "rus in urbe" ("country in the city") and proclaimed it "'the city in the woods".
The Minute Man Statue on the Green in Lexington, Massachusetts commemorates the events that earned the town its sobriquet of The Birthplace of American Liberty. Ashland - Clock Town; Belmont – Town of Homes [citation needed] Cambridge – The People's Republic of Cambridge [41] Framingham – The Dirty Ham or The Ham [citation needed]