Nickname

A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or thing's real name (for example, Tom is short for Thomas). As a concept, it is distinct from both pseudonym and stage name, although there may be overlap in these concepts.

Nicknames of geographical places

Cities

See also: list of city nicknames for a more comprehensive list.

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• The Big Sweet Grass Basket, The Palmetto City, The Holy City, The Big C-H-S, The Marina City & Chucktown - Charleston, South Carolina
• Charm City - Baltimore, Maryland
• The Big Apple - New York, New York
• "The Windy City", "Second City", "City of Big Shoulders", and "Hog-Butcher To The World" - Chicago, Illinois. (These last two are from the poem by Carl Sandburg; see also Nicknames for Chicago.)
• The Big Easy - New Orleans, Louisiana
• Space City, Bayou City, Oil Capital of the World - Houston, Texas
• Hotlanta - Atlanta, Georgia
• The Circle City - Indianapolis, Indiana
• Bluff City, City of Churches - Memphis, Tennessee
• Mill City, City of Lakes - Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Motor City - Detroit, Michigan
• Music City - Nashville, Tennessee
• The Big Smoke - London, United Kingdom, also Toronto, Canada
• "Hogtown", "T-Dot"; and Centre of the Universe - Toronto, Canada, often used negatively by Canadians who live outside of Toronto due to the fact that the city is one of the financial and cultural hubs of Canada and that there is a perceived bias towards Toronto by the Canadian media and its Prime Minister
• Beantown - Boston, Massachusetts
• City of Angels - Los Angeles, California
• Pearl of the Orient - Hong Kong
• City of Brotherly Love - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• The Emerald City - Seattle, Washington
• C-Town - Cleveland, Ohio
• Harbour City Sydney, Australia
• Winterpeg - Winnipeg, Canada Due to the city's extremely cold weather
• J-Ville - Jacksonville, Florida

Countries

• The Great White North - Canada
• The Land Down Under - Australia
• The Fine Country - Singapore - Often in a sarcastic or satirical manner, as to playfully describe the law enforcement of Singapore as corruption-free and highly efficient; however, the island nation is also widely accepted has been imposing high fines to minor offences such as littering with such high effienciency that granted such nick name to the nation.
• The Land of the Rising Sun - Japan
• Da Lu (mainland - lit. 'Big Land') - mainland China

Regions

• The Wet Coast - British Columbia, Canada; a play on "The West Coast" because that area of the country rains a lot
• The Left Coast - Washington, Oregon, and California, United States; due to their location in the country and general support of "the left" (liberal political ideology).
• Bridge of the World, Heart of the Universe (Spanish: Puente del Mundo, Corazón del Universo) - Republic of Panama; due to the convergence of the principal trade routes through its Panama Canal