Although almost every city of the world has a nickname, here we are sharing famous nicknames of 100 cities
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Melbourne – City by the Bay, Bleak City, Europe of Australia
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Sydney – The Harbour City
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Sao Paulo – Brazil’s Locomotive, Land of Drizzle, Sampa
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Dubrovnik – The Pearl of the Adriatic
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Helsinki – The White City of the North
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Bordeaux – City of Wine
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Nice – Angels City
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Berlin – The Grey City
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Jaipur – The Pink City
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Venice – La Serenissima, Bride of the Sea
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Vienna – The Imperial City
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London – The Square Mile, The Old Smoke, The Smoke
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Detroit – Motor City
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Miami – The Magic City, Little Cuba
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Memphis – Bluff City
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Petra – The Rose Red City
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Pittsburg – Iron City
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Rome – The Eternal City, City of the Seven Hills
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Seattle – The Emerald City
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Bucharest – Little Paris
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Florence – The City of Lilies
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Barcelona – The City of Counts, The City of Gaudi
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Budapest – Pearl of the Danube
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Toronto – Queen City, Muddy York, The Big Toe
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Dublin – The Fair City
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Jerusalem – The Holy City
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Boston – The Hub
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San Francisco – Frisco
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Moscow – The Whitestone, The Forty Forties, Third Rome
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Edinburgh – Auld Reekie
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Geneva – The Peace Capital
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Prague – The City of Hundred Spires, The Golden City, The Mother of Cities
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New York – The Big Apple
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Las Vegas – Sin City
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Chicago – The Windy City
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Vancouver – The Big Smoke
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Montreal – La Belle Ville, Frenchtown, The City-Mountain
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Los Angeles – The City of Angels
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New Orleans – The Big Easy
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Philadelphia – City of Brotherly Love, Philly
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Amsterdam – Venice of the North
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Rio de Janeiro – Marvelous City
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Salzburg – White City
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Mumbai – The City of Dreams
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Singapore – The Lion City
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Madrid – El Foro, The Forum
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Athens – The City of Violet Crown
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Dallas – Big D
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Hong Kong – Pearl of the Orient
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Munich – World City with Heart
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Birmingham – The City of a Thousand Trades, Brum
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Lisbon – City With a Future
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The Hague – City of Peace and Justice
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Calcutta – City of Palaces, City of Love, City of Joy
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Beijing – The Forbidden City
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Adelaide – City of Churches
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Zagreb – Little Vienna
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Bruges – Venice of the North
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Marseille – Phocean City
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Tel Aviv – The City that Never Stops
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Bolzano – The Door to the Dolomites, The German One
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Sanremo – The City of Dreams
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Tivoli – City of Delights
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Vicenza – City of Gold
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Naples – City of the Sun
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Bologna – Red City; La Dotta, La Rossa, La Grassa (the educated, the red, the fat)
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Torino – City of Four Rivers
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Genova – The Superb
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Palermo – The Happy
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Milano – Fashion Capital of the World, The Drinkable City
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Cairo – Paris of the Nile
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Buenos Aires – Paris of the Americas, Queen of the Plata
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Ushuaia – The End of the World
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Oslo – Tiger Town
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Warsaw – Default City, Big Village in the Middle of Nowhere
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St Petersburg – The Mind of Russia
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Kuala Lumpur – Golden Triangle
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Cuernavaca – The City of Eternal Spring
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Tijuana – Television Capital of the World
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Rotterdam – Manhattan upon Meuse
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Lima – City of the Kings
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Manila – City by the Bay
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Porto – The Invincible City
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Cadiz – The Little Silver Cup
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Bilbao – El Bocho
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Zurich – Little Big City
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Kiev – The Mother of Rus’ Cities
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Honolulu – Sheltered Bay
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Macau – Oyster City
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Wroclaw – City of Hundred Bridges
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Beirut – Paris of the Middle East
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Udine – Capital of the Great War
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Ancona – Doric City
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Tehran – The City of 72 Nations
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Bangalore – The City of Gardens
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Leipzig – Bimbo Town
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Split – The Diocletian’s City
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Grenoble – Capital of the Alps
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Nagpur – The Orange City
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Paris – The City of Love, the City of Light, La Ville-Lumiere
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7 years ago ·
great work
7 years ago ·
thank you 🙂
7 years ago ·
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6 years ago ·
The nickname for San Francisco is NOT “Frisco”! That is a derogatory name to San Franciscans. It is called, “The City”!