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    Nicknames of the famous cities~

    Paris, France -- La Gran Puerta de Mico (The Big Gate)
    Lisbon, Portugal -- City of the Seven Hills
    Karachi, Pakistan -- City of a Hundred Spires
    Rome, Italy -- Festival City
    Manila, Philippines -- City of Lights
    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- City of Lights
    Prague, Czechoslovakia -- Millennium City
    Salzburg, Austria -- White City
    Matamoros, Mexico -- Marvellous City
    Berlin, Germany -- Pearl of the Orient


    Anymore else? Welcome to add anyone you know~

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    I only heard Rome mentioned as the Eternal City

    New Orleans: Big easy
    New York: The big apple
    Chicaco: Windy City


    and im out lol

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    I thought Paris was the City of Lights?
    Detroit - Motor City
    Las Vegas - Sin City
    Toledo, Ohio - Glass City (not used much anymore) or, to locals, frog city (not sure why)
    Pittsburg - Steel City
    22 miles of hard road
    33 years of tough luck
    44 skulls buried in the ground
    Crawling down through the muck
    Ah yeah...

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    Huntington Beach, US - Surf City USA

    Such an amazing place for a vacation.

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    New York City and Las Vegas are also both the cities that never sleep.
    Kansas City is also known for its fountains, Fountain City? lol

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    São Paulo, Brazil is called "Land of the Drizzle". Also used is the short nickname "Sampa".

    I thought Paris was the City of Lights?
    It is. Rio is the "Cidade Maravilhosa" (Marvellous/Wonderful City).
    Last edited by Selkhet; 2011-07-20 at 03:07 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by McSteve16 View Post
    Paris, France -- La Gran Puerta de Mico (The Big Gate)
    Lisbon, Portugal -- City of the Seven Hills
    Karachi, Pakistan -- City of a Hundred Spires
    Rome, Italy -- Festival City
    Manila, Philippines -- City of Lights
    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- City of Lights
    Prague, Czechoslovakia -- Millennium City
    Salzburg, Austria -- White City
    Matamoros, Mexico -- Marvellous City
    Berlin, Germany -- Pearl of the Orient


    Anymore else? Welcome to add anyone you know~
    I like to think my hometown as "The Thrilla in Manila". =)
    Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier. Classic.
    "When did you forsake yourselves?"

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    I'll just add the one's I know for my hometown:

    Pittsburgh

    -- Da' Burgh
    -- Blitzburgh
    -- City of Bridges
    -- City of Champions (ty Stillers)
    -- The Birmingham of America
    -- The Smokey City
    -- The Pot Hole City
    -- Steel City
    -- Iron City (pronounced I'ern)
    -- Three Rivers
    -- The Golden Triangle
    -- Shitzburgh


    My contribution to world cities is:

    Budapest - The Paris of the East

    ---------- Post added 2011-07-20 at 05:20 PM ----------

    Quote Originally Posted by mrbadxampl View Post
    Pittsburgh - Steel City
    fixed it... we're also known as dumbasses who put "h" on the end of burg.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sjenka View Post
    I'll just add the one's I know for my hometown:

    Pittsburgh

    -- Da' Burgh
    -- Blitzburgh
    -- City of Bridges
    -- City of Champions (ty Stillers)
    -- The Birmingham of America
    -- The Smokey City
    -- The Pot Hole City
    -- Steel City
    -- Iron City (pronounced I'ern)
    -- Three Rivers
    -- The Golden Triangle
    -- Shitzburgh


    My contribution to world cities is:

    Budapest - The Paris of the East



    My car can attest to that

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    London: Smog infested shit hole.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eightace View Post
    London: Smog infested shit hole.
    hey, the grass is always greener on the other side

    Los Angeles - City of Angels
    Philadephia - City of Brotherly Love
    NYC is also nicknamed 'Gotham'

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sjenka View Post

    My contribution to world cities is:

    Budapest - The Paris of the East
    Funny, there seem to be a lot of Parises in the East:
    Bucharest, Romania - Little Paris

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    @ op, Berlin is the pearl of the orient?

    Anyways, amsterdam is called the Venice of the north

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    Denver, Colorado - Mile high city
    San Francisco - Foggy city
    Honolulu - Crossroads of the Pacific

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eightace View Post
    Los Angeles: Smog infested shit hole.
    fixed that for ya

    Berlin - the city formerly known as East Berlin and West Berlin?
    22 miles of hard road
    33 years of tough luck
    44 skulls buried in the ground
    Crawling down through the muck
    Ah yeah...

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    Was once it's own city til about one hundred years ago, but now is incorporated into NYC (2.5 million residents in this area alone)

    Brooklyn, AKA The highest concentration of hipsters you've probably never heard of in the world

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    Quote Originally Posted by Docsauce View Post
    Was once it's own city til about one hundred years ago, but now is incorporated into NYC (2.5 million residents in this area alone)

    Brooklyn, AKA The highest concentration of hipsters you've probably never heard of in the world
    lol so true..
    it's sad that a few neighborhoods (williamsburg, DUMBO, BAM) have ruined the reputation of the entire borough

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