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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]
The list of regional nicknames used in English language includes nicknames for people based on their locality of origin (birthplace, place of permanent residence, or family roots). Nicknames based on the country (or larger geopolitical area) of origin may be found in the List of ethnic slurs .
Hollywood-inspired nicknames, most starting with the first letter or letters of the location and ending in the suffix "-ollywood" or "-wood", have been given to various locations around the world with associations to the film industry – inspired by the iconic Hollywood in Los Angeles, California, whose name has come to be a metonym for the motion picture industry of the United States.
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Bill Farmer (left) and his alter ego, Goofy, attend the premiere of A Goofy Movie with the film's director Kevin Lima. (Photo: Courtesy Bill Farmer)
Sutton Morgan from Brawley, California is a fourth generation farmer who grows organic onions. [4] Margaret Schlass from near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania started an organic farming business called "One Woman Farm, Inc." [5] Ryan Veldhuizen from near Hatfield, Minnesota is a fourth generation farmer who raises hogs and grows corn and soybeans to ...
According to Ohio State's athletics site, the use of the term "buckeye" as a resident of Ohio dates back to at least 1788, 15 years before Ohio became a state. The site also notes that, by the ...
The city's nickname "CLE" is derived from the IATA code for Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. "The Forest City" is Cleveland's oldest nickname, as used here for the Forest City Bank Building in the Ohio City neighborhood. There have been several nicknames for the City of Cleveland throughout its history. These include: