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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 .
This is a list of nickname-related list articles on Wikipedia. A nickname is "a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name." [ 1 ] A nickname is often considered desirable, symbolising a form of acceptance, but can sometimes be a form of ridicule.
Here are 125 cute, sexy, and romantic nicknames for your boyfriend, fiancé, baby daddy, FWB—basically anyone you're getting romantic with.
Spanish: Sudcarolino, sudcarolina South Dakota: South Dakotan Spanish: Sudakotense Tennessee: Tennessean Volunteer, Butternut [56] Big Bender Texas: Texan Texian (Anglo-Texan - historical), [57] Tejano (Hispano-Texan), Texican (archaic) Spanish: Texano, texanaSpanish: Tejano, tejana Utah: Utahn Utahian, Utahan Vermont: Vermonter Woodchuck [58 ...
Elmore County, Idaho, named for the Ida Elmore mines, which may have been named for a woman named Ida Elmore. Ida County, Iowa, possibly named for Ida Smith, the first European American child born in the county. Jessamine County, Kentucky, traditionally said to be named for Jessamine Douglas, the daughter of surveyor James Douglas. [16]
This is an incomplete list of U.S. college nicknames. If two nicknames are given, the first is for men's teams and the second for women's teams, unless otherwise noted.
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