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"Gunchester" – name attached to the city by media in the 1990s because of the high incidence of gun crime in south Manchester. [128] [129] "Madchester" [130] – the name arising from a musical scene in the city in the late 1980s and early 1990s; and which has been attributed to Shaun Ryder, of the Happy Mondays [131] "Manc" - abbreviation of ...
Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, ... Common English name(s): Glasgow; Common names in other languages: Glaschu (Scottish Gaelic) Glesga ;
Glasgow Central is the terminus of the 642 km (399 mi) long West Coast Main Line [206] from London Euston, as well as TransPennine Express services from Manchester and CrossCountry services from Birmingham, Bristol, Plymouth and various other destinations in England. Glasgow Central is also the terminus for suburban services on the south side ...
Wessies (in other parts of Yorkshire) Wetherby Horribles ("horrible weather") Weymouth Kimberlins (Isle of Portland name for a person from Weymouth), Weybizas (due to the wild nightlife the town has adopted) Whitehaven Marras, Jam Eaters, Wetties, Glow-Worms (allegedly contaminated by radioactivity from Sellafield) Whitby Codheads, Spookies ...
Glasgow (surname), including a list of people with the name "Glasgow", a song by They Might Be Giants on the Venue Songs album; 5805 Glasgow, a minor planet; Glasgow (Cambridge, Maryland), a historic house; Glasgow Bailie, a type of salted herring (which is also some times known as a Glasgow Magistrate)
The modern canonical name is listed first. In general, only the earliest source is shown for each name, although many of the names are recorded in more than one of the sources. Where the source differs in spelling, or has other alternatives, these are listed following the source.
According to British government definitions, there are only eight Scottish cities; [1] they are Aberdeen, Dundee, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Perth and Stirling. The other locations may be described by such terms as town, burgh, village, hamlet, settlement, estate depending on their size and administrative status.
Invercargill has the appearance of a Scottish name, since it combines the Scottish prefix "Inver" (Inbhir), meaning a river's mouth, with "Cargill", the name of a leading early settler, who was born in Scotland. Invercargill's main streets are named after Scottish rivers (Dee, Tay, Spey, Esk, Don, Doon, Clyde, etc.), and many places in Dunedin ...