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This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories (e.g., ethnic nicknames, personality trait nicknames etc.). [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 an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 February 2025. This is a list of monarchs (and other royalty and nobility) sorted by nickname. This list is divided into two parts: Cognomens: Also called cognomina. These are names which are appended before or after the person's name, like the epitheton necessarium, or Roman victory titles. Examples ...
Nickname given due to his long hair and thick beard resembling a common depiction of Jesus: Toughie [299] Frank Stojack: Nickname given for never having been hurt on the field throughout his collegiate career and first year in the NFL. Tuel Time [300] Jeff Tuel: A play on the show-within-a-show Tool Time on the 1990s sitcom Home Improvement ...
French people, especially locals, call Grande Terre le Caillou, [nb 3] a nickname also used more generally for the entire New Caledonia. [7] Pro-independence parties refer to their country as (la) Kanaky [nb 4] coined in the 1980s after the Kanak, the collective name for its indigenous Melanesians who make up 41% of New Caledonia's population.
In U.S. culture, despite its republican constitution and ideology, [4] royalist honorific nicknames have been used to describe leading figures in various areas of activity, such as industry, commerce, sports, and the media; father or mother have been used for innovators, and royal titles such as king and queen for dominant figures in a field.
Kushiro () . Hometown of TanchÅ (wintering ground of red-crowned crane); Furano. City of Flowers; Hakodate. City of Lights; Otaru. City of Hills (City of Slopes) Venice of Japan