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SFC (San Francisco City) Sunset City; The City – used by native San Franciscans and people in the Bay Area [1] The City by the Bay – refers to San Francisco Bay [12] The City of Love – as seen in Cool, Gray City of Love by Gary Kamiya [13] and in the lyrics of "San Francisco" by German eurodance group Cascada [14] The City that Knows How [15]
Paco is a Spanish nickname for Francisco.According to folk etymology, the nickname has its origins in Saint Francis of Assisi, who was the father of the Franciscan order; his name was written in Latin by the order as pater communitatis (father of the community); hence "Paco" was supposedly obtained by taking the first syllable of each word.
Francisco J. Ayala (1934–2023), Spanish-American biologist and philosopher; Francisco de Borja Echeverría (1848–1904), Chilean diplomat and politician; Francisco Buarque de Hollanda, popularly known as Chico Buarque, Brazilian singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet; Francisco Caamaño Domínguez (born 1963), Spanish politician
Reno, Nevada proudly displays its nickname as "The Biggest Little City in the World" on a large sign above a downtown street.. This partial list of city nicknames in the United States compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards ...
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Merl Harry Reagle (January 5, 1950 – August 22, 2015) was an American crossword constructor. [2] [3] For 30 years, he constructed a puzzle every Sunday for the San Francisco Chronicle (originally the San Francisco Examiner), which he syndicated to more than 50 Sunday newspapers, [4] including the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Seattle Times, The Plain ...
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Patxi is a male given name in the Basque language area in northern Spain and south-west France, [1] but more commonly a nickname for those officially named Francisco (or François in the French zone, ultimately cognates of Francis); [2] [3] [4] the original Basque equivalent was Frantzisko, [5] but this was rarely chosen as a forename by parents in the modern era, and along with Patxi it was ...