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The following is a list of adjectival forms of cities in English and their demonymic equivalents, which denote the people or the inhabitants of these cities.. Demonyms ending in -ese are the same in the singular and plural forms.
City of Light, a fictitious island and state of mind in The 100; Banaras: City of Light, a book on the city Banaras by Diana Eck; City of Light, a 1999 novel by Lauren Belfer, set during the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York; The City of Light, a 1924 novel by Mieczysław Smolarski
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 ...
Eventually, the city plans to house around 2,000 people, including inventors, weavers and visitors. "Inventors" include Toyota employees, startups and entrepreneurs focused on mobility solutions.
The story is set in the city of Buffalo, New York in 1901, as the Pan-American Exposition's planning and construction is under way. The main character and narrator, Louisa Barrett, is headmistress of the Macaulay School for Girls, inspired by The Buffalo Seminary and is a very influential woman in a time of male predominance.
Imrryr, also known as the Dreaming City and Imrryr the Beautiful, was the capital city of Melniboné for a 10,000-year-old dynasty until the last emperor, Elric of Melniboné, burnt it to the ground. Prior to its destruction, Imrryr had tall towers that shone with many different colors in the light of the sun, and a seaport that was one of the ...
This partial list of city nicknames in Indiana compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities and towns in Indiana are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.
There is a small number of names whose origins do not fall into the above categories: some were given by railroad companies or taken from books the people naming the town had been reading. Names with yet other unusual sources include Madras, Oregon , which was named after a bolt of Madras cloth seen in the general store, and Poland, Maine ...