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As the major city in the area, Gijón is known as the "capital of the green coast". Many cities and towns in Spain are popularly known by various nicknames . This list compiles the aliases , sobriquets and slogans that cities in Spain are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially.
Madrid (/ m ə ˈ d r ɪ d / ⓘ mə-DRID; Spanish: [maˈðɾið] ⓘ) [n. 1] is the capital and most populous municipality of Spain, with about 3.4 million inhabitants. [10] It is also the capital of the surrounding Community of Madrid, [11] and the core of an urban area of around 7 million people, [2] [12] [13] the second largest in the European Union (EU).
Madrid: Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales. ISSN 0048-7694. Brandis García, Dolores (2008). "La expansión de la ciudad en el siglo XX". Madrid, de la Prehistoria a la Comunidad Autónoma (PDF). Madrid: Consejería de Educación de la Comunidad de Madrid. pp. 519– 539. ISBN 978-84-451-3139-8. Cañas de Pablos, Alberto (2018).
Where an adjective is a link, the link is to the language or dialect of the same name. Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms also refer to various other things, sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words. Additionally, sometimes the use of one or more additional words is optional.
The first goal was scored in the 4th minute by Madrid midfielder Chus Alonso after receiving a pass from Barinaga. [17] The stadium's official name at the time was Estadio Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, although it continued to be known among fans as Nuevo Estadio Chamartín (English: New Chamartín Stadium) or simply Chamartín. The stadium had ...
The City of Seven Hills. Porkopolis. The 'Nati. We know Cincinnati by many names. Arguably our most recognizable moniker is the Queen City.
The Puerta del Sol originated as one of the gates in the city wall that surrounded Madrid in the 15th century. Outside the wall, medieval suburbs began to grow around the Christian Wall of the 12th century. The name of the gate came from the rising sun which decorated the entry, since the gate was oriented to the east.
A municipality nickname is an alias or sobriquet that a city or other municipality is known by (or have historically been known by), to municipal governments, local people, outsiders, or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce. They may be official or unofficial. Municipality may also be associated with mottos, slogans, or taglines. [1]