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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. Notable examples are cheeses, cat breeds, dog breeds, and horse breeds.
"City of Big Shoulders" is a nickname coined by Carl Sandburg in his 1914 poem "Chicago," which describes the city as "stormy, husky, [and] brawling." It is the last of several nicknames in the poem; the others hint at the city's major industrial activities, for example, the meat-packing industry and railroad industry. [11]
The Oasis of West Texas [77] (The city is unusual in West Texas for having three rivers and three lakes.) Queen City of Central West Texas [76] Texas' biggest small town [78] Wool Capital [76] [77] or the Wool and Mohair Capital of the World [79] San Antonio. Alamo City [80] Countdown City [81] Spurs Nation; Deuce Dime [citation needed] River ...
Washington, in the Pacific Northwest, was the 42nd state admitted to the union.; Thirty-one of the 50 United States are home to a Washington County.; There are more than 200 Washington Townships in the United States, including five (plus one Washington Borough) in the state of New Jersey.
Anagrams are rearrangements of the letters of another name or word. Anadromes (also called reversals or ananyms) are other names or words spelled backwards. Technically, a reversal is also an anagram, but the two are derived by different methods, so they are listed separately.
Researchers said it’s possible only a few hundred people have ever seen the Texas Star Mushroom. In 2021, chorioactis geaster became the official state mushroom of Texas. Inks Lake State Park is ...
It shows what the US, from California to Ohio to New York, looked like from 1971 to 1977. Of the 81,000 images the photographers took, more than 20,000 photos were archived, and at least 15,000 ...
“But I’m convinced that he will be found. It’s only a matter of time.” Anyone with information is asked to contact West University Place police at 713-668-0330.