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  2. List of city nicknames in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its nickname; promote civic pride; and build community unity. [1] Nicknames and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth" [2] are also believed to have economic value. [1]

  3. Nicknames of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The city of Chicago has been known by many nicknames, but it is most widely recognized as the "Windy City". The earliest known reference to the "Windy City" was actually to Green Bay in 1856. [1] The first known repeated effort to label Chicago with this nickname is from 1876 and involves Chicago's rivalry with Cincinnati. The popularity of the ...

  4. Windy City (nickname) - Wikipedia

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    The city of Chicago has been known by many nicknames, but it is most widely recognized as the "Windy City". The earliest known reference to the "Windy City" was actually to Green Bay in 1856. [1] The first known repeated effort to label Chicago with this nickname is from 1876 and involves Chicago's rivalry with Cincinnati. The popularity of the ...

  5. What are the origins of some famous city nicknames? - AOL

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    Many city nicknames roll off the tongue like it's second nature. New York City is, of course, "the Big Apple." Paris is the "City of Love." Los Angeles is the "City of Angels." They're a given at this

  6. Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Chicago [a] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census, [9] it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles.

  7. Illinois and Missouri have some of the biggest tourist traps ...

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    USA Today analyzed more than 23 million Google reviews to determine which destinations are the most overrated and overpriced.

  8. 10 best company nicknames - AOL

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    10 best company nicknames. WalletPop Staff. Updated July 14, 2016 at 9:07 PM. You say McDonald's, I say ... Ever ask a friend to join you at Mickey D's for lunch? Unless your dining companion ...

  9. List of city nicknames in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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 ...