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This is a list of nicknames and slogans of cities in Canada.Many Canadian cities and communities are known by various aliases, slogans, sobriquets, and other nicknames to the general population at either the local, regional, national, or international scales, often due to marketing campaigns and widespread usage in the media.
A township in Granville County, North Carolina. A locality within Burwood East, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The capital city of Tank District, Pakistan, and located near Dera Ismail Khan. Apparently this place loves tanks. A town in Estonia. "Tapa" means "kill" in Estonian. A river in North Carolina.
Official Nicknames/Slogans. "The Big Land" (Labrador) "The Rock" [18][4] Former Nicknames/Slogans. "Canada's Happy Province" – formerly used on its license plates from 1968 to 1974. "A World of Difference" – formerly used on its license plates from 1993 to 2001.
Fucking, Austria.The village was renamed on 1 January 2021 to "Fugging" [1] Hell, Norway.The hillside sign is visible in the background in the left corner. Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous (especially if mispronounced) or highly charged words, [2] as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, including ...
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Calgary. Scottish Gaelic. Named for Calgary, Mull, which originated from the Scottish Gaelic "Cala ghearraidh", meaning "beach of the meadow (pasture)". The name was suggested by Colonel James Macleod, Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police, who had stayed at Calgary Castle. [2][3] Camrose. English.
1081.81. Notes: ^ Vancouver is Canada's eighth-largest city and British Columbia's largest city by population. The Vancouver CMA includes the cities of Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta, Langley, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver and White Rock.
Just noting many in BC that have common nicknames; slogans and rotating titles (e.g. Logging Capital of BC) not included, but most are well-known and in wide use; cites are out there, I don't have time to look 'em up or fill out templates:\. Williams Lake, British Columbia - Willy's Puddle, Billy's Puddle, "the Lake".