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Athens of the North    is a nickname for    Edinburgh Scotland

The Big Apple    is a nickname for    New York

The Big Easy    is a nickname for    New Orleans It is the big easy because of the easy manner in which people live. It's also known as The City That Care Forgot, as well as The Crescent City (The Miss. River flows thru it in a crescent shape).

The Bride of the Sea    is a nickname for    Venice

Brisvegas    is a nickname for    Brisbane Capital of Queensland, Australia. A play on Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Cabbage Patch    is a nickname for    Victoria Australia

Capital City    is a nickname for    Washington, D.C.

The City of Angels    is a nickname for    Los Angeles

The City of Brotherly Love    is a nickname for    Philadelphia

The City of Churches    is a nickname for    Adelaide Capital of South Australia

The City of David    is a nickname for    Jerusalem

The City of Dreaming Spires    is a nickname for    Oxford

The City of Eternal Spring    is a nickname for    Cuernavaca Morelos, Mexico

The City of Light    is a nickname for    Paris One of the first cities to implement street lighting.

The City of Lillies    is a nickname for    Florence

The City of Magnificent Distances    is a nickname for    Washington, D.C.

City of Sails    is a nickname for    Auckland New Zealand

The City of Saints    is a nickname for    Montreal Canada

The City of the Violet Crown    is a nickname for    Austin

Crescent City    is a nickname for    New Orleans

Emerald City    is a nickname for    Sydney New South Wales. After a 1987 play of the same name by David Williamson.

Empire City    is a nickname for    New York

The Eternal City    is a nickname for    Rome

Extreme Sports Capital of the World    is a nickname for    Queenstown New Zealand

The Garden City    is a nickname for    Christchurch New Zealand

The Gilbraltar of the North    is a nickname for    Quebec Canada

The Golden City    is a nickname for    Prague Czech Republic

The Granite City    is a nickname for    Aberdeen City Scotland

Luminous City    is a nickname for    Banaras India

Magnolia City    is a nickname for    Houston

Motown    is a nickname for    Detroit

Naptown    is a nickname for    Indianapolis

Orchid City    is a nickname for    Dipolog City Phillipines

Pearl of the Baltic    is a nickname for    Gotland Sweden

The Pearl of the Danube    is a nickname for    Budapest Hungary

Pearl of the Mediterranean    is a nickname for    Alexandria Egypt

The Pearl of the Orient    is a nickname for    Manila

Queen City    is a nickname for    Toronto Ontario, Canada

Queen of the Coast    is a nickname for    Mar Del Plata Argentina

Sin City    is a nickname for    Las Vegas

The Soo    is a nickname for    Sault Ste. Marie Ontario -- Canada

The Square Mile    is a nickname for    London England

The Stampede City    is a nickname for    Calgary Alberta, Canada

The Windy City    is a nickname for    Chicago

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