Jump City (New Orleans nickname)
"Jump City" is an infrequently used nickname for New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans saxophone great Jerry Jumonville and his Jump City Band recorded the song "Jump City" in…
Keeseville: Grand Canyon of the Adirondacks (Ausable Chasm nickname)
Ausable Chasm, located in Keeseville, New York, was called in 1910 the "Grand Canyon of the east, located in the Adirondacks." It's now billed as the "Grand Canyon of the…
Kiladelphia or Killadelphia (Philadelphia nickname)
The city of Philadelphia is sometimes called "Kiladelphia" or "Killadelphia" ("kill" + "Philadelphia") to emphasize injustice or violence in the city.…
Lake George: Queen of American Lakes (nickname)
Lake George, located at the southeast base of the Adirondack Mountains, has been called the "Queen of the American Lakes." The origin of the nickname is unknown, but it was used in the…
Land of Dixie (New Orleans nickname)
The song "Dixie Land" was written by Daniel Decatur Emmett and performed at Bryant's Minstrels at 472 Broadway, New York City, on April 4, 1859. Emmett had included the name…
Little Apple (Manhattan, Kansas nickname)
Manhattan, Kansas was incorporated in 1857. It compares to Manhattan, in New York City, only in name. After "the Big Apple" became famous in the 1970s, the Manhattan, Kansas Chamber of…
Little Apple (Toronto, Canada nickname)
What the city of Toronto is to the country on Canada is comparable to what New York City is to the United States. When New York City popularized "Big Apple" in the 1970s, Toronto…
Little Apple (Toronto, Canada)
What the city of Toronto is to the country on Canada is comparable to what New York City is to the United States. When New York City popularized "Big Apple" in the 1970s, Toronto…
Little Easy (Mobile, Alabama nickname)
New Orleans, Louisiana has been called the "Big Easy" since the 1960s. Mobile, Alabama has been called the "Little Easy" since the 2000s. The article "You Can Call It the…
Little Easy (Oxford, Mississippi nickname)
New Orleans, Louisiana has been called the "Big Easy" since the 1960s. Oxford, Mississippi has been called the "Little Easy" since the 1990s. Ron Shapiro, who ran the Hoka…
Lockport: Lock City (nickname)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Lockport (city), New YorkLockport is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 21,165 at the 2010 census. It is so-named from a set…
Long Island: “Long Island implies the existence of Short Island”
There is a Long Island, New York. There is no Short Island, New York. "If they have Long Island why dont they have Short Island" was posted on Twitter by ~BadBlood~ on October 18, 2013.…
Long Island: “Longuyland”
"Longuyland" is, supposedly, how New Yorkers in the 1920s and 1930s pronounced "Long Island." The name "Longuyland" has been cited in print since at least 1925, and…
Long Island: Largely Incompetent Rail Road (Long Island Rail Road or LIRR nickname)
The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) provides transportation between Manhattan and Suffolk County on Long Island. "LIRR" has been given several backronyms (back acronyms). "Me thinks the…
Long Island: Long Island Fail Road (Long Island Rail Road or LIRR nickname)
The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) provides transportation between Manhattan and Suffolk County on Long Island. Some critics of the LIRR have called it the "Long Island Fail Road."…
Long Island: Long Island frankfurter (a long, thin football)
When the American Football League (AFL) played the National Football League (NFL) in the Super Bowl in the 1960s (before the two leagues merged in 1969), each league would use its own ball on…
Long Island: Long Island Ice(d) Tea
JAY LENO: I think this Amy Fisher has gone way too far. Now bars are selling an Amy Fisher Cocktail. Have you had this? It's a Long Island iced tea with a shot on the side.-- NEWSDAY, 31…
Long Island: Long Island Snail Road (Long Island Rail Road or LIRR nickname)
The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) provides transportation between Manhattan and Suffolk County on Long Island. Some people who have criticized slow LIRR service have dubbed it "Long Island…
Long Island: Long Island Snailroad (Long Island Rail Road or LIRR nickname)
The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) provides transportation between Manhattan and Suffolk County on Long Island. Some people who have criticized slow LIRR service have dubbed it "Long Island…
Long Island: Strong Island (nickname)
"Strong Island" is a hip-hop name for Long Island, New York. The song "Strong Island" (1987) by JVC Force coined the name. "Strong Island" was used to describe a Long…