nicknames for cities, any one all over the world
I mean nicknames no epithets like "the city of lights" and these things. Thanks to USA films i ve learnt: L.A., Frisco, Philly, but i guess there are many nicknames around the world.
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My own city of Brisbane: Brissie, Bris Vegas, Brisneyland.
Nearby towns of Ipswich and Toowoomba become "Ippy/Ippers/The 'Switch" and "The Woomba"
Sydney is sometimes called "Sidders", Melbourne is "Melbs" and Canberra has been called "The 'Bra". As in, "I'm off to the 'Bra tomorrow".
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Sacramento = Sacto or SacTown
-Lana
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San Jose, California, USA
--Silicon Valley Central, the Heart of Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley Capital
We have Stanford close by and University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley not far off either). Close by also is Google HQ, Apple HQ, Adobe HQ, Hewlett Packard (HP) HQ as well as many other technological forerunners (leaders in their industry).
*Silicon is what a CPU is made out of. A CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the brain of a computer. We are well known for technological innovation.
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