Nicknamed the Border City, Carlisle today is the main cultural, commercial and industrial centre for north Cumbria.

Nicknamed " The Fountain City " due to the many artesian wells in the area, Prattville is part of the Montgomery metropolitan statistical area and serves as the county seat of Autauga County.

Nicknamed " The First Mountain City ," Jasper is located 50 miles north of Atlanta, Georgia.

Nicknamed Hop City, agriculture was the principal occupation.

Nicknamed " City of Springs ", Neosho has long served as an agricultural center and more recently as home of National Fish Hatchery.

Nicknamed " The Friendly City ".

Nicknamed the " Motor City Cobra " and more famously " The Hitman ," Hearns became the first boxer in history to win world titles in four divisions.

Nicknamed " The Tall City ", Midland has long been known for its downtown skyline.

Nicknamed the Sky Blues owing to the colour of their strip, Coventry City were formed in 1883 as Singers F. C., and they joined the Football League in 1919.

Nicknamed the smallest mountain range in the world, it consists of the remnants of an extinct volcano and is located just outside of Yuba City, 44 miles north of Sacramento.

Nicknamed " Rope " for his line-drive hitting, Boyd played in the Negro Leagues with the Memphis Red Sox ( 1947 – 49 ), and in the major leagues for the Chicago White Sox ( 1951, 1953 – 54 ), Baltimore Orioles ( 1956 – 60 ), Kansas City Athletics ( 1961 ) and Milwaukee Braves ( 1961 ).

Nicknamed ' Dodge City ', it is situated across Dunningsbridge Road between the main housing area and Aintree Racecourse, adjacent to the old English Electric factory.

Nicknamed the " Jewel Of The Ghetto ," Goldstein was a smooth boxing, hard punching welterweight with a large following in his hometown of New York City.

Nicknamed " The City That Never Sleeps ," the city is always active as its nightlife of food vending and bars goes almost 24 / 7.

Nicknamed the Royal City ( reflecting the House of Hanover, known in its native Germany as the House of Welf ), Guelph's street railway operated from 1895 until 1939 along five routes.

Nicknamed " The Man with the Thousand-Watt Stare " and " The Man of a Thousand Deaths ", he specialized in the portrayal of mentally unbalanced characters, including his signature role, the madman Renfield in Tod Browning's 1931 version of Dracula.

Nicknamed the " godfather " by the tabloid press, he was renowned for his tough, uncompromising style and was feared by both crew and cast alike.

Nicknamed the " Pearl of the Antilles ," it became the richest and most prosperous colony in the West Indies, with a slave society based on sugar cane production when demand for sugar was high in Europe.

Nicknamed " The Wizard " for his defensive brilliance, Smith set major league records for career assists ( 8, 375 ) and double plays ( 1, 590 ) by a shortstop ( the latter since broken by Omar Vizquel ), as well as the National League ( NL ) record with 2, 511 career games at the position ; Smith won the NL Gold Glove Award for play at shortstop for 13 consecutive seasons ( 1980 – 1992 ).

Nicknamed " Swee ' Pea " for his mild manner, Strayhorn soon became a vital member of the Ellington Organization.

Nicknamed the " cast-iron man " for his ideological rigidity as well as for his determination to defend the causes he believed in, Calhoun supported states ' rights and nullification, under which states could declare null and void federal laws which they viewed unconstitutional.

Nicknamed the " Pearl of the Antilles ", Saint-Domingue became the richest colony in the Caribbean before a 1791 slave revolt, which began the Haitian Revolution, led to freedom for the colony's slaves in 1794 and, a decade later, complete independence for the country, which renamed itself Haiti.

Nicknamed " Le Tigre " ( The Tiger ), he took a very harsh position against defeated Germany and argued for the payment of reparations.

Nicknamed ' Supermac ' and known for his pragmatism, wit and unflappability, Macmillan achieved note before the Second World War as a Tory radical and critic of appeasement.

Nicknamed " The Refrigerator " for his gargantuan, almost rhomboid, frame, Perry was and weighed at his peak weight.

Nicknamed " The Hit Man " and " Donnie Baseball ", he played for the New York Yankees during his 14-year playing career.

Nicknamed " the ' Bu " by surfers and locals, the community is famous for its warm, sandy beaches, and for being the home of many Hollywood movie stars and others associated with the entertainment industry.

Nicknamed " The Old Mongoose ," Moore holds the record for the most career knockouts ( 131 ).

Nicknamed " de Kraai " ( Dutch for " the crow ") in his home country, Krajicek has, among his siblings, half-sister Michaëlla Krajicek who also is a professional tennis player.

Nicknamed the Land of the Marshals ( Terra dos Marechais ), for being the birthplace of Deodoro da Fonseca and Floriano Peixoto, Alagoas gave the country numerous illustrious Brazilians among whom are the anthropologist Arthur Ramos, the maestro Hekel Tavares, the philologist Aurélio Buarque de Holanda, the musician Djavan the poet Jorge de Lima, the jurists Pontes de Miranda and Marcos Bernardes de Mello, besides the writers Lêdo Ivo and Graciliano Ramos.

Nicknamed " Double Dynamite ", " The Sultans of Sweat ", and " The Dynamic Duo " for their gritty, gospel-infused performances, Sam & Dave were one of the greatest live acts of the 1960s.

Nicknamed " Sailor " ( for her salty speech ), " Sassy " and " The Divine One ", Sarah Vaughan was a Grammy Award winner.

Nicknamed the " heart of India " due to its geographical location in India, Madhya Pradesh is the second largest state in the country by area.

Nicknamed “ The Jewel of the Pacific ”, Valparaíso was declared a world heritage site based upon its improvised urban design and unique architecture.

Nicknamed " The King ," he is one of golf's most popular stars and its most important trailblazer, because he was the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s.

* DE3 or Plan U: Nicknamed " Rooie Duivel " ( Dutch for " Red Devil ") because of its original red livery this was a diesel electric multiple unit consisting of three coaches.

Nicknamed “ The Red Prince ”, he became the figurehead leader of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, and upon its successful seizure of power in 1975, he became the first President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( and President of the Supreme People's Assembly ), a position which he held until his retirement in 1986.

Nicknamed the " Pearl of the Antilles ," Saint-Domingue became the richest and most prosperous French colony in the West Indies, cementing its status as an important port in the Americas for goods and products flowing to and from France and Europe.

Nicknamed " Stubby ", its studio was in a dormitory.

Nicknamed the " University in the Forest " because of the serenity of its wooded 186 acres ( 753, 000 m² ) relative to the school's suburban surroundings, Drew University maintains a combined undergraduate and graduate enrollment of approximately 2, 500 students, with the majority living on-campus.

Nicknamed " Big 6 ", it has now served in tourist and enthusiast service for a longer period than it did for its original owners.

Nicknamed Saint-Cyr, its graduates and students are cyrards but are generally referred as saint-cyriens ;

Nicknamed " The Andouille Capital of the World ," the town of LaPlace, Louisiana, on the Mississippi River, is especially noted for its Cajun andouille.

Nicknamed the Rainy Port for its frequent rain and maritime role, the city is Taiwan's second largest seaport ( after Kaohsiung ).

Nicknamed Amazing Grace by members of her longtime political party, the Social Credit Party of B. C, she was largely responsible for rebuilding the party after its defeat in the 1972 provincial election.

Nicknamed " All-Blacks " after the New Zealand national team for its all black strip, they perform the haka before matches.

Nicknamed the Corn Belt Route because of its operating area in the midwestern United States, the railroad was sometimes called the Lucky Strike Road, due to the similarity in design between the herald of the CGW and the logo used for Lucky Strike cigarettes.

Nicknamed Salta la Linda (" Salta the beautiful "), it has become a major tourist destination due to its old, colonial architecture, tourism friendliness, awesome weather and the natural scenery of the valleys westward.

Nicknamed The Jet, Urquidez was a non-contact karate competitor who later pioneered full-contact fighting in the U. S. He made the transition from point to full-contact karate in 1974 – the year of its inception in the U. S. – frequently fighting in bouts where the rules were ambiguous and contrasts in styles were dramatic.

Nicknamed " The King of the Kippax " ( after Manchester City's Kippax Street terraced stand renowned for its singing ) and Nijinsky after the famous racehorse ( due to his renowned stamina ).

Nicknamed Sleipnir's footprint, it is said that the canyon was formed when Odin's eight-legged horse, Sleipnir, touched one of its feet to the ground here.

Nicknamed " Thrasherville " instead of its official name " Terminus " ( given by the railroad ), it was the first land development of the area.

Nicknamed " the rock pile " due to its primarily limestone construction it was completed in September 1940 as a Works Progress Administration project.

Nicknamed " Kodak Gap " by some, it is one of the top tourist destinations in Antarctica ; steep cliffs hem in the iceberg-filled passage, which is 11 km long and just 1, 600 metres wide at its narrowest point.