For many years the Geelong Football Club were known as the Pivotonians, after the city's nickname ' The Pivot '.

In the period between the two World Wars, the city's elegant architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned Bucharest the nickname of " Little Paris " ( Micul Paris ).

The immigrants came to the Promised Land ( Ziemia obiecana, the city's nickname ) from all over Europe.

The city's nickname, The Magic City, comes from this rapid growth.

In 1996 at the closing of the Montreal Forum, a tearful " Rocket " received the longest standing ovation in the city's history: Over 16 minutes of adulation poured over him, chanting his nickname over and over again.

He continued working the city's piano bar circuit and earned the nickname " Ragtime Jimmy ," before he joined one of the first recognizable jazz bands in New York, the Original New Orleans Jazz Band.

The city's nickname is " Gateway to Fort Rucker ", as this U. S. Army post is located just north of town.

The city's unofficial nickname is “ The Loveliest Village On The Plains ,” taken from a line in the poem “ The Deserted Village ” by Oliver Goldsmith: “ Sweet Auburn!

The city's official nickname is '" Home of the Classics ,"' a reference to the " classic " automobiles once manufactured there.

The city's official nickname is " Gateway to the Delta ".

The city's informal nickname is Happy Rock, and there is a Happy Rock Park near the northeastern city limits on Old Antioch Road.

The city's nickname is ' Crossroads of the Nation ,' as this is where the Ohio Turnpike and Interstate 71 intersect.

First incorporated as a borough on June 7, 1889, Jeannette earned the nickname as " the glass city " in recognition of the numerous glass plants founded in the area, with those factories contributing to the city's original stature as the first large manufacturing town in Westmoreland County.

At the eastern edge of the city, these valleys narrow into the Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons within the Wasatch Mountains, respectively ; this is reflected by the city's official nickname, " City between the canyons ".

The city's nickname is " The diamond tip of the Golden Strip ".

The city's nickname La ciudad de las flores (" The City of Flowers "), was bestowed by Alexander von Humboldt, who visited the town on 10 February 1804.

Paul Lewin's campaign in the 2003 mayoral election used the slogan " Free 416 ", referring to the regional use of the city's area code as a nickname, while advocating a Province of Toronto.

The mountainous nature of the city's territory gave rise to the nickname " Bergstadt " ( mountain town ).

* Hogan's Alley ( Vancouver ), a nickname for an alley between Prior and Union streets in Vancouver that had been the city's small African-Canadian neighbourhood and jazz district until demolished for an off-ramp for the Georgia Viaduct

The city's nickname became " The Super City " before the name " The City With A Heart of Gold " was adopted.

The city's official nickname is the " Hardware City " because of its history as a manufacturing center and as the headquarters of Stanley Black & Decker.

Throughout the first half of the 20th century Waterbury had large industrial interests and was the leading center in the United States for the manufacture of brassware ( including castings and finishings ), as reflected in the nickname the " Brass City " and the city's motto Quid Aere Perennius?

The city's nickname is " Crossroads of the North ", a reference to the fact that the city is at the junction of two U. S. highways, 53 and 63, and State Highways 70 and 253.

The city's casino was designed with art deco style and is surrounded by well-tended gardens ( hence the city's nickname ).

As it affects the city's fiscal situation, such an interchange is ruinous ; ;

The Thrift Shop, with Mrs. Bernhard S. Blumenthal as president, is one of the city's most successful fund-raisers for the Federation of Jewish Agencies.

Herr Wangenheim has only recently become the city's music director, and is a young man with a clear flair for the podium.

The city's status as the capital of the nation is governed by the constitution.

Johannes Aventinus ( 1477 – 1534 ) is the city's most famous son, the founder of the study of history in Bavaria.

Tlacopanocha, or Tlaco de Panocha, is one of the city's main beaches

Traces of this hidden agenda of the city's history is found in the 18th century guidebooks to Aachen as well as to the other spas ; the main indication for visiting patients, ironically, was syphilis ; only by the end of the 19th century had rheuma become the most important object of cures at Aachen and Burtscheid.

It is a neo-classical hall covering one of the city's famous fountains.

Chop suey is not widely available in San Francisco, and the city's chow mein is different from Midwestern chow mein.

Ann Arbor was founded in 1824, with one theory stating that it is named after the spouses of the city's founders and for the stands of trees in the area.

The city's economy is also centered on high technology, with several companies drawn to the area by the university's research and development money, and by its graduates.

The flow from that river is nearly entirely consumed as the city's water supply.

In addition, the Harlem River is reemerging as " Scullers ' Row " due in large part to the efforts of the Bronx River Restoration Project, a joint public-private endeavor of the city's parks department.

Around one third of the city's area is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes.

The city's appearance today is predominantly shaped by the key role it played in Germany's history in the 20th century.

It is the largest remaining evidence of the city's historical division.

The section of lower Broadway from its origin at Bowling Green to City Hall Park is the historical location for the city's ticker-tape parades, and is sometimes called the " Canyon of Heroes " during such events.

Canyon of Heroes is occasionally used to refer to the section of lower Broadway in the Financial District that is the location of the city's ticker-tape parades.

Aviron Bayonnais is the city's rugby union club, founded in 1904 and French champions three times, in 1913, 1934 and 1943.

It is said by some that Bayonne is the birthplace of mayonnaise, supposedly a corruption of Bayonnaise, the French adjective describing the city's people and produce.

To the east of the Merrimack, atop a bluff, is a flat, sandy plain known as Concord Heights, which has seen most of the city's commercial development since 1960.