70 City Nicknames From Around the World

Here’s a list of famous (and sometimes controversial) city nicknames from around the world.

Some nicknames only refer to a specific part or aspect of the city.

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Nickname	Country	City
The Pink City	Armenia	Yerevan
The Paris of South America	Argentina	Buenos Aires
The End of the World	Argentina	Ushuaia
The City of Churches	Australia	Adelaide
The Harbor City	Australia	Sydney
The Gong	Australia	Wollongong
The City of Music	Austria	Vienna
The City of Winds	Azerbaijan	Baku
The Jerusalem of Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo
The City of Eternal Fog	Brazil	Curitiba
The Rose City	Canada	Camrose
The Forbidden City	China	Beijing
The Pearl of the Adriatic	Croatia	Dubrovnik
The Diocletian’s City	Croatia	Split
The City of Hundred Spires	Czech Republic	Prague
The Mother of the World	Egypt	Cairo
The Square Mile	England	London
Cottonopolis	England	Manchester
The City of Wine	France	Bordeaux
The Capital of the Alps	France	Grenoble
The City of Light	France	Paris
The City of the Violet Crown	Greece	Athens
Pearl of the Danube	Hungary	Budapest
The City of Dreams	India	Mumbai
The Big Durian	Indonesia	Jakarta
The City of 72 Nations	Iran	Tehran
The Fair City	Ireland	Dublin
The Holy City	Israel	Jerusalem
The City that Never Stops	Israel	Tel Aviv
The City of Lilies	Italy	Florence
The Eternal City	Italy	Rome
The Bride of the Sea	Italy	Venice
The Nation's Kitchen	Japan	Osaka
The Paris of the Middle East	Lebanon	Beirut
The Blue City	Morocco	Chefchaouen

Nickname	Country	City
The Red City	Morocco	Marrakech
Venice of the North	Netherlands	Amsterdam
The Tiger City	Norway	Oslo
The City of Kings	Peru	Lima
The Pearl of the Orient	Philippines	Manila
The White City	Portugal	Lisbon
The Little Paris	Romania	Bucharest
The City of Brides	Russia	Ivanovo
The Edge of the World	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh
The Granite City	Scotland	Aberdeen
The City of Discovery	Scotland	Dundee
Auld Reekie	Scotland	Edinburgh
The Lion City	Singapore	Singapore
The Tavern of the Seas	South Africa	Cape Town
The City of Counts	Spain	Barcelona
The Peace Capital	Switzerland	Geneva
The Pearl of the Aegean	Turkey	Izmir
The City of White Marble	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat
The Pearl of the Black Sea	Ukraine	Odessa
The City of Gold	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
The Charm City	United States	Baltimore
Beantown	United States	Boston
The Windy City	United States	Chicago
The Big D	United States	Dallas
The Mile High City	United States	Denver
Motor City	United States	Detroit
Sin City	United States	Las Vegas
The City of Angels	United States	Los Angeles
The Magic City	United States	Miami
The Big Easy	United States	New Orleans
The Big Apple	United States	New York
The City of Brotherly Love	United States	Philadelphia
The Steel City	United States	Pittsburgh
The Emerald City	United States	Seattle
The City of Arcades	Wales	Cardiff