Nicknames of Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States of America, has been known by a variety of nicknames, aliases, sobriquets and slogans, both officially and unofficially, now and in the past:
- DC[1]
- The American Rome[2]
- A Capital City[3][4]
- The Capital of the World[5]
- The Capital of the Free World[6]
- The District
- Chocolate City[4][7]
- City of Magnificent Distances (reported in the 1880s)[8]
- City of Magnificent Intentions (first coined by Charles Dickens)[9]
- The Federal City[10]
- Hollywood for Ugly People[11]
- Murder Capital of America (late 1980s to early 1990s)[12]
- Nation's Capital[13]
The nickname "DMV," for "District - Maryland - Virginia," has also been used for the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area.[4]
• NCR - National Capital Region
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References[edit]
- ↑ Lewis, Catherine (February 1, 2018). "Things to Do in DC This Weekend (February 1-4): A Play about LBJ, DC's Puppy Bowl, and a Local Beer-Filled Super Bowl Party". Washingtonian.
Arena Stage presents the DC premiere of Robert Schenkkan’s The Great Society, the second half of the epic drama about President Lyndon Baines Johnson, following the theatre’s 2016 run of All the Way.
- ↑ John Michael Vlach, The Quest for a Capital, Ruth Ann Overbeck Capitol Hill History Project, retrieved April 15, 2012,
One of the early nicknames for the District of Columbia was "the American Rome."
- ↑ U.S. City Motto & Moniker List, Tagline Guru, retrieved April 15, 2012. Lists the slogan "Washington – It’s a Capital City!"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 P.J. Orvetti (July 30, 2010), Welcome to the DMV, 4 NBC Washington (NBCUniversal, Inc.), retrieved April 15, 2012
- ↑ Broder, David S. "Nation's Capital in Eclipse as Pride and Power Slip Away", The Washington Post, February 18, 1990. Accessed June 13, 2007. "In the days of the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan and the creation of NATO, [Clark Clifford] said, we saved the world, and Washington became the capital of the world."
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Giles, Dari. "Sweet Times in Chocolate City - visiting Washington, D.C", Essence (magazine), April 1999. Accessed June 13, 2007. "For business or pleasure, you'll be hardpressed to do it all in just one visit, but try anyway with our selection from the many things to do and see in the Chocolate City, named, some say, because of its large African-American presence."
- ↑ Barry Popik, Smoky City, barrypopik.com website, March 27, 2005
- ↑ "Washington: Symbol and City". National Building Museum. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ↑ Clark, Allen C. (1935). "Origin of the Federal City". Records of the Columbia Historical Society. The Historical Society of Washington, D.C. 35–6: 1–97.
- ↑ "Who says Washington is "Hollywood for ugly people"?: We trace a cliche back to its origins". The Washington Post. December 6, 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ↑ Eberstadt, Nicholas. "Why babies die in D.C - District of Columbia", Public Interest, Spring 1994. Accessed June 13, 2007. "Across the country and around the world, Washington is notorious as the "murder capital of America" -- the city with the highest homicide rate of any major U.S. urban center."
- ↑ Farhi, Paul (July 30, 2010). "After initial obscurity, 'The DMV' nickname for Washington area picks up speed". Washington Post.
Unless the earnest and obvious "Nation's Capital" is your idea of a cool handle, Washington and its environs have never gotten very far in the civic nickname game
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