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This article lists nicknames for the city of Cleveland, Ohio.

  • "C-Town" – Used by many performing artists and locals to denote Cleveland[1][2]
  • "The Rock and Roll Capital of the World" – Due to the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame being in Cleveland[2]
  • "The Forest City" - Due to the forested nature of the city[2]
  • "Mistake on the Lake" – A pejorative term for the city, originating from the 1960s .[2][3]
  • America's Comeback City
  • America's North Coast[2]
  • "The Land" – A term given to Cleveland relatively recently[4]**The Land
  • Believe-land[5]
  • The 216 - Due to the local area code
  • The CLE - Due to the local airport code
  • "Metropolis of the Western Reserve" – A 19th Century nickname for the City of Cleveland[2]
  • "Sixth City" - An early 20th century nickanme due to Cleveland being the sixth largest city at the time[6][7]
  • "North Coast" – Term originates from the location of Cleveland relative to Lake Erie[2]
  • The Best Location in the Nation[8][9]
  • The Cleve (nickname used in TV show 30 Rock)[10]
  • The New American City
  • The Sleepy City


See also

References

  1. ^ Neville, Anne (August 16, 2009). "Buffalo by any other name". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2010. Cleveland has been called by many titles, including The Forest City, The Metropolis of the Western Reserve and The Rock 'n' Roll Capital of the World. The city is also affectionately called... "C-Town" {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Marshall, Alli (January 24, 2007). "Of Cleveland, by Cleveland, for Cleveland (and the world)". MountainX: Asheville Arts and Entertainment. Mountain Xpress. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2010. Nicknames include the 'Forest City,' 'Metropolis of the Western Reserve', and 'C-Town.'
  3. ^ Jeff Jacoby (March 17, 2010), "Fixing 'the mistake on the lake'", The Boston Globe
  4. ^ Smith, Troy L. (January 18, 2016). "Cavaliers-Warriors rivalry pits 'The Land' vs. 'The City' ". Cleveland.com. Northeast Ohio Media Group. Retrieved June 9, 2016. Meanwhile, since LeBron James' return to Cleveland, Cavs fans have taken to calling their hometown 'The Land.' 
  5. ^ AP (June 6, 2016). "The Wait: Cleveland Rocks, Aches for Sports Championship". New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved June 18, 2016. I feel like some of the energy from 'Believeland' has opened up something sort of spiritual that is going to help all of this come together.
  6. ^ "Cleveland Court Winner: Sixth City Gets Permanent Possession of Inter-Lake Trophy" (PDF). The New York Times. August 3, 1919. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
  7. ^ "Ohio: Sixth City". Time.com. October 11, 1937. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
  8. ^ When the Banks Killed Cleveland; "Once upon a time, Cleveland, Ohio was called 'The Best Location in the Nation.' ... It was once the 7th-largest city in the nation, population-wise, and was a booming industrial town."
  9. ^ Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company in The Encyclopedia of Ohio
  10. ^ Rupersburg, Nicole (May 6, 2012). "Flee to the Cleve". New York Post. New York Post. Retrieved June 18, 2016. Flee to the Cleve
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