| City |
Nickname |
| Adelaide |
City of Churches |
| Alexandria, Egypt |
Pearl of the Mediterranean |
| Amsterdam |
Venice of the North |
| Ancona, Italy |
Doric City |
| Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
City of Love, City of White Marble |
| Athens |
The City of Violet Crown |
| Auckland, New Zealand |
City of Sails |
| Barcelona |
The City of Counts, The City of Gaudi |
| Beijing |
The Forbidden City |
| Beirut |
Paris of the Middle East |
| Berlin |
The Grey City |
| Bilbao, Spain |
El Botxo (The Hole) |
| Bologna, Italy |
Red City; La Dotta, La Rossa, La Grassa (the Educated, the Red, the Fat) |
| Bolzano, Italy |
The Door to the Dolomites, The German One |
| Bordeaux , France |
City of Wine |
| Boston |
The Hub; Beantown |
| Bruges, Belgium |
Venice of the North |
| Bucharest, Romania |
Little Paris |
| Budapest, Hungary |
Pearl of the Danube |
| Buenos Aires |
Paris of the Americas, Queen of the Plata |
| Birmingham |
The City of a Thousand Trades, Brum |
| Cadiz, Spain |
The Little Silver Cup |
| Cairo |
Paris of the Nile |
| Camrose, Canada |
The Rose City |
| Cape Town, South Africa |
The Tavern of the Seas |
| Chicago |
The Windy City |
| Cuernavaca, Mexico |
The City of Eternal Spring |
| Curitiba, Brazil |
The City of Eternal Fog |
| Cuzco |
The Navel of the World |
| Dallas |
Big D |
| Denver |
The Mile High City |
| Detroit |
Motor City |
| Dublin |
The Fair City |
| Dubrovnik, Croatia |
The Pearl of the Adriatic |
| Edinburgh |
Auld Reekie |
| Florence |
The City of Lilies |
| Geneva |
The Peace Capital |
| Genova, Italy |
The Superb |
| Grenoble, France |
Capital of the Alps |
| The Hague |
City of Peace and Justice |
| Helsinki, Finland |
The White City of the North |
| Hong Kong |
Pearl of the Orient |
| Honolulu |
Sheltered Bay |
| Jakarta, Indonesia |
The Big Durian |
| Jerusalem |
The Holy City |
| Kansas, US |
The Paris of the Plains |
| Kiev, Ukraine |
The Mother of Rus’ Cities |
| Kuala Lumpur |
Golden Triangle |
| Las Vegas |
Sin City |
| Leipzig, Germany |
Bimbo Town |
| Lima |
City of the Kings |
| Lisbon |
City With a Future |
| London |
The Square Mile, The Old Smoke, The Smoke |
| Los Angeles |
The City of Angels |
| Macau |
Oyster City |
| Madrid |
El Foro, The Forum |
| Manila |
City by the Bay |
| Marseille, France |
Phocean City |
| Melbourne |
City by the Bay, Bleak City, Europe of Australia |
| Memphis, US |
Bluff City |
| Miami |
The Magic City, Little Cuba |
| Milan |
Fashion Capital of the World, The Drinkable City |
| Mogadishu, Somalia |
The White Pearl of the Indian Ocean |
| Montreal, Canada |
La Belle Ville, Frenchtown, The City-Mountain |
| Moscow |
The Whitestone, The Forty Forties, Third Rome |
| Munich |
World City with Heart |
| Naples |
City of the Sun |
| New Orleans, US |
The Big Easy |
| New York |
The Big Apple |
| Nice, France |
Angels City |
| Oslo |
Tiger Town |
| Palermo, Italy |
The Happy |
| Paris |
The City of Love, The City of Light, La Ville-Lumiere |
| Petra |
The Rose Red City |
| Philadelphia |
City of Brotherly Love, Philly |
| Pittsburgh |
Steel City |
| Porto, Portugal |
The Invincible City |
| Prague |
The City of Hundred Spires, The Golden City, The Mother of Cities |
| Rio de Janeiro |
Marvelous City |
| Rome |
The Eternal City, City of the Seven Hills |
| Rotterdam |
Manhattan on the Maas |
| Salzburg, Austria |
White City |
| San Francisco |
Frisco |
| Sanremo, Italy |
The City of Dreams |
| Sao Paulo |
Brazil’s Locomotive, Land of Drizzle, Sampa |
| Seattle |
The Emerald City |
| Singapore |
The Lion City |
| Split, Croatia |
The Diocletian’s City |
| St Petersburg |
The Mind of Russia |
| Sydney |
The Harbour City |
| Tehran |
The City of 72 Nations |
| Tel Aviv |
The City that Never Stops |
| Tijuana, Mexico |
Television Capital of the World |
| Tivoli, Italy |
The City of Delights |
| Torino, Italy |
City of Four Rivers |
| Toronto |
Queen City, Muddy York, The Big Toe
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| Udine, Italy |
Capital of the Great War |
| Ushuaia, Argentina |
The End of the World |
| Vancouver |
Rain City |
| Venice |
La Serenissima, Bride of the Sea |
| Vicenza, Italy |
City of Gold |
| Vienna |
The Imperial City |
| Warsaw |
Default City, Big Village in the Middle of Nowhere |
| Washington |
Chocolate City, City of Magnificent Distances |
| Wroclaw, Poland |
City of Hundred Bridges |
| Yatomi, Japan |
The City of Goldfish |
| Zagreb, Croatia |
Little Vienna |
| Zurich |
Little Big City |