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This partial list of city nicknames in Massachusetts compiles the aliases, sobriquets, and slogans that cities and towns in Massachusetts are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce. City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its nickname; promote civic pride; and build community unity. Nicknames and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth"〔 are also believed to have economic value.〔 Their economic value is difficult to measure,〔 but there are anecdotal reports of cities that have achieved substantial economic benefits by "branding" themselves by adopting new slogans.〔Alfredo Andia, (Branding the Generic City :) ), MU.DOT magazine, September 10, 2007〕 Some unofficial nicknames are positive, while others are derisive. The unofficial nicknames listed here have been in use for a long time or have gained wide currency. *Amesbury- Carriagetown. *Athol - Tool Town.〔(Claims to Fame - Products ), Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.〕 *Attleboro - Jewelry Capital of America or Jewelry Capital of the World〔(Technology Plan 2007-2011, Attleboro Public Schools ), Attleboro Public Schools website, accessed September 17, 2011〕〔(Attleboro Massachusetts- The Jewelry Capital of the World ), Guyot Brothers Company, Inc. website, accessed September 17, 2011〕 *Boston * *Athens of America - Boston Brahmins' reference to the numerous cultural institutions which separated Boston from its counterparts.〔(Boston :: "The Athens of America" - Britannica Student Encyclopaedia )〕〔 Also called the Modern Athens.〔Barry Popik, (Smoky City ), barrypopik.com website, March 27, 2005〕 * *Beantown or Bean Town and variations 'The Bean', 'DA BEAN', BeanCity, B-town, etc.〔(U.S. City Monikers ), Tagline Guru website, accessed January 5, 2008〕〔(Why do they call Boston "Beantown"? ), Ask Yahoo? website, September 5, 2001〕〔(Why do they call Boston "Beantown"? ), Boston-Online website〕〔Norman Dalager, (What's in a nickname? ), Boston.com website, accessed June 18, 2008〕 * *The Hub (or the Hub of the Universe)〔-- ''The Hub of the Universe'', from Oliver Wendell Holmes' reference to the Massachusetts State House as the "hub of the solar system"〕〔〔(Queen City ), ''Time (magazine)'', January 30, 1928, accessed April 13, 1928.〕 * *City of Notions〔 * *The Cradle of Liberty〔〔 * *Puritan City〔 *Brockton - The City of Champions〔http://www.brockton.ma.us/〕 *Cambridge - The People's Republic of Cambridge〔(Cambridge Officials Put a Stop to Boy Scout Drive to Aid Troops in Iraq ), Fox News, accessed April 4, 2008.〕 *Chicopee, Massachusetts - Crossroads of New England; Kielbasa Capital of the World〔Trausch, Susan (1990), "There is Life Beyond Boston--Really," Boston Globe, June 6, 1990, p. 17: "() has Chicopee, "Kielbasa Capital of the World," right next door."〕〔O'Brien, George (2001), "Stretching the Imagination in Chicopee," BusinessWest, October 1, 2001: p. 14: "The city once known merely as the kielbasa capital of the universe now has much more on its plate."〕 *Fall River - Scholarship City.〔Reynolds, Mark. ("Mayor's plans for city include schools for gifted pupils" ), ''The Providence Journal'', February 2, 2005. Accessed June 28, 2009. "Meanwhile, the graduation rate for students in Fall River -- the self-proclaimed 'Scholarship City' -- is 97 percent."〕 *Gardner - Furniture Capital of New England.,〔(Official Site of Gardner, MA ), accessed October 28, 2008.〕 Chair City.〔: "By 1837 they were turning out so many chairs that residents immodestly dubbed the place "Chair City of the World."〕〔Used in numerous local business and organization names, e.g. (Chair City Supply Company ), (Chair City Oil ), (Chair City Family Medicine ), (Chair City Pale Ale ), (Chair City Pipers ), etc.〕 *Hadley - Asparagus Capital of the World.〔( The World Capital of Whatever ), ''The New York Times'' by Harold Faber, September 12, 1993.〕 *Holyoke * *Paper City〔〔 * *Birthplace of Volleyball *Leominster - Pioneer Plastics City of the World 〔Used in city promotional materials including the city of Leominster's (official website )〕 *Lexington - The Birthplace of American Liberty〔Examples of the use of this name include the book title ''Lexington, the Birthplace of American Liberty: A Handbook'' by Fred Smith Piper (first published in 1902, formerly available from the Lexington Historical Society (), and currently available through Google Books), the (Lexington Visitor Center website ), and the (City of Lexington website ) (all websites accessed January 6, 2008).〕 * Lowell * * The Mill City * * City of Spindles〔 * * Manchester of America〔 *Natick - Home of Champions * New Bedford - The Whaling City.〔(Tom Huntington ) "Treasure Trove of Documents Discovered in Whaling Town," ''American Heritage'', Winter 2009.〕 * Newburyport - Clipper City.〔(Focus on Newburyport ), (Merrimack valley Info ), accessed October 1, 2007. "Shipbuilding was one of the most important and profitable trades making Newburyport known as the 'Clipper City.'"〕 * Newton - The Garden City〔(), Official website of the City of Newton〕 * North Adams * * The Tunnel City〔 * North Andover - Turkey Town〔(), North Andover Citizen Newspaper〕 * Northampton * * Hamp * * NoHo * * The Paradise of America or The Paradise City〔Steven Otfinoski, ("Presidents and Their Times: Calvin Coolidge". page 15. )〕 * Orange - The Friendly Town * Peabody - Leather City, Tanner City.〔 * Plymouth - America's Hometown.〔(America's Hometown ), Town of Plymouth website, accessed November 19, 2011〕 * Provincetown * * Like Nowhere Else〔("The slogan for Provincetown says it well, 'Like No Where Else'" )〕 * * P-Town〔Used in ( Rich Gay, Poor Gay ) by David Colman, ''The New York Times'', September 4, 2005, and in the title of the book ''Ptown: Art, Sex, and Money on the Outer Cape'' By Peter Manso (2002; Simon and Schuster; ISBN 978-0-7432-4311-7〕 * Quincy - City of Presidents 〔http://www.quincyma.gov/Visiting/aboutQuincy.cfm〕 * Salem * * City of Peace〔 * * City of Witches.〔("QUITS POST IN DISPUTE ON SALEM'S BIRTH DATE; Author of City History Gives Up Place With the Essex Institute." ), ''The New York Times'', March 6, 1926, accessed April 23, 2007. "Sidney Perley, author of a history of Salem, resigned his position with the Essex Institute today because of a dispute as to the date of the city's founding. His action renewed a controversy which had raged since plans were set on foot to observe next July the tercentenary of the 'City of Witches.'"〕 or The Witch City.〔Matarazzo Jr., Bruno. ("Historic buildings getting plundered for copper" ), ''The Salem News'', April 23, 2007, accessed April 23, 2007. "SALEM - Think of a thief snatching a gold necklace from around a woman's neck as she walks down the street. Now think of the victim as a historic building, and you get an idea of one of the crime trends haunting the Witch City."〕 *Scituate - The Irish Riviera * Somerville - Slummerville〔(Affordable towns near Boston for would-be home buyers ), by David Valdes Greenwood. Boston Phoenix, accessed April 4, 2008.〕 * Springfield * * Birthplace of Basketball.〔(New England for Visitors ), About.com, accessed April 23, 2007. "Did you know that Springfield is the birthplace of basketball?"〕 * * City of Firsts 〔Federal Reserve System and Brookings Institution (2008), (Springfield, Massachusetts: Old Hill, Six Corners, and the South End neighborhoods ), in ''The Enduring Challenge of Poverty in America: Case Studies from Communities Across the U.S.'' Retrieved from Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco website, November 19, 2011. "Springfield was once known as the 'City of Firsts'. It was the first to develop interchangeable parts..."〕〔(Springfield ), Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts〕 * * City of Homes 〔〔(Choose Springfield, Massachusetts ), website accessed November 19, 2011〕 * * City of Progress 〔(The City of Progress New City Library, Merrick Park, State Street Springfield, MA )〕〔(The City Of Progress, Winchester Square Springfield, MA )〕〔, City of Taunton, Massachusetts website, accessed April 23, 2007. "Throughout our glorious history, our community has earned the reputation as the Christmas City as visitors converge on Taunton from all corners of New England to witness the annual lighting of historic Taunton Green."〕 * *City of Firsts.〔(City of Taunton, Massachusetts ), accessed on the original site on April 23, 2007; archived on May 2, 2008. "Taunton has three nicknames; 'City of Firsts'- 1st Woman Proprietor, 1st to raise the Liberty & Union Flag 1774, and 1st Silver Manufacturer 'The Silver City- Had three major Silver Manufacturing Plants-1 remaining Christmas City-For decades the community lit up the Taunton green at the annual "Lights On" ceremony."〕 * * The Silver City.〔Lopes, Ashley. ("Watching the history of Taunton" ), ''Taunton Daily Gazette'', April 15, 2007, accessed April 23, 2007. "TAUNTON - Mayor Charles Crowley, producer of cable access program Olde Tyme Taunton, kept the history of the Silver City alive as he celebrated his 250th show Wednesday."〕 *Waltham - Watch City.〔Siek, Stephanie V. (Waltham: Room to grow at museum" ), ''Boston Globe'', April 12, 2007, accessed April 23, 2007. "You can see it at the new home of the Waltham Museum, which finally has enough room for its many windows into the past lives of the Watch City."〕 * Westfield - The Whip City.〔(WESTFIELD, THE "WHIP CITY" ), accessed April 23, 2007.〕 *Williamstown - The Village Beautiful 〔http://www.berkshireview.com/Williamstown.html〕 *Winchendon - Toy Town * Worcester * *The Heart of the Commonwealth 〔http://www.worcestermass.org/〕 * *City of Seven Hills〔Laura Crimaldi, (Reaching high in City of Seven Hills; ‘Second tier’ Worcester thrives ), ''Boston Herald'', March 1, 2009; archived July 6, 2009〕 * *Wormtown〔(Worcester, Mass - Origins of the Phrase Wormtown ), WorcesterMass.com website, accessed October 28, 2008〕 * *The Woo〔(Worcester, Mass - Origins of the Phrase The Woo ), WorcesterMass.com website, accessed April 28, 2013〕 ==See also== *List of city nicknames in the United States *List of cities in Massachusetts 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of city nicknames in Massachusetts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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