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This partial list of city nicknames in Tennessee compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities and towns in Tennessee 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. * Adamsville - The Biggest Little Town in Tennessee〔(City of Adamsville website ), accessed August 12, 2009〕 *Athens - The Friendly City 〔(Athens, Tennessee official website ), accessed March 18, 2008〕 *Bristol - The Birthplace of Country Music (shares this nickname with Bristol, Virginia) 〔(Birthplace of Country Music Alliance website ), accessed March 18, 2008〕 *Chattanooga * *Dynamo of Dixie〔(Tagline Guru City Branding Survey ), Tagline Guru website, accessed Aug 18, 2009〕 * *The Scenic City〔(Chattanooga Info... ), University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Department of Psychology website, accessed January 5, 2008. "Chattanooga has for a long time been considered ''The Gateway to the South''. It is at the crossroads of the railroads, major highways, and the Tennessee River. In recent years it has been completely reborn in a transformation that has also earned it the nickname ''The Smartest City''. You can add those great nicknames to its two existing ones ''The Scenic City'' and ''The City of Lights''."〕 * *City of Lights〔 * *Gateway to the South〔 *Clarksville * *Gateway to the New South〔(Clarksville, Tennessee: Gateway to the New South ), Fort Campbell website, accessed October 11, 2008〕 * *The Queen City or Queen of the Cumberland〔(Queen City Lodge #761 - Free & Accepted Masons ), accessed October 11, 2008〕 * *Tennessee's Top Spot (introduced as a new city "brand" in April 2008)〔(Clarksville unveils new "Brand" as "Tennessee’s Top Spot!" ), Turner McCullough Jr., Clarksville Online, April 12, 2008〕 *Columbia - Mule Capital of the World〔(Columbia, Tennessee, Mule Capital of the World, Muletown - Home of Mule Day ) (website)〕〔(Columbia, Tennessee - Mule Capital of the World ), Roadside America website (accessed January 6, 2008)〕 *Elizabethton - City of Power〔(City of Elizabethton website ) (accessed May 20, 2008)〕 *Greeneville – Home of President Andrew Johnson〔Listed on welcome signs at the entrances to the towm〕 *Johnson City - Little Chicago of the South〔Refers to the city's Prohibition-era reputation as a center for trade in illegal alcoholic beverages (("Little Chicago" ) on Johnson's Depot website, accessed March 31, 2009).〕 *Jonesborough - Tennessee's Oldest Town〔(Town of Jonesborough website ) (accessed January 24, 2008)〕 *Kenton - Home of the White Squirrels.〔(White Squirrel Wars ), Roadside America, accessed April 21, 2007. "Olney, IL; Marionville, MO; Kenton, TN; Brevard, NC; Exeter, ON. Not one, but five towns use albino squirrels as their claims to fame, and none is particularly happy about the others."〕 *Kingsport - The Model City 〔(The Spirit Of Kingsport ), City of Kingsport website (accessed May 20, 2008)〕 *Knoxville * *The Marble City〔(Knoxville area information ), Mast General Store website, accessed January 5, 2008. "In the 1800s and early 1900s, the city was very important as a manufacturing and warehouse district. Knoxville was known as 'The Marble City' because of the famous pink marble supplied by quarries surrounding the city."〕 * *Underwear Capital of the World〔(Video: A Monument to underwear ), ''Knoxville News Sentinel'' website, accessed 20 January 2010.〕 *Lebanon - Appalachian Square Dance Capital of the World〔(Claims to Fame - Favorites ), Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.〕 *Lenoir City - Lakeway to the Smokies〔(The Internet Business Directory for Lenoir City )〕 *McMinnville - Nursery Capital of the World〔(City of McMinnville ) website, accessed January 5, 2008.〕 *Memphis * *Barbecued Pork Capital of the World〔( The World Capital of Whatever ), ''The New York Times'' by Harold Faber, September 12, 1993.〕 * *Home of the Blues.〔Orkin, David. ("THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO: TENNESSEE" ), ''The Independent'', January 7, 2006, accessed April 22, 2007. "The king is dead, but the Presley legend lives on in Tennessee's largest city, Memphis, which is also the birthplace of the blues and a jewel of the Mississippi."〕 * *Bluff City〔(Queen City ), ''Time (magazine)'', January 30, 1928, accessed April 13, 2007.〕 * *Birthplace of Rock 'n Roll〔(MEMPHIS TO LEAD NATIONAL CELEBRATION OF THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF ROCK 'n' ROLL ), press release dated November 5, 2003, accessed April 22, 2007. " Memphis is known worldwide as the "Birthplace of Rock 'n' Roll" - with close to 20 percent of the earliest inductees in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame having come from within a 100-mile radius of Memphis."〕 *Nashville * *The Athens of the South〔(Nashville: The Athens of the South ), About.com, accessed April 22, 2007. "By the 1850's, Nashville had already earned the nickname of the "Athens of the South" by having established numerous higher education institutions as well as being the first Southern City to establish a public school system."〕 * * City of Rocks (reported in the 1880s)〔Barry Popik, (Smoky City ), barrypopik.com website, March 27, 2005〕 * * Minneapolis of the South (historical)〔Carroll Van West (1994), (Tennessee's Historic Landscapes: A Traveler's Guide ), University of Tennessee Press. Page 85.〕 * * Music City〔(How Nashville Became Music City, U.S.A.: 50 Years of Music Row ), accessed April 22, 2007.〕 * * The Protestant Vatican〔 * Oak Ridge * * America's Secret City〔 * *The Atomic City〔(At Work in the Atomic City: A Labor and Social History of Oak Ridge, Tennessee ), accessed April 22, 2007.〕 *Shelbyville * *Pencil City〔(Claims to Fame - Products ), Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.〕〔(City of Shelbyville official website ), accessed January 5, 2008. "We are known as the Walking Horse Capital of the World, and the Grand Champion Tennessee Walking Horse is crowned at our TWH National Celebration annually. Shelbyville is known as The Pencil City because of its historical importance to pencil manufacturing, although today more "writing instruments" than pencils are produced here."〕 * *Walking Horse Capital of the World〔 *Wartrace - Cradle of the Tennessee Walking Horse.〔(Claims to Fame - Animals ), Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.〕 ==See also== * List of city nicknames in the United States *List of municipalities in Tennessee 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 Tennessee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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