Daftar julukan kota di North Carolina ini mengandung , julukan , dan slogan yang disematkan kepada beberapa kota di North Carolina (resmi dan tidak resmi) oleh pemerintah kota, masyarakat setempat, orang asing, badan pariwisata , atau kamar dagang . Julukan kota berperan sebagai perintis identitas lokal, membantu orang asing mengenali masyarakat setempat, atau mengajak orang berkunjung karena julukannya khas; mengangkat martabat daerah; dan mempersatukan masyarakat. [ 1 ] Julukan dan slogan yang berubah menjadi "ideologi atau mitos" baru [ 2 ] juga diyakini memiliki potensi ekonomi. [ 1 ] Potensi ekonominya sulit diukur, [ 1 ] tetapi ada beberapa kota yang memakai slogan baru untuk memasarkan/mencitrakan diri dan memanfaatkan potensi ekonomi tersebut. [ 2 ]
Beberapa julukan tidak resmi bersifat positif dan negatif. Julukan tidak resmi di bawah ini populer dan sudah lama digunakan.
- — Peak of Good Living [ 3 ]
- Asheville — San Francisco of the South [ 4 ]
- — Firefly Capital of the World [ 5 ]
- — Home of the white squirrels [ 6 ]
- — Seafood Capital of the World [ 7 ] [ 8 ]
- — The Graveyard of the Atlantic [ 9 ] [ 10 ]
- — Paris of the Piedmont [ 11 ]
- — Strawberry Capital of the World [ 12 ]
- Charlotte
- Durham — The Bull City [ 16 ]
- — Denim Capital of the World [ 17 ]
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Greensboro
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- The Gate City [ 19 ]
- The Boro
- The 6
- Greensboring
- G-Boro
- High Point — Furniture capital of the world [ 22 ]
- Kannapolis — City of Looms [ 23 ]
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- L-Town
- Lex-Vegas
- "The BBQ Capital of the World"
- Mooresville, North Carolina - The Dirty Mo
- — Clogging Capital of the World [ 3 ]
- — Golf Capital of the World [ 7 ]
- Raleigh — The City of Oaks; [ 24 ] Raleigh Wood; Ruff Raleigh; Oak City
- — Chair City; [ 22 ] T-Ville
- Wilmington
Lihat pula
Referensi
- ^ a b c Muench, David (December 1993). "Wisconsin Community Slogans: Their Use and Local Impacts" (PDF) . University of Wisconsin Extension. Diarsipkan dari versi asli (PDF) tanggal March 9, 2013 . Diakses tanggal April 10, 2007 .
- ^ a b Alfredo Andia, Branding the Generic City:) Diarsipkan 2008-05-21 di Wayback Machine ., MU.DOT magazine, September 10, 2007
- ^ a b Claims to Fame - Favorites Diarsipkan 2008-01-16 di Wayback Machine ., , accessed April 16, 2007.
- ^ [1] , NYT , August 28, 2005
- ^ Claims to Fame - Animals Diarsipkan 2011-11-06 di Wayback Machine ., , accessed April 16, 2007.
- ^ 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."
- ^ a b The World Capital of Whatever , The New York Times by Harold Faber, September 12, 1993.
- ^ Ben G. Blount (October 15, 2006), Factors Affecting Participation in Marine Fisheries: Case Studies in Georgia and North Carolina (PDF) , NOAA Fisheries, hlm. 81
- ^ U.S. City Monikers , Tagline Guru website, accessed January 5, 2008
- ^ [2] , Irvine World News , February 22, 2004
- ^ An Interview with Nyle Frank , Carrboro.com website
- ^ Claims to Fame - Agriculture , , accessed April 16, 2007.
- ^ http://www.nba.com/hornets/buzz-city
- ^ [ pranala nonaktif permanen ] . Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- ^ http://www.meckdec.org/
- ^ http://www.durhambulls.com/
- ^ Claims to Fame - Clothing Diarsipkan 2011-10-07 di Wayback Machine ., , accessed April 16, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e FYV vs. FAY , Fayetteville Free Weekly (blog based in Fayetteville, Arkansas), September 6, 2007 [ sumber tepercaya? ]
- ^ E.g. Gate City Transportation Diarsipkan 2017-10-16 di Wayback Machine ., Gate City FC Diarsipkan 2014-05-17 di Wayback Machine ., Gate City Patrol Agency , Gate City Billiards Club
- ^ http://experience.usatoday.com/weekend/story/lifestyle/2014/08/06/5-great-lesser-known-places-to-retire/13686239/
- ^ " G-Vegas Magazine " . Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2021-04-11 . Diakses tanggal 2018-01-16 .
- ^ a b Claims to Fame - Products Diarsipkan 2007-04-08 di Wayback Machine ., , accessed April 16, 2007.
- ^ Wanda McKinney, Our Favorite Town Slogans Diarsipkan 2007-11-07 di Wayback Machine ., , April 2005
- ^ City of Raleigh Museum [ pranala nonaktif permanen ]
- ^ Wilmington.net
- ^ Wilmywood.com
- ^ Camel City Dispatch Diarsipkan 2018-01-04 di Wayback Machine ., online news daily
- ^ http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t580
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBzFUTCZHdc
Pranala luar
- a list Diarsipkan 2015-02-14 di Wayback Machine . of American and a few Canadian nicknames
- U.S. cities list