page_title: List of city nicknames in California
section_title: D
hierarchical_section_title: List of city nicknames in California / Nicknames by city / D
caption_attribution_description: English: Raisins. Français&#160;: Raisins secs. Русский: Изюм.
context_page_description: This partial list of city nicknames in California compiles the aliases, sobriquets, mottos and slogans that cities in California are known by, officially and unofficially, to locals, 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.
  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.
context_section_description: Daly City
  Gateway To The Peninsula
  Little Manila
  Davis
  Bicycle Capital of the World.
  People's Republic of Davis
  Del Mar – Where the turf meets the surf
  Dinuba – Raisinland, USA
caption: Dinuba, Fallbrook, and Selma have nicknames that celebrate the production of raisins.
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