page_title: List of city nicknames in New York State
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hierarchical_section_title: List of city nicknames in New York State / Nicknames by city / N
caption_attribution_description: English: Niagara Falls - American Falls and Bridal Veil FallsDeutsch: Niagarafälle: American Falls und Brautschleierfälle in Niagara Falls, New York, Vereinigte Staaten
context_page_description: This partial list of city nicknames in New York compiles the aliases, sobriquets, and slogans that cities in the U.S. state of New York are known by, officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders, or the cities' 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: New Rochelle
  Queen City of the Sound
  The City of Huguenots
  The City of Parks
  New York City 
  The Big Apple
  The Capital of the World
  The City of Dreams
  The City So Nice, They Named It Twice
  The City That Never Sleeps
  Empire City
  The Five Boroughs
  Fun City
  Gotham
  Niagara Falls – Cataract City
  North Tonawanda – Lumber City
caption: The city of Niagara Falls, New York, gets both its name and its nickname of "Cataract City" from the famous set of waterfalls known as Niagara Falls.
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