List of nicknames for Pittsburgh
This article lists nicknames for the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Major nicknames
"The City of Bridges"
- City of Bridges
- Pittsburgh boasts more bridges, owing to its location at the confluence of the Allegheny, Ohio, and Monongahela, than any other city or region in the world.
- Steel City
- Pittsburgh and the surrounding area was once one of the largest steel producers in the world, gaining it international renown as such. The U.S. Steel Tower remains the headquarters for that company.
- The 'Burgh
- Unlike many cities in America that end in burg (including the capital of the state, Harrisburg), Pittsburgh retains the h at the end of its name, making this quality instantly recognizable.
- City of Champions[1][2][3][4]
- Pittsburgh has enjoyed numerous sports championships from its three major league sports teams and the athletic programs at its many universities.
- Blitzburgh
- This references the Pittsburgh Steelers, winners of six Super Bowls and famed for their vaunted defense.
- Sixburgh
- This is a reference to the six Super Bowls that the Pittsburgh Steelers won; The most of any NFL team.
Minor nicknames
- Iron City[5]
- River City[6]
- Paris of Appalachia[7]
- Pittsburgh is the largest metropolitan area in the entire Appalachian region.
- Pittsburgh is noted for its turn-of-the-20th-century architecture and its cultural institutions.
- The 412
- 412 is the telephone area code for much of Allegheny County, though it covered much more geographically at the time the name was coined, prior to the introduction of 724. Both 412 and 724 are now part of an overlay complex in which the entire region served by those codes is also covered by 878.
- The Only City with an Entrance[8]
- Traveling through the Fort Pitt Tunnel or Liberty Tunnels under Mount Washington yields, for many travelers, the first glimpse of the city's skyline.
- Capital of West Virginia
- So called because many West Virginians migrate to Pittsburgh.
- Benigno Numine
See also
- List of city nicknames in Pennsylvania
- Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia
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- ↑ O'Brien, Jim; Marty Wolfson (1980). Pittsburgh, the story of the city of champions: the '70s—a decade unmatched in the annals of sports. Wolfson Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-916114-07-7.
- ↑ Scarpaci, Joseph L; Kevin Joseph Patrick (2006). "Chapter 6: Pittsburgh, City of Bridges". Pittsburgh and the Appalachians: cultural and natural resources in a postindustrial age. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-8229-4282-5. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
- ↑ Rossi, Rob (February 14, 2010). "Deadline-day deal? Not likely for Penguins". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
- ↑ Bobkoff, Dan (December 16, 2010). "From Steel To Tech, Pittsburgh Transforms Itself". NPR. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
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- ↑ http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=river+city+pittsburgh&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/The-Paris-Appalachia-Pittsburgh-Twenty-first/dp/088748509X
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/03/arts/architecture-view-a-tempered-skyline-strengthens-a-city-of-steel.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
- ↑ "Præcepti -- Mottoes". Archived from the original on 2006-11-21. Retrieved 2006-11-20.
- ↑ "Religious Latin Phrases, Latin Quotes on Religion". Latin Phrases Web Site. Archived from the original on 2007-01-11. Retrieved 2006-11-20.
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