Daftar julukan kota di Virginia
Daftar julukan kota di Virginia ini mengandung samaran, julukan, dan slogan yang disematkan kepada beberapa kota di Virginia (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.
- Bristol – The Birthplace of Country Music (shares this nickname with Bristol, Tennessee)[3]
- Charlottesville – So Very Virginia[4]
- Colonial Beach – Oyster Capital of the Potomac[5]
- Fredericksburg
- Harrisonburg – The Friendly City[7]
- Honaker – Redbud Capital of the World[8]
- Lynchburg
- Norfolk – Life, Celebrated Daily[4]
- Radford – The New River City[11]
- Richmond
- Roanoke
- Williamsburg
- Winchester – Apple Capital of the World.[19]
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Referensi[sunting | sunting sumber]
- ^ 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
- ^ Birthplace of Country Music website
- ^ a b c Tagline Guru City Branding Survey, Tagline Guru website, accessed Aug 18, 2009
- ^ Wanda McKinney, Our Favorite Town Slogans Diarsipkan 2007-11-07 di Wayback Machine., Southern Living, April 2005
- ^ Goolrick, John. T. (2006). Fredericksburg: America's Most Historic City. Kessinger Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-4286-5422-8.
- ^ [1] Harrisonburg At-A-Glance website, accessed June 30, 2016
- ^ Town of Honaker Diarsipkan 2008-06-17 di Wayback Machine. website, accessed July 30, 2008
- ^ a b [2][pranala nonaktif permanen] Lynchburg Online website
- ^ Barry Popik, Smoky City, barrypopik.com website, March 27, 2005
- ^ "Archived copy". Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2004-11-30. Diakses tanggal 2004-12-29. Official nickname on website
- ^ River City Magazine Diarsipkan 2011-09-06 di Wayback Machine. website
- ^ History: River City Observed Diarsipkan 2009-01-13 di Wayback Machine., Discover Richmond website
- ^ "Civil War Richmond – The South's Capital". Virginia.org. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2016-01-11. Diakses tanggal 2013-08-21.
- ^ The Roanoke Star Diarsipkan 2011-10-28 di Wayback Machine., City of Roanoke website, accessed January 5, 2008. The nickname refers to a large lighted star on a mountainside overlooking the city, installed in 1949 and originally intended as a Christmas decoration. "It was over 50 years ago Roanoke earned the nickname, 'Star City of the South,' and the star has been a part of the landscape of Mill Mountain ever since."
- ^ Case 54: Roanoke, Virginia Diarsipkan 2007-07-28 di Wayback Machine., Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies website, accessed January 5, 2008. "The City of Roanoke, once known as the 'Magic City' due to the speed of the city’s growth, was chartered in 1884."
- ^ "Capitol of Colonial Williamsburg". www.history.org.
- ^ "William & Mary Law School - Our Town - the 'Burg!". law.wm.edu.
- ^ The World Capital of Whatever, The New York Times by Harold Faber, September 12, 1993.
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- a list Diarsipkan 2015-02-14 di Wayback Machine. of American and a few Canadian nicknames
- U.S. cities list
