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词条 List of nicknames for Pittsburgh
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  1. Major nicknames

  2. Minor nicknames

  3. See also

  4. References

This article lists nicknames for the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Major nicknames

  • 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.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
  • 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.
  • Dirty Burgh
    • Pittsburgh and the surrounding area was once one of the largest steel producers in the world. It was said that you would leave for work in a white shirt and come home in an all black one.
  • 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; Tied for the most of any NFL team with the New England Patriots who have appeared in 11 Super Bowls winning 6 compared to the Steelers who have only been to 8 Super Bowls.

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
    • Comes from the city's Latin motto. It is generally translated as "With the Benevolent Deity"[9] or "By the Favour of Heaven".[10]

See also

{{Portal|Pittsburgh}}
  • List of city nicknames in Pennsylvania
  • Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia

References

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1. ^{{cite book|last=O'Brien|first=Jim|author2=Marty Wolfson |title=Pittsburgh, the story of the city of champions: the '70s—a decade unmatched in the annals of sports|publisher=Wolfson Pub. Co.|year=1980|isbn=978-0-916114-07-7}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Scarpaci|first=Joseph L|author2=Kevin Joseph Patrick |title=Pittsburgh and the Appalachians: cultural and natural resources in a postindustrial age|publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press|location=Pittsburgh|year=2006|page=81|chapter=Chapter 6: Pittsburgh, City of Bridges|isbn=978-0-8229-4282-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9qTdSl2CkzkC&pg=PA81|accessdate=February 28, 2010}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com:8000/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/s_667140.html|title=Deadline-day deal? Not likely for Penguins|last=Rossi|first=Rob|date=February 14, 2010|publisher=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review|accessdate=February 28, 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120910032147/http://www.pittsburghlive.com:8000/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/s_667140.html|archivedate=September 10, 2012|df=}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2010/12/16/131907405/from-steel-to-tech-pittsburgh-transforms-itself|title=From Steel To Tech, Pittsburgh Transforms Itself|last=Bobkoff|first=Dan|date=December 16, 2010|work=NPR|accessdate=December 21, 2010}}
5. ^{{Cite NIE|wstitle=Iron City, The|short=x}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=river+city+pittsburgh&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest|title=river city pittsburgh - Google Search|author=|date=|website=www.google.com|accessdate=4 March 2019}}
7. ^https://www.amazon.com/The-Paris-Appalachia-Pittsburgh-Twenty-first/dp/088748509X
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/03/arts/architecture-view-a-tempered-skyline-strengthens-a-city-of-steel.html|title=ARCHITECTURE VIEW; A Tempered Skyline Strengthens a City of Steel|first=Paul|last=Goldberger|date=3 January 1988|publisher=|accessdate=4 March 2019|via=NYTimes.com}}
9. ^{{cite web|url= http://members.chello.se/hansdotter/motton.html#pers|title= Præcepti -- Mottoes|accessdate= 2006-11-20|deadurl= yes|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20061121172843/http://members.chello.se/hansdotter/motton.html#pers|archivedate= 2006-11-21|df= }}
10. ^{{cite web |url= http://latin-phrases.co.uk/quotations/religious/ |title= Religious Latin Phrases, Latin Quotes on Religion |accessdate= 2006-11-20 |work= Latin Phrases Web Site |deadurl= yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070111152947/http://latin-phrases.co.uk/quotations/religious/ |archivedate= 2007-01-11 |df= }}
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