Daftar julukan kota di Illinois

Daftar julukan kota di Illinois ini mengandung samaran, julukan, dan slogan yang disematkan kepada beberapa kota di Illinois (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.

• Algonquin – Gem of the Fox River Valley^[3]
• Aurora – City of Lights^[4]
• Batavia
  • The Windmill City^[5]
  • City of Energy^[6]
• Beardstown – Watermelon Capital^[7]
• Bloomington – The Evergreen City^[8]
• Bloomington–Normal together
  • Blo-No^[9]
  • The Twin Cities^[10]
• Buffalo Grove – The Gymnastics Capital of Illinois^{[butuh rujukan]}
• Champaign-Urbana – Chambana^[11]
• Charleston – Chucktown^[12]
• Chester – The Home of Popeye^[13]
• Chicago
  • Chi-Town^[14]
  • Chi-Raq
  • City in a Garden (literal translation of city motto, Urbs in horto)^[15]
  • The City of the Big Shoulders^[16] (from Chicago, a Carl Sandburg poem)
  • The City That Works (by Mayor Daley, for example^[17])
  • The Second City^[16]
  • The Windy City^[16]
  • Murder City
  • The real Gotham (from Batman)

• Collinsville – Horseradish Capital of the World^[18][19]
• Crystal Lake – A Good Place to Live^[20]
• Decatur
  • D-Town^[21]
  • Soy Capital of the World (former nickname)^[22]
• DeKalb – Barbed Wire Capital of the World^[18]
• Des Plaines - City of Destiny
• Elgin
  • The City in the Suburbs^[23]
  • The City to Watch^[24]
• Evanston – Heavenston^[25]
• Freeport – Pretzel City, USA^[26]
• Griggsville – Purple Martin Capital of the World^[18][27]
• Glen Ellyn – Babcock's Grove^[28]
• Huntley – The Friendly Village with Country Charm^[29]
• Joliet
  • City of Champions^[30]
  • City of "Snap and Progress"^[31]
  • City of Steel (or City of Steel and Stone)^[31][32][33]
  • City of Stone^[31][32]
  • Prison City (or Prison Town)^[31][34][35]
  • J-Town
• Kewanee – Hog Capital of the World^[36]
• Lombard – The Lilac Village^[37]
• Marion – Hub City of the Universe^[38]
• Marseilles – Best Little City by a Dam Site^[39]
• Mattoon – Bagel Capital of the World^[19]
• Metropolis – The Home of Superman^[40]
• Moline – Plow Capital of the World^[7]
• Monmouth – The Maple City^[41]
• Morton – Pumpkin Capital of the World^[42]
• Olney – Home of the White Squirrels^[43]
• Pana – City of Roses^[44]
• Pekin
  • Celestial City^[45]
  • Marigold Capital of the World.^[46]
• Peoria – Whiskeytown^[45]
• Quincy – Gem City^[47]
• Rantoul – Rantucky^[48]
• Rockford – The Forest City^[49]
• Skokie – Silicon Valley of the Midwest
• Springfield
  • Flower City^[45]
  • Springpatch^[50]
• St. Charles – The Pride of the Fox^[51]
• Thomson – The Melon Capital of the World^[52]
• Warrenville – For a Visit, Or a Lifetime^[53]
• Wilmington – The Island City^[54]

Lihat pula

• Daftar julukan kota di Amerika Serikat

Referensi

Pranala luar

• a list Diarsipkan 2015-02-14 di Wayback Machine. of American and a few Canadian nicknames
• U.S. cities list