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This partial list of city nicknames in India compiles the: aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in India are known by (or have been known by) historically, "officially,"/unofficially, "to locals," outsiders, or their tourism chambers of commerce.
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana※
City/town | Nickname |
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Guntur |
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Hyderabad |
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Nuzvid |
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Nellore |
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Rajamahendravaram |
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Tenali |
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Vijayawada |
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Visakhapatnam |
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Bihar※
City/town | Nickname |
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Muzaffarpur |
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Darbhanga |
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Bhagalpur |
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Gaya |
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Purnia |
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Hajipur |
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Begusarai |
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Chhattisgarh※
City/Town | Nickname |
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Korba |
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Gujarat※
City/Town | Nickname |
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Ahmedabad (Amdavad, Karnavati, Ashaval) |
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Bardoli |
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Gandhinagar |
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Surat |
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Navsari |
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Rajkot |
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Anand |
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Jamnagar |
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Morbi |
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Ankleshwar |
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Vadodara (Baroda) |
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Jharkhand※
City/town | Nickname |
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Jamshedpur |
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Dhanbad |
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Ranchi |
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Karnataka※
City/town | Nickname |
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Bangalore (Bengaluru) |
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Chitradurga |
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Kodagu |
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Mangaluru | • Capital of Tulunad
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Mysuru |
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Dharwad |
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Sakleshpura |
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Shivamogga |
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Kerala※
City/town | Nickname |
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Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) |
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Kochi (Cochin) |
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Thrissur (Trichur) |
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Kozhikode (Calicut) |
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Kannur (Cannanore) |
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Kollam (Quilon) |
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Alappuzha (Alleppey) |
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Kasaragod |
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Palakkad (Palghat) |
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Malappuram |
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Rajasthan※
City/town | Nickname |
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Jaipur |
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Ajmer |
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Udaipur |
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Jodhpur |
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Tamil Nadu※
City/town | Nickname |
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Chennai (Madras) |
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Thanjavur |
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Coimbatore
(Kongu,Cheran) |
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Salem (Seralam, Cheralam, Sailam) |
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Tiruppur | |
Erode |
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Puducherry (Pondicherry) |
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Thoothukudi |
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Tirunelveli |
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Yercaud |
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Ooty |
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Kodaikanal |
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Madurai (Vaigai; Pandiya Nadu) |
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Kumbakonam |
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Uttarakhand※
City/town | Nickname |
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Dehradun |
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Rishikesh |
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Uttar Pradesh※
City/town | Nickname |
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Mathura |
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Agra |
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Lucknow |
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Kanpur |
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Baghpat |
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Ballia |
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West Bengal※
City/town | Nickname |
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Calcutta (Kolkata) |
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Siliguri |
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Darjeeling |
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Malda |
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Midnapore |
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Bishnupur |
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Durgapur |
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Asansol |
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Howrah |
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Krishnanagar |
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Nabadwip |
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Maharashtra※
City/town | Nickname |
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Bombay (Mumbai) |
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Pune |
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Nagpur |
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Navi Mumbai |
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Aurangabad | City of Gates |
Thane | City of Lakes |
Ratnagiri | California of India |
Jalna, Maharashtra | city of steel |
Yavatmal | Cotton city of India |
See also※
Notes※
- ^ See List of places called Venice of the East for other places with this nickname.
- ^ See Paris of the East for other places with this nickname.
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