Daftar julukan kota di West Virginia

Daftar julukan kota di West Virginia ini mengandung samaran, julukan, dan slogan yang disematkan kepada beberapa kota di West 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.

Bluefield – Nature's Air Conditioned City^[3]
Charleston – Chemicalville^[4]
Fairmont – The Gymnastics Capital of West Virginia^[4]
Petersburg – Home of the Golden Trout^[5]
Weirton – Forged by Steel^[6]
Wheeling – Nail City^[7]

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Daftar julukan kota di Amerika Serikat

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^ ^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
^ Welcome to Bluefield, West Virginia!
^ ^a ^b U.S. City Monikers, Tagline Guru website, accessed January 5, 2008
^ Grant County Chamber of Commerce Diarsipkan 2008-10-02 di Wayback Machine. website ("Petersburg is known as the 'Home of the Golden Trout', which is a color mutation of the regular rainbow and was developed using selective breeding at the Petersburg hatchery.")
^ City of Weirton Homepage
^ Iron and Steel Diarsipkan 2011-09-26 di Wayback Machine., Ohio County Public Library website ("The city comes fairly by her sobriquet, 'The Nail City.' Here are cut more nails than in any other city in the world.")

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

[Wisconsin-1] 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.

[Branding-2] Alfredo Andia, Branding the Generic City:) Diarsipkan 2008-05-21 di Wayback Machine., MU.DOT magazine, September 10, 2007

[3] Welcome to Bluefield, West Virginia!

[Monikers-4] U.S. City Monikers, Tagline Guru website, accessed January 5, 2008

[5] Grant County Chamber of Commerce Diarsipkan 2008-10-02 di Wayback Machine. website ("Petersburg is known as the 'Home of the Golden Trout', which is a color mutation of the regular rainbow and was developed using selective breeding at the Petersburg hatchery.")

[6] City of Weirton Homepage

[7] Iron and Steel Diarsipkan 2011-09-26 di Wayback Machine., Ohio County Public Library website ("The city comes fairly by her sobriquet, 'The Nail City.' Here are cut more nails than in any other city in the world.")

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