Nicknames of San Francisco
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There are many nicknames of San Francisco, California that have been used throughout the city's history.[1][2]
- San Fran – Used by non-native residents and those outside of the Bay Area. Curtis Sparrer from Bospar gives the reasons why it is not acceptable to say 'San Fran'.[3][4]
- Baghdad by the Bay – title of a book of essays by Herb Caen, and a nickname he used for the city because of the cosmopolitan cultural diversity it shares with the medieval city of Baghdad[1]
- Fog City / "City of Fog" – in reference to San Francisco's famous fog[1]
- Frisco – also the nickname of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway,[1] disparaged by Herb Caen and some locals. The word is still used today particularly by San Francisco's Black community.[5][6]
- Gay Mecca[7][8][9][10]
- Golden Gate City – in reference to the Golden Gate Bridge[11]
- SF
- SFC (San Francisco City)
- Sunset City
- The City – used by native San Franciscans and people in the Bay Area[1]
- The City by the Bay – refers to San Francisco Bay[12]
- The City of Love – as seen in Cool, Gray City of Love by Gary Kamiya[13] and in the lyrics of "San Francisco" by German eurodance group Cascada[14]
- The City that Knows How[15]
- The Golden City – in reference to the California Gold Rush and golden brown grass on hillsides in the dry season[1]
- The Paris of the West – popular in the early 1900s, but no longer in common use[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Garling, Caleb (June 30, 2013). "Don't Call It Frisco: The History of San Francisco's Nicknames". The Bold Italic. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
- ^ Mike Moffitt (April 4, 2014). "The odd nicknames of California cities". SFChronicle.com. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
- ^ Bradley, Diana (January 31, 2019). "Bospar to Neil Patrick Harris: Stop calling our city 'San Fran'". www.prweek.com. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ "What's in a name? Survey reveals what locals, non-locals call San Francisco". ABC7 San Francisco. 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ James Sullivan (October 14, 2003). "Frisco, that once-verboten term for the city by the bay, is making a comeback among the young and hip. Herb Caen is spinning at warp speed". SFChrnoicle.com. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
- ^ Eskenazi, Joe. "Don't Call It "Frisco" -- If You're Old and White". SF Weekly. Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ "History Shows SF Has Long Been Gay Mecca". www.outwordmagazine.com.
- ^ "Study: Gay Mecca San Francisco Has Highest Rent on Earth". www.advocate.com. July 11, 2018.
- ^ "Iconic San Francisco gay bar to shutter in pandemic fallout". AP NEWS. May 21, 2020.
- ^ "S.F.'s LGBT press evolves as the city changes | Northern California Media Museum".
- ^ Woods, Amanda (18 October 2018). "San Francisco is too expensive even for rich people". New York Post. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "San Francisco, Frisco or San Fran—What's Correct?". Bospar. 2018-01-26. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
- ^ Jeffery, Clara (September 13, 2013). "'Cool Gray City of Love,' by Gary Kamiya". The New York Times. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ^ "Cascada – San Francisco Lyrics". Genius. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
Baby, take me back to the city of love
- ^ "PPIE: The City That Knows How". SFPL. Archived from the original on April 14, 2011. Retrieved 2019-11-13.