Julukan Washington, D.C.

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


  • The American Rome[3]
  • A Capital City[4][5]
  • The Capital of the World[6]
  • The Capital of the Free World[7]
  • The District
  • Chocolate City[5][8]
  • City of Magnificent Distances (reported in the 1880s)[9]
  • City of Magnificent Intentions (first coined by Charles Dickens)[10]
  • The Federal City[11]
  • Hollywood for Ugly People[12]
  • Murder Capital of America (late 1980s to early 1990s)[13]
  • Nation's Capital[14]

Singkatan "DMV" yang berarti "District - Maryland - Virginia" juga digunakan untuk menyebut Wilayah Metropolitan Washington, D.C.[5]

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Referensi

  1. ^ 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. 
  2. ^ a b Alfredo Andia, Branding the Generic City:) Diarsipkan 2008-05-21 di Wayback Machine., MU.DOT magazine, September 10, 2007
  3. ^ John Michael Vlach, The Quest for a Capital, Ruth Ann Overbeck Capitol Hill History Project, diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2012-04-19, diakses tanggal April 15, 2012, One of the early nicknames for the District of Columbia was "the American Rome." 
  4. ^ U.S. City Motto & Moniker List, Tagline Guru, diakses tanggal April 15, 2012 . Lists the slogan "Washington – It’s a Capital City!"
  5. ^ a b c P.J. Orvetti (July 30, 2010), Welcome to the DMV, 4 NBC Washington (NBCUniversal, Inc.), diakses tanggal April 15, 2012 
  6. ^ Broder, David S. "Nation's Capital in Eclipse as Pride and Power Slip Away" Diarsipkan 2007-10-01 di Wayback Machine., The Washington Post, February 18, 1990. Accessed June 13, 2007. "In the days of the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan and the creation of NATO, [Clark Clifford] said, we saved the world, and Washington became the capital of the world."
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  8. ^ Giles, Dari. "Sweet Times in Chocolate City - visiting Washington, D.C", Essence (magazine), April 1999. Accessed June 13, 2007. "For business or pleasure, you'll be hardpressed to do it all in just one visit, but try anyway with our selection from the many things to do and see in the Chocolate City, named, some say, because of its large African-American presence."
  9. ^ Barry Popik, Smoky City, barrypopik.com website, March 27, 2005
  10. ^ "Washington: Symbol and City". National Building Museum. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2017-02-02. Diakses tanggal 21 August 2012. 
  11. ^ Clark, Allen C. (1935). "Origin of the Federal City". Records of the Columbia Historical Society. The Historical Society of Washington, D.C. 35–6: 1–97. 
  12. ^ "Who says Washington is "Hollywood for ugly people"?: We trace a cliche back to its origins". The Washington Post. December 6, 2010. Diakses tanggal 21 August 2012. 
  13. ^ Eberstadt, Nicholas. "Why babies die in D.C - District of Columbia", Public Interest, Spring 1994. Accessed June 13, 2007. "Across the country and around the world, Washington is notorious as the "murder capital of America" -- the city with the highest homicide rate of any major U.S. urban center."
  14. ^ Farhi, Paul (July 30, 2010). "After initial obscurity, 'The DMV' nickname for Washington area picks up speed". Washington Post. Unless the earnest and obvious "Nation's Capital" is your idea of a cool handle, Washington and its environs have never gotten very far in the civic nickname game 

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