List of nicknames for Cleveland

Below is a list of nicknames for the city of Cleveland, Ohio.

• "The 216" - Referring to the local area code^[1][2]
• "America's North Coast" or "The North Coast" – Term originates from the location of Cleveland relative to Lake Erie^[3]
• "Believeland"^[4]
• "The Best Location in the Nation"^[5][6]
• "C-town" or "C-land" – Used by many performing artists and locals to denote Cleveland^[3][7]
• "City of Champions" – Popularized in 2016 after area native Stipe Miocic won the UFC World Heavyweight Championship, the Lake Erie Monsters (now Cleveland Monsters) won the Calder Cup, and the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Championship all within a six-week span in that calendar year.^[8][9]
• "City of Light"^[10]
• "The CLE" or simply "CLE"^[11] - incidentally, also the IATA code for Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
• "The Cleve" (nickname used in TV show 30 Rock)^[12][13]
• "The Forest City" - Due to the forested nature of the city^[3][11]
• "The Land" – A term given to Cleveland relatively recently^[11][14]
• "Metropolis of the Western Reserve" – A 19th Century nickname for the City of Cleveland^[3]
• "The Mistake on the Lake" – A pejorative term for the city, originating from the 1960s^[3][15]
• "The New American City"^[16]
• "The Rock and Roll Capital of the World" – Originated in early 1970s. Refers to Cleveland's association with rock and roll music. Today, Cleveland is home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.^[11][17]
• "Sixth City" - An early 20th century nickname due to Cleveland being the sixth largest city at the time^[18][19]

See also

• List of city nicknames in Ohio
• Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia

References

1. 216 Bot's Twitter page
2. Stipe Miocic leads Cavaliers championship parade - Fansided.com
3. Marshall, Alli (January 24, 2007). "Of Cleveland, by Cleveland, for Cleveland (and the world)". MountainX: Asheville Arts and Entertainment. Mountain Xpress. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2010. Nicknames include the 'Forest City,' 'Metropolis of the Western Reserve', and 'C-Town.'
4. AP (June 6, 2016). "The Wait: Cleveland Rocks, Aches for Sports Championship". New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved June 18, 2016. I feel like some of the energy from 'Believeland' has opened up something sort of spiritual that is going to help all of this come together.
5. When the Banks Killed Cleveland; "Once upon a time, Cleveland, Ohio was called 'The Best Location in the Nation.' ... It was once the 7th-largest city in the nation, population-wise, and was a booming industrial town."
6. Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company in The Encyclopedia of Ohio
7. Neville, Anne (August 16, 2009). "Buffalo by any other name". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2010. Cleveland has been called by many titles, including The Forest City, The Metropolis of the Western Reserve and The Rock 'n' Roll Capital of the World. The city is also affectionately called... "C-Town"
8. Stipe Miocic makes 2016 his year - WKYC.com
9. Cavaliers give us "The Redemption" - Cleveland.com
10. Scene Staff (March 4, 2016). "21 Fun Cleveland Facts to Wow Your Friends and Neighbors". CleveScene.com. Cleveland Scene. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
11. Press release (April 13, 2016). "A Tale Of Two Host Cities: Philadelphia And Cleveland Put On 2016 Political Conventions". PR Newswire. PR Newsire Association LLC. Archived from the original on June 26, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2016. Nicknames: ... Cleveland - Forest City, Rock and Roll Capital of the World, The Land, The CLE
12. Rupersburg, Nicole (May 6, 2012). "Flee to the Cleve". New York Post. New York Post. Retrieved June 18, 2016. Flee to the Cleve
13. Adams, Erik (November 18, 2014). "30 Rock: "Cleveland" / "Hiatus"". A.V. Club. The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 18, 2016. Jack speaks the vacation wishes of every red-blooded American: “We’d all like to flee to the Cleve and club-hop down at the Flats and have lunch with Little Richard…”
14. Smith, Troy L. (January 18, 2016). "Cavaliers-Warriors rivalry pits 'The Land' vs. 'The City' ". Cleveland.com. Northeast Ohio Media Group. Retrieved June 9, 2016. Meanwhile, since LeBron James' return to Cleveland, Cavs fans have taken to calling their hometown 'The Land.' 
15. Jeff Jacoby (March 17, 2010), "Fixing 'the mistake on the lake'", The Boston Globe
16. "Cleveland - The New American City". Retrieved 2016-06-18.
17. http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=RR
18. "Cleveland Court Winner: Sixth City Gets Permanent Possession of Inter-Lake Trophy" (PDF). The New York Times. August 3, 1919. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
19. "Ohio: Sixth City". Time.com. October 11, 1937. Retrieved July 5, 2010.