Love City An industry journal 1859 was among the first to record nickname for Atlanta, Georgia:
An orator claimed for it the marking of a town between the hills while an author has declared it to be the opposite of the "rus in urbe" ("the state of the city" ) and proclaimed "'a forest city' .
Since then, the city has known many nicknames. Today, The ATL , and The A are the most common.
Video Nicknames of Atlanta
Atlanta nickname
- Contemporary Atlanta nicknames include, in alphabetical order:
- A / and A : Used in local media such as Only in A, video channels displayed on MARTA's fast train in Atlanta and Straight from the A , a popular blog based in Atlanta devoted to African-Americans. "The A" or "da A" is also used in hip-hop and rap songs such as Ludacris and Lloyd "How We Do It (in da A)", Lil Scrappy "The A", and TI's "In da A". The Atlanta Creative Loafing newspaper is listed as one of the "reasons to love Atlanta" that it's "the only city that is easily identifiable with just one letter".
- A-Town
- ATL , for the airport code
- Badstreet, A..S.A. : City nickname created by professional wrestling stable The Extraordinary Freebirds, billed from Atlanta.
- Big A , CB trucker slang
- The Big Peach
- Black mecca
- Town in the Forest or Kota Tree, for its unique tree canopy
- Dogwood City
- Empire City in the South
- Hot 'Lanta , now more often spelled Hotlanta , first popularized by an instrumental song performed by Allman Brothers Band. It debuted on their live album In Fillmore East , released in July 1971, the fifth song on the album.
- Hollywood of the South , became popular recently due to the city boom in the film industry.
- Historical nickname for city includes:
- The City of the Gate, the City of the South Gate, or the City of the Gates of the New South (from Reconstruction to the beginning of the 20th century)
- New York of the South (1870s-1890s)
- Chicago of the South (1880s-1900s): for "new man, new industry, new building, and new spirit" in Atlanta "- although it is often mentioned that his nickname is not accurate enough in terms of size of Atlanta vs. A much bigger Chicago
- The City is Too Busy to Hate (during Jim Crow and Civil Rights struggle)
- Convention City of Dixie (Land) (1910s-1920s)
- Dogwood City
Maps Nicknames of Atlanta
Nickname from other Atlanta area
The Watermelon 500
"The Watermelon 500" is a CB slot truck driver for the Interstate 285 loop around Atlanta.
SWATS
SWATS , SWATS or SWATS ("Southwest Atlanta, too strong") is, on the street, hip-hop, or local context, Southwest Atlanta , plus an area stretching to adjacent towns from College Park and East Point. The term "SWATS" became popular around 1996 and was initially popularized by LaFace Records OutKast and Goodie Mob groups. This is the same time that "ATL" became popular as a nickname for Atlanta as a whole.
SWATS in Lyrics
The OutKast song "Peaches (Intro)" states: "For... SWATS... Because it's not nuttin but King Shit, all day, err'day". Another Outkast song, "Ova da Wudz" states "put SWATS, SWATS in your car."
The song Goodie Mob "I Refuse Limitation" states "SWATS GA by Cascade Heights", while their song "Goodie Bag" states "Cause of red hots in SWAT is not dripping or bleeding", and in "All A's", Cee Lo Green "But do not dare to drive a SWATS without, at least 30 shots".
Erick Sermon tapped "I'm in New York right now but I'm representing SWATS and A-Town.", In his song "Future Thug" from his sixth solo album 'Chilltown, New York' in 2004.
Media and artist named after SWATS
S.W.A.T.S. is the name of the 2010 web television series by Golden Street Entertainment that took place in Southwest Atlanta.
S.W.A.T.S. is the name of the song by the rap group 9.17 in the album Southern Empire released by Motown in 2001.
Ju Young King of SWATS is an artist featured on ReverbNation.
Also referenced as the location of "Gina's Beauty Shop" in the movie with Queen Latifah.
Nawf Atlanta
Nawf Atlanta , or Nawfside is, a term popularized by Migos's migo trio referring to their home town, Gwinnett County, located north City of Atlanta.
See also
- List of city nicknames in Georgia (US state)
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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