nickname

A nickname is an informal, often affectionate or descriptive name given to a person, place, or thing that differs from its official or original name.

Observed surface forms (34)

• hypocorism ×63
• epithet ×24
• city nickname ×23
• historical nickname ×17
• stage name ×17
• military unit nickname ×10
• poetic nickname ×7
• pseudonym ×7
• codename ×6
• moniker ×6

• informal name ×4
• sobriquet ×4
• stadium nickname ×4
• informal nickname ×3
• sports venue nickname ×3
• alias ×2
• historic nickname ×2
• musical alias ×2
• political nickname ×2
• sports event nickname ×2
• English nickname ×1
• battlefield nickname ×1
• brand nickname ×1
• cultural nickname ×1
• euphemistic name ×1
• military nickname ×1
• regional nickname ×1
• revolutionary alias ×1
• secret codename ×1
• sports tournament nickname ×1
• traditional nickname ×1
• university nickname ×1
• urban nickname ×1
• wartime nickname ×1

Instances (477)

• Inchon Regiment via concept surface "military unit nickname"
• Jackie via concept surface "hypocorism"
• Freddy via concept surface "hypocorism"
• Rats of Tobruk
• Island of Spice
• Lokmanya via concept surface "epithet"
• Alexander the Fierce via concept surface "epithet"
• Polish Manchester
• Darwin’s Bulldog
• Live Music Capital of the World via concept surface "city nickname"
• Lonely Assassins
• Salmon Capital of the World
• The Bambino
• King Henrik
• The Windsor Park Blues
• City of a Hundred Spires via concept surface "poetic nickname"
• Project Y via concept surface "secret codename"
• Lan Ping via concept surface "stage name"
• La Pluviosilla via concept surface "city nickname"
• Winterpeg
• L’Aiglon
• Black and Blue Division
• the Dark via concept surface "sobriquet"
• San Jo via concept surface "informal nickname"
• Cottonopolis via concept surface "historical nickname"
• Rovers
• Gui
• Pink City
• Greatest Show on Turf
• Paul French via concept surface "pseudonym"
• Birdman of Alcatraz
• Fall Classic via concept surface "sports event nickname"
• Yaz
• Zac via concept surface "hypocorism"
• Jumpin' Jim
• the Obscure via concept surface "epithet"
• Wild Love via concept surface "stage name"
  surface form: Smog
• Freddie via concept surface "hypocorism"
• Master of Suspense via concept surface "epithet"
• Puffy via concept surface "stage name"
• Ike via concept surface "hypocorism"
• The Southern Part of Heaven
• The Phone Booth
• Shaheed-e-Azam via concept surface "epithet"
• The Last Frontier
• Egoli
• Hera Parthenos via concept surface "epithet"
• The Biggest Little City in the World via concept surface "city nickname"
• Davy via concept surface "hypocorism"
• The Capital of the Adirondacks