City of Big Shoulders
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City of Big Shoulders is a poetic nickname for Chicago that evokes its history as a powerful industrial and working-class metropolis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| City of Big Shoulders canonical | 1 |
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poetic nickname ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
city of Chicago
|
| associatedWith |
American urban culture
ⓘ
Chicago literature ⓘ |
| category |
nicknames of Chicago
ⓘ
nicknames of cities ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describes |
Chicago as a powerful industrial metropolis
ⓘ
Chicago as a working-class metropolis ⓘ |
| evokes |
Chicago industrial history
ⓘ
Chicago working-class heritage ⓘ image of physical and economic strength ⓘ |
| hasConnotation |
industrial power
ⓘ
labor ⓘ strength ⓘ working-class identity ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Illinois
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| refersTo |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
|
| symbolizes |
Chicago as a city built by labor
ⓘ
Chicago as a major industrial center ⓘ |
| usedAs | nickname for Chicago ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
cultural commentary on Chicago
ⓘ
literary description of Chicago ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.