Daftar julukan kota di Texas

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

A-C

• Abilene
  • The Key City[3]
  • Lene Town (used in hip-hop culture)[4]
• Alpine – Gateway to the Big Bend[5]
• Amarillo- The Big Brown Flat,^[butuh rujukan] Bomb City (due to proximity to the Pantex facility),^[butuh rujukan] Yellow City^[butuh rujukan]
• Anahuac – Alligator Capital of Texas[6][7]
• Anthony – Leap Year Capital of the World (shared with Anthony, New Mexico)[8]
• Athens – Blackeyed Pea Capital of the World[9]
• Austin
  • ATX[10]
  • Bat City[11][12]
  • The Capitol City^[butuh rujukan]
  • City of the Violet Crown[13]
  • Hippie Haven[14]
  • "Blueberry in the Red State"[15]
  • Live Music Capital of the World[16][17]
  • River City[18]
  • Silicon Hills[10]
  • The Velvet Rut^[butuh rujukan]
• Baird – Antique Capital of Texas[7]
• Bandera – Cowboy Capital of the World[19]
• Bertram – Home of the Oatmeal Festival[20]
• Boerne – Key to the Hill Country[21]
• Brady – The True Heart of Texas[22]
• Brackettville – Home of John Wayne's The Alamo^[butuh rujukan][23]
• Breckenridge – Mural Capital of Texas[7]
• Brenham – Ice Cream City[7]
• Brownsville – Chess Capital of Texas[7]
• Buda – Outdoor Capital of Texas[7]
• Burnet
  • Bluebonnet co-Capital of Texas (with Llano, TX)[24]
  • It is pronounced BURN-IT, Durn-it, Can't ya LEARN it?^[butuh rujukan]
• Caldwell – Kolache Capital of Texas[7][25]
• Clifton – Norwegian Capital of Texas[7][26]
• College Station – Aggieland,[27] Cstat^[butuh rujukan]
• Colorado City – The Heart of West Texas^[butuh rujukan]
• Commerce – Bois d'arc Capital of Texas[7]
• Corpus Christi – Sparkling City by the Sea^[butuh rujukan]
• Corsicana – Fruit Cake Capital of the World[28]
• Crystal City – Spinach Capital of the World[9][20][28]
• Cuero – Turkey Capital of the World[29]

D-F

• Dallas
  • Big D[30]
  • City of Hate[31][32][33]
  • D-Town[34]
  • Metroplex (with Fort Worth)[14]

• Danevang – Danish Capital of Texas[7][26]
• Deer Park – The Birthplace of Texas[35]
• Denison – Wine Root Stock Capital of the World[7]
• Denton
  • Little D[36]
  • Redbud Capital of Texas[7]
• Dickens – Wild Boar Capital[6]
• Dublin – Irish Capital of Texas[7]
• Duncanville – City of Champions[37]
• Eagle Lake – Goose Hunting Capital of the World[38]
• Eagle Pass – Where Yee-Ha Meets Olé[39]
• El Paso
  • The City With a Legend[40]
  • Chuco Town^[butuh rujukan][41][42]
  • El Chuco[43]
  • EPT^[butuh rujukan]
  • The Sun City[44]
• Electra – Pump Jack Capital of Texas[7]
• Elgin – Sausage Capital of Texas[7][25]
• Ennis – Bluebonnet City[7]
• Floresville – Peanut Capital of Texas[45]
• Flower Mound – FloMo
• Floydada – Pumpkin Capital[9]
• Fort Davis – Where the Stars Come Out to Play[39]
• Fort Worth
  • Cowtown [16][46]
  • Funky Town[14]
  • Panther City[47]
  • Metroplex (with Dallas)[14]
  • Queen City of the Prairie[46][48]
  • Fort Crunk^[butuh rujukan][49]
  • Where the West Begins[46]
• Fredericksburg
  • Fritztown[50]
  • Polka Capital of Texas[7]
• Friona – Cheeseburger Capital of Texas[7]

G-L

• Galveston – Oleander City,[51] G-town,^[butuh rujukan] Galveston Island,^[butuh rujukan] Island of Texas^[butuh rujukan]
• Gatesville – Spur Capital of Texas[7]
• George West – Storyfest Capital of Texas[7]
• Georgetown – Red Poppy Capital of Texas[7]
• Gilmer – Home of the Yamboree (refers to yams)[20]
• Glen Rose – Dinosaur Capital of Texas[7]
• Gonzales – Lexington of Texas. (The first battle of the Texas Revolution occurred here; the name is a reference to Lexington, Massachusetts, where the American Revolutionary War began.)[52]
• Hamilton – Dove Capital of Texas[29]
• Happy – The Town Without a Frown[19][20]
• Hawkins – Pancake Capital of Texas[7][25]
• Hearne – Sunflower Capital of Texas[7][9]
• Hereford – Town Without a Toothache[19][20][39]
• Houston -- see Nicknames of Houston
• Huntsville
  • Prison City of Texas (the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is headquartered in Huntsville)[53]
  • Execution Capital of the World/Death Penalty City (Texas' execution chamber is located in Huntsville, and Texas often leads all US states in executions per year; death row was located in Huntsville but later relocated)[53][54][55]
• Hutto – Hippo Capital of Texas[7]
• Jacksonville – Tomato Capital of the World[56]
• Jasper – Butterfly Capital of Texas[57]
• Jefferson – Bed and Breakfast Capital of Texas[7]
• Jones Creek – Historic City of the Future^[butuh rujukan]
• Kaufman – Red Tail Hawk Capital[29]
• Kenedy
  • Horned Lizard Capital of Texas[7]
  • Texas Horned Lizard Capital of the World[7]
• Kerrville – Lose Your Heart to the Hills[39]
• Kilgore – Texas City of Stars[7]
• Killeen – Kill City^[butuh rujukan][58]
• Kingsville – Gem City of the Southwest[59]
• Knox City – Seedless Watermelon Capital of Texas[7]
• Lake Jackson – The City of Enchantment[60]
• Laredo
  • The City Under Seven Flags^[butuh rujukan][61][62]
  • The Gateway City^[butuh rujukan][61]
• Llano – Deer Capital of Texas[6]
• Lockhart – Barbecue Capital of Texas[7][25]
• Longview – Purple Martin Capital of Texas[7]
• Lubbock
  • Hub City[63]
  • Hub of the Plains[63]
• Lufkin – Crossroads of East Texas^[butuh rujukan][64]

M-Q

• Madisonville – Mushroom Capital of Texas[7]
• Marlin – Hot Mineral Water City of Texas[65]
• Mauriceville – Crawfish Capital of Texas[7]
• McAllen
  • Square Dance Capital of the World[66]
  • The Texas Tropics[67]
• McCamey – Wind Energy Capital of Texas[7]
• Mesquite – Rodeo Capital of Texas[7]
• Midland
  • Ostrich Capital of Texas[7]
  • The Tall City[68]
  • Petroplex (shared with Odessa)[68]
• Midlothian – Cement and Steel Capital of Texas[69]
• Mineola – Birding capital of East Texas[7][29]
• Mission – Home of the Ruby Red Grapefruit[20]
• Mount Pleasant – Bass Capital of Texas[70]
• Nacogdoches – The Oldest Town in Texas[71]
• Naples – The Watermelon Capital of The World^[butuh rujukan][72]
• Navasota – Blues Capital of Texas[7]
• Odessa
  • Jackrabbit Capital of Texas[19] or Jackrabbit-Roping Capital of Texas[7]
  • Petroplex (shared with Midland)[68]
• Palacios
  • City By The Sea[73]
  • Shrimp Capital of Texas[73]
• Paris – Crape Myrtle City[7]
• Plano – Hot Air Balloon Capital of Texas[7]
• Port Arthur – Energy City[74][75]
• Quitman – Big Bass Capital of Texas[70]

R-T

• Roanoke – The Unique Dining Capital of Texas[76]
• Round Rock – Daffodil Capital of Texas[7]
• San Angelo
  • The End of the Rainbow[77]
  • The Oasis of West Texas[78] (The city is unusual in West Texas for having three rivers and three lakes.)
  • Queen City of Central West Texas[77]
  • Texas' biggest small town[79]
  • Wool Capital[77][78] or the Wool and Mohair Capital of the World[80]
• San Antonio
  • Alamo City[81]
  • Countdown City[82]
  • Deuce Dime^[butuh rujukan]
  • River City[83]
  • Something to Remember[39]
  • The Tone^[butuh rujukan]
• San Marcos
  • San Marvelous[84]
• Sanderson – Cactus Capital of Texas[7]
• Sansom Park – City on the Move[85]
• Seguin – Pecan Capital of the World^[butuh rujukan][86]
• Shenandoah – More Than Just a Song[39]
• Smithville – Heart of the Megalopolis[87]
• Temple – Wildflower Capital of Texas[7]
• Terlingua – Chili Capital of the World[28]
• Texarkana
  • Twice as Nice^[butuh rujukan]
  • T-Town^[butuh rujukan]
  • Twin City^[butuh rujukan]
  • TK^[butuh rujukan]
• Texas City – City by the Bay[88]
• The Colony – City by the Lake[89]
• The Woodlands
  • The Hoodlands^[butuh rujukan]
  • The Bubble^[butuh rujukan]
  • Disney Woods^[butuh rujukan]
• Turkey – Western Swing Capital of the World[19]
• Tyler – Rose Capital of the World[28]

U-Z

• Victoria – The Crossroads of South Texas[90]
• Waco – The Buckle of the Bible Belt[91]
• Waxahachie – Crape Myrtle Capital of Texas[7]
• Weatherford
  • Cutting horse capital of the world.[6][92]
  • Peach Capital of Texas [92]
  • Watermelon Capital of the World.[28]
• Weslaco – Citrus Capital of Texas[7]
• West – Czech Heritage Capital of Texas[7]
• West Tawakoni – Catfish Capital of Texas[7]
• Wichita Falls – The City That Faith Built, The Falls, Falls Town^[butuh rujukan][93]
• Wills Point – Bluebird Capital of Texas[7][29]

Lihat pula

• Daftar julukan kota di Amerika Serikat

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• a list Diarsipkan 2015-02-14 di Wayback Machine. of American and a few Canadian nicknames
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