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Hrsanei Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Informal names for countries

Hi.

The informal word for Australia is OZ and for America is States, I wonder if you know any countries with informal names like these two.

Thanks for your time and help
  

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Japan is the Land of the Rising Sun. S. New York is the Big Apple, for example.

  • Japan is the Land of the Rising Sun.
  • S.
  • New York is the Big Apple, for example.
  • There are others.
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Japan is the Land of the Rising Sun.

We have names for cities in the U.S. New York is the Big Apple, for example. There are others.
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Thanks for your response and nice words.

Would you tell the names you mentioned for American cities as many as you can remember?

Thanks

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