Nashville: Other Nashville Nomenclature


Other names, nicknames, sobriquets, and epithets for Nashville include:

  • The French Lick
  • The Big (Great) Salt Lick
  • The Bluff(s)
  • (Fort) Nashborough
  • The Athens of the West
  • The Powder City of the World
  • The Gateway of the South
  • The Golden Gate of the Sunny South
  • Rock City
  • The Iris City
  • The Wall Street of the South (particularly of Union Street)
  • City of Churches
  • The Protestant Vatican
  • The Buckle of the Bible Belt
  • The Country Music Capital of the World
  • The Third Coast
  • Nashvegas




    Last Update: 01/12/2007