Big Apple
City that never sleeps
Big Apple is a nickname for New York City, used affectionately or with a sense of the city's cultural prominence: She moved to the Big Apple to pursue acting.
The term evokes New York's status as America's largest, most iconic metropolis—the biggest prize, the main stage.
- BrooklynWestern Long Island borough
- Wall StreetAmerican finance hub
- ticker tape paradeCelebratory procession with paper
- ManhattanNYC's densest borough
- GothamNew York City nickname
crowd · Broadway · Grand Central · subway car · Times Square · rush · taxi · New Amsterdam · Empire State Building · NYC · Ellis Island · Statue of Liberty · Harlem Renaissance · straphanger · New York City · cab · Madison · Frank Sinatra
- Place NicknamesWindy City, Chi-Town, Motown, Hotlanta, Emerald City
- place namesplace names, Peking, Beijing, place name, city names
- Travel Slogans
- Informal Wordsphone, bike, flu, fridge, veggies
- Partner Danceswaltz, tango, foxtrot, quickstep, rumba
- Swing Eraswing music, swing, swing era, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington
urban prominence
Big Applesmall town
Modest rural settlement
one-horse town · backwater · Podunk · the sticks · flyover country