City of Light

Seine metropolis nickname

City of Light is a nickname for Paris, referring to its early adoption of gas street lighting in the 1820s and its role as a center of Enlightenment thought.

The phrase evokes romance, culture, and intellectual brilliance: We spent our honeymoon in the City of Light.

Eiffel TowerIron lattice monument, Paris
FranceWestern European republic
ParisFrance's chief city
cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
fashion capitalCity known for couture

Impressionism · nickname · romantic getaway · midnight stroll · artistry · Art Nouveau · Arc de Triomphe · luminosity · literary salons · boulevard · street lamps · gaslight · existentialism · French cuisine · Notre-Dame · Latin Quarter · Left Bank · metropolis

Categories

ParisEiffel Tower, Louvre, Notre-Dame, Seine, Montmartre
Place NicknamesBig Apple, Chi-Town, Motown, Hotlanta, Big Smoke
Informal Wordsphone, bike, flu, fridge, veggies
Travel Slogans

Opposites

urban luminosity and cultural brilliance

City of Lightblackout

Complete power loss

destination type and environment

City of Lightwilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

countryside · rural · nature · country · remote village

symbolic meaning and cultural connotation

City of Lightdark ages

Era of decline or stagnation

Mordor · dystopia · Pyongyang · gulag

Family

city, cities, citified, citizen, citizens, citizenship, civilian, civilize, civilization

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G