Indy

Circle City, briefly

Indy is a nickname for Indianapolis, the capital of Indiana, particularly in reference to the Indianapolis 500 auto race: Are you watching the Indy 500 this weekend?

The name also refers to the adventurer Indiana Jones from the film series: Indy grabbed his hat and whip. (Lowercase indy is informal for independent.)

Jones

Spielberg

  • FordMajor American automaker
  • adventureRisky exciting undertaking
  • whipStrikes or aerates

fedora · artifact · temple · boulder · crusade · archaeologist · tomb · snakes · trilogy · Lucas

racing

Indianapolis

Indiana's capital city

IRL · pit stop · qualifying · pole position · checkered flag · pace car · milk · May · Memorial Day · turbo

Categories
Opposites
racing tradition

IndyMonaco

Tiny European nation

Le Mans · Formula One · F1 · NASCAR · stock car racing

production scale and corporate affiliation

Indymainstream

Dominant cultural current

major label · studio · corporate · blockbuster · commercial

formality of naming

IndyIndianapolis

Indiana's capital city

Indiana · full name · official name · unabbreviated

Phrases
Family

independent, independently, IndyCar

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G