List of city nicknames in Washington

The following is a list of nicknames, aliases, sobriquets and slogans for municipalities and unincorporated communities in the U.S. state of Washington.

City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its nickname; promote civic pride; and build community unity.^[1] Nicknames and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth"^[2] are also believed to have economic value.^[1] Their economic value is difficult to measure,^[1] but there are anecdotal reports of cities that have achieved substantial economic benefits by "branding" themselves by adopting new slogans.^[2]

This list includes both official and unofficial nicknames. Some of the nicknames that were used historically may no longer be in use.

• Aberdeen – Port of Missing Men^[3]
• Algona – City of the Great Blue Heron^[4]
• Auburn – More Than You Imagined^[4]
• Bellevue – City in a Park^[4]
• Bellingham
  • City of Subdued Excitement^[5]
  • Let Us Surprise You^[4]
• Blaine – The Peace Arch City^[6]
• Bothell – For a Day or a Lifetime^[4]
• Burien – B-Town
• Burlington – The Hub City^[7]
• Chehalis
  • The Friendly City^[8]
  • Rose City (official)^[9]
  • Mint City^[9]
• Chewelah – Place For All Seasons^[10]
• Colville – Washington's Most Livable Community^[4]
• Cosmopolis – City of the World^[4]
• Enumclaw – The Gateway to Mount Rainier^[4]
• Everett
  • City of Smokestacks
  • Milltown
• Forks – The Logging Capital of the World^[11]
• Gig Harbor – The Maritime City^{[citation needed]}
• Ilwaco – By Land or By Sea^[4]
• Kelso
  • City of Friendly People^[4]
  • Smelt Capital of the World^[12]
• Kirkland
  • Gateway to Seattle (adopted in 1926)^[4]
  • The Little City that Could^[13]
• Lynden – The Gem City^[14]
• Marysville – The Strawberry City^[15]
• Morton – Home of the Loggers Jubilee^[16]
• Mount Vernon – The City of Tulips
• Olympia
  • Oly
  • The Town (The original city nicknamed The Town) ^{[citation needed]}
• Port Townsend, Washington
  • The City of Dreams
  • The Key City
• Poulsbo – Little Norway^[17]
• Pullman – Lentil Capital^[18]
• Puyallup – The Land of Generous People^[19]
• Redmond – Bicycle Capital of the Northwest^[4]
• Richland
  • The Windy Town
  • City Of the Bombers
  • Atomic City^[20]
• Seattle
  • City of Flowers (adopted in the 1940s)^[4]
  • Emerald City: official since 1982^[21]
  • Jet City: for the prominence of the aerospace industry, especially Boeing.^[22]
  • Queen City (of the Pacific Northwest): official from 1869–1982^[21][23]
  • Rain City
  • Sea-Town
• Sedro-Woolley – Gateway to the North Cascades^[24]
• Sequim – Sunny Sequim^[25]
• Spokane – The Lilac City^[26]
• Sumner – Rhubarb Pie Capital^[4][27]
• Tacoma
  • America’s #1 Wired City^[2][4][28]
  • The City of Destiny – Applied in 1873 when Tacoma was the terminus for the Northern Pacific Railroad.^[4][29]
  • Tackyoma^[28]
  • T-Town^[30]
  • Grit City^[31]
• Tumwater – Green Town
• Walla Walla – The City was so Nice, They Named it Twice^[32]
• Wenatchee – Apple Capital of the World.^[4][18][33]
• White Center – Rat City
• White Salmon – The Land Where the Sun Meets the Rain^[34]
• Yakima – The Palm Springs of Washington^[28]