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Windy City nickname- Chicago, Illinois US, 1876
New York slang lexicographer Barry Popik has relentlessly worked to debunk the myth that the term was coined in conjunction with the 1893 World’s Fair. Popik has traced the term to Cincinnati newspapers in 1876. Wide usage still. - Chigago. The Windy City. The city of... wind. — Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee, Jerry Springer–The Opera, 2003
- Port Elizabeth SOUTH AFRICA, 1989
- INDY CITY CLASH [...]The Boks meet the South Americans in Port Elizabeth at 3pm on Saturday[.] — Sunday Times (South Africa), 22 June 2003
- Wellington, New Zealand NEW ZEALAND
- In addition, six of the team selected to face Matt Williams’ tourists–including captain and ex-Borders star Semo Sititi–grew up in the “Windy City”. — Daily Mail (London), p. 89, 4 June 2004
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