District of Columbia
- The Federal City
- The American Rome
- A Capital City
- The Capital of the World
- Chocolate City
- City of Magnificent Distances (reported in the 1880s)
- City of Magnificent Intentions (first coined by Charles Dickens)
- District of Crime
- Murder Capital of America (late 1980s to early 1990s)
- District of Corruption
- Hollywood for Ugly People
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