Name of Montreal - Nicknames

Nicknames

• The City of Saints
• "The city of a hundred bell towers" - Mark Twain in 1881.
• La métropole (in French)
• "Québec's Metropolis" (in French "La Métropole du Québec") -
• Sin city - During the period of the Prohibition in the United States, because of the Montreal night life, it became well known as one of North America's "sin cities" with unparalleled nightlife.