Circle City

English

Proper noun

Circle City (US, informal)

  1. The city of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
    • 1913, “Jews in Muncie”, in Indiana Magazine of History, volumes 80–81, Indiana University, page 135:
      Herschel Ringold joined his son-in-law Moses Cohen in the scarp business a year after Moses opened his yard, but he left part of his family in Indianapolis. Herschel’s son Samuel remained in the Circle City in order to finish his schooling.
    • 2005 October, Jeffrey Tenuth, Indianapolis: A Circle City History, Arcadia, →ISBN, page back cover:
      With its selection as Indiana’s capital in 1821, Indianapolis was destined to become a major Midwestern hub. Through the decades that followed, the Circle City led Indiana into its golden age, when the state was one of the largest industrial and agricultural producers in the nation.
  2. The city of Corona, California, United States.
  3. The city of Dothan, Alabama, United States.
  4. The city of Pittsboro, North Carolina, United States.
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