Circle City
A nickname applied to several American cities built around circular road layouts or prominent circular features.
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A nickname applied to several American cities built around circular road layouts or prominent circular features. Most famously it refers to Indianapolis, Indiana — a city whose downtown grid radiates from Monument Circle — but the nickname also gets claimed by Corona, California (named after its circular street plan) and Dothan, Alabama. Like many city nicknames, it reflects local pride in a distinctive geographical or architectural feature, and which city someone means depends entirely on where they're from.
He'd lived in Circle City his whole life and still hadn't figured out the best way to navigate downtown during rush hour.
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The city of Dothan, Alabama, United States.
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The city of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
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The city of Corona, California, United States.
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