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Emerald City
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Etymology
The Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau held a contest in 1981 to find a new nickname for Seattle. The winning entry, "Emerald City", came from Sarah Sterling-Franklin of Carmel, California, whose submission described the city as "the jewel of the Northwest, the Queen of the Evergreen State, the many-faced city of space, elegance, magic and beauty.""Seattle: 'Emerald City'", Spokane Daily Chronicle, 17 September 1981 "Emerald City" is also a reference to the fictional capital of the Land of Oz in the book series by L. Frank Baum.
Proper noun
Emerald City 1
en informal en Seattle city state/Washington c/USA.
en Seattle curbs watering http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YBYpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7oMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5491,1569664 Deseret News 4 August 1987 The Emerald City, both famous and notorious for its clouds and rain, has been forced to institute a mandatory water conservation program for the first time "in memorable history."
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