Windy City (nickname) Windy City (nickname) The city of Chicago has been known by many nicknames, but it is most widely recognized as the "Windy City". The earliest known reference to the "Windy City" was actually to Green Bay in 1856. The first known repeated effort to label Chicago with this nickname is from 1876 and involves Chicago's rivalry with Cincinnati. The term "Windy City" came into common usage when it was popularized by New York City editor, Charles Dana, in "The Sun" during the bidding for the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Chicago won the Exposition, which did not please Dana. The popularity of
Silicon Valley of India that the title of "Silicon Valley of India" belonged to the city's Electronics City campus. Silicon Valley of India The Silicon Valley of India is a nickname of the Indian city of Bangalore. The name signifies Bangalore as a hub for information technology companies in India. It is a reference to the original Silicon Valley of the San Francisco Bay Area, which is the major hub for information technology companies in the United States. One of the earliest mentions of this sobriquet occurred in late 2012 by CNN. The more prevalent application of the nickname Bangalore began in the 1990s