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New York is called the Empire State because of one of the world's tallest buildings. The City is called The Big Apple.

The nick name for New York City is " The Big Apple". This name was given to increase tourism in the 70's. However New York has other names as well but it is the most common nickname.

The other well known nickname for NYC is the "city that never sleeps".
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New York City has a number of official (more or less) nicknames...

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The Big Apple

The city so nice they named it twice

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The City that never sleeps

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The New York State is called the Empire State and New York City is nicknamed the Big Apple.

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The big apple A name made popular by the sports writer John J FitzGerald in the 1920's

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