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Daftar julukan kota di Arizona ini mengandung samaran, julukan, dan slogan yang disematkan kepada beberapa kota di Arizona (resmi dan tidak resmi) oleh pemerintah kota, masyarakat setempat, orang asing, badan pariwisata, atau kamar dagang. Julukan kota berperan sebagai perintis identitas lokal, membantu orang asing mengenali masyarakat setempat, atau mengajak orang berkunjung karena julukannya khas; mengangkat martabat daerah; dan mempersatukan masyarakat.^[1] Julukan dan slogan yang berubah menjadi "ideologi atau mitos" baru^[2] juga diyakini memiliki potensi ekonomi.^[1] Potensi ekonominya sulit diukur,^[1] tetapi ada beberapa kota yang memakai slogan baru untuk memasarkan/mencitrakan diri dan memanfaatkan potensi ekonomi tersebut.^[2]

Beberapa julukan tidak resmi bersifat positif dan negatif. Julukan tidak resmi di bawah ini populer dan sudah lama digunakan.

Apache Junction
- Home of the Superstition Mountains.^[3]
- Gateway to Legends, Lakes, Leisure, and Lost Treasure.^[4]
Ash Fork – Flagstone Capital of the United States.^[5]
Chandler – High-Tech Oasis of the Silicon Desert^[6]
Flagstaff
- City in the Pines.^[7]
- City of Seven Wonders.^[7]
- The Staff.^[7]
- Flag Town (C. W. McCall).^[8]
Jerome – America’s Most Vertical City^[6]
Kingman – Heart of Route 66.^[9]
Phoenix – Arizona's Urban Heart^[10]
Phoenix metropolitan area
- Silicon Desert^[11]^[12]
- Valley of the Sun^[13]
Prescott – Everybody's Home Town.^[14]
Scottsdale – The West's Most Western Town.^[15]
Sedona – Red Rock Country.^[16]
Show Low – Named for the Turn of a Card.^[13]
Sierra Vista – Hummingbird Capital of the United States.^[17]
Tombstone – The Town Too Tough To Die.^[13]^[18]^[19]
Tucson
- The Old Pueblo
- Dirty T.^[13]^[20]^[21]
- Optics Valley^[22]
- The Sunshine Factory.^[21]
Wickenburg – The Dude Ranch Capital of the World.^[23]
Yuma – Experience Our Sense of Yuma^[13]

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Referensi

^ ^a ^b ^c Muench, David (December 1993). "Wisconsin Community Slogans: Their Use and Local Impacts" (PDF). University of Wisconsin Extension. Diarsipkan dari versi asli (PDF) tanggal March 9, 2013. Diakses tanggal April 10, 2007.
^ ^a ^b Alfredo Andia, Branding the Generic City:) Diarsipkan 2008-05-21 di Wayback Machine., MU.DOT magazine, September 10, 2007
^ Apache Junction Ride Choice Diarsipkan 2007-11-03 di Wayback Machine., accessed March 30, 2007. "© 2004 City of Apache Junction, Arizona Home of the Superstition Mountains "
^ Arizona Government Web Sites, accessed March 30, 2007. "City of Apache Junction, Arizona. Gateway to legends, lakes, leisure and lost treasures."
^ Claims to Fame - Rocks Diarsipkan 2008-02-18 di Wayback Machine., Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.
^ ^a ^b U.S. City Monikers, Tagline Guru website, accessed January 5, 2008
^ ^a ^b ^c Flagstaff Arizona Diarsipkan 2011-10-02 di Wayback Machine., accessed March 29, 2007. "Flagstaff is sometimes called "The City in the Pines" because the town sits in the middle of a Ponderosa Pine stand in the Coconino National Forest. The town is also called "The City of Seven Wonders" because of its proximity to the Grand Canyon, Oak Creek Canyon, Walnut Canyon, Wupatki National Monument, Sunset Crater National Monument and the San Francisco Peaks."
^ Song A' Th' Week Diarsipkan 2007-09-28 di Wayback Machine., The Legend-News, January 21, 2002. "By golly, it's clean clear to Flag Town, c'mon. => On the highway between Rubber Duck's location and Flagstaff, Arizona ("Flagtown"), there are no reports of police activity."
^ Kingman Area Chamber of Commerce, accessed March 29, 2007. "Kingman, Arizona: The Heart of Route 66 and gateway to the Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and the Grand Canyon!"
^ Jahna Berry, Downtown Phoenix donning a new label to lure locals, tourists, The Arizona Republic, March 2, 2009
^ Soper, Taylor (February 11, 2015). "Silicon Desert: How Phoenix is quickly — and quietly — becoming a hub for innovation". GeekWire. Diakses tanggal June 30, 2015.
^ Brown, Eliot (March 3, 2015). "Silicon Desert? Developer Bets on Scottsdale as a Tech Hub". The Wall Street Journal. Diakses tanggal June 30, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Tagline Guru City Branding Survey, Tagline Guru website, accessed August 18, 2009
^ Quick Facts about Prescott Diarsipkan 2014-11-01 di Wayback Machine., Prescott, Arizona. Accessed May 17, 2007. "Called the “mile-high city” at an elevation of 5,400 feet"
^ Scottsdale Arizona profile, accessed March 30, 2007. "The first mayor was Malcolm White. He also coined the city slogan, 'The West's Most Western Town.'"
^ Red Rock Country
^ Claims to Fame - Birds Diarsipkan 2008-01-10 di Wayback Machine., Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.
^ The City of Tombstone's Official Web Site, accessed March 29, 2007. "The Town too Tough to Die," Tombstone was perhaps the most renowned of Arizona's old mining camps.
^ Claims to Fame - Braggadocio Diarsipkan 2007-12-17 di Wayback Machine., Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.
^ A Look at the "Old Pueblo"--Tucson, accessed March 30, 2007. Diarsipkan October 16, 2006, di Wayback Machine.
^ ^a ^b My opinion Debbie Kornmiller: TV listings' headaches fixed today, Arizona Daily Star, March 18, 2007. "The Sunshine Factory" won a Tucson nickname contest in the 1980s as a replacement for the "Old Pueblo."
^ "AOIA.org – Arizona Optics Industry Association". Diakses tanggal October 8, 2012.
^ History^{[pranala nonaktif permanen]}, Wickenburg Chamber of Commerce website, accessed November 20, 2011: "The construction of the Phoenix to California highway (Highway 60) brought even more tourists, making Wickenburg the Dude Ranch Capital of the World."