The Big Guava, the Glossary
The Big Guava is a nickname for Tampa, Florida, United States.[1]
Table of Contents
20 relations: Big Apple, Cigar, Civil engineer, Columnist, Florida, Gavino Gutierrez, Guavaween, Halloween, Henry B. Plant, History of Tampa, Florida, Key West, New York City, Newspaper, Rail transportation in the United States, Spanish Americans, Tampa Bay area, Tampa, Florida, The Tampa Tribune, Vicente Martinez Ybor, Ybor City.
- City fruit nicknames
Big Apple
"The Big Apple" is a nickname for New York City. The Big Guava and Big Apple are city fruit nicknames.
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Cigar
A cigar is a tobacco product made to be smoked.
Civil engineer
A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructure that may have been neglected.
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Columnist
A columnist is a person who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions.
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Florida
Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Gavino Gutierrez
Gavino Gutierrez (26 October 1849 – 8 March 1919), a Spanish immigrant to the United States, was an importer, architect, civil engineer, and surveyor.
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Guavaween
Guavaween was an annual Latin-flavored Halloween celebration which took place on the last Saturday of October in the historic neighborhood of Ybor City on Tampa, Florida.
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Halloween
Halloween or Hallowe'en (less commonly known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve) is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day.
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Henry B. Plant
Henry Bradley Plant (October 27, 1819 – June 23, 1899), was a businessman, entrepreneur, and investor involved with many transportation interests and projects, mostly railroads, in the southeastern United States.
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History of Tampa, Florida
The modern history of Tampa, Florida, can be traced to the founding of Fort Brooke at the mouth of the Hillsborough River in today's downtown in 1824, soon after the United States had taken possession of Florida from Spain.
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Key West
Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida, within the U.S. state of Florida.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
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Rail transportation in the United States
Rail transportation in the United States consists primarily of freight shipments along a well integrated network of standard gauge private freight railroads that also extend into Canada and Mexico.
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Spanish Americans
Spanish Americans (españoles estadounidenses, hispanoestadounidenses, or hispanonorteamericanos) are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly from Spain.
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Tampa Bay area
The Tampa Bay area is a major metropolitan area surrounding Tampa Bay on the Gulf Coast of Florida in the United States.
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Tampa, Florida
Tampa is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida.
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The Tampa Tribune
The Tampa Tribune was a daily newspaper published in Tampa, Florida.
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Vicente Martinez Ybor
Vicente Martinez Ybor (7 September 1818 – 14 December 1896) was a Spanish entrepreneur who first became a noted industrialist and cigar manufacturer in Cuba, then Key West, and finally Tampa, Florida.
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Ybor City
Ybor City is a historic neighborhood just northeast of downtown Tampa, Florida, United States.
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See also
City fruit nicknames
- Big Apple
- List of cities nicknamed by Americans after fruits
- The Big Guava