Originally, it was like a code name for it. But then, after so many references, they named it "The Big Apple".
No, it is called the Big Apple because in the forties jazz bands refered to cities as "apples" and to play in New York was big.
There are three main theories as to how the Big Apple got its name: 1) In the 1910s and 1920s, the purse (prizes) for horse races used to be called an 'apple'. New York, as the home of some of the...
No, the Big Apple is a nickname for New York City.
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