Editing Mexico City (section)

== Nicknames and mottos ==
Mexico City was traditionally known as ''La Ciudad de los Palacios'' ("the City of the Palaces"), a [[nickname]] attributed to Baron [[Alexander von Humboldt]] when visiting the city in the 19th century, who, sending a letter back to Germany, said Mexico City could rival any major city in Europe. But it was English politician [[Charles La Trobe|Charles Latrobe]] who really penned the following: "... look at their works: the moles, aqueducts, churches, roads—and the luxurious ''City of Palaces'' which has risen from the clay-built ruins of Tenochtitlan...", on page 84 of the Letter V of ''The Rambler in Mexico''.<ref>''Diccionario Porrúa. Historia, Biografía y Geografía de México'', Editorial Porrúa, S.A., Mexico City, Fifth Edition, 1986, Vol. II, page 1638.</ref>

During the colonial period, the city's [[motto]] was "Muy Noble e Insigne, Muy Leal e Imperial" (Very Noble and Distinguished, Very Loyal and Imperial).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esteticas.unam.mx/revista_imagenes/anotaciones/ano_dallal01.html|title=La Ciudad de México: el espectáculo más grande del mundo|author=Alberto Dallal|website=Electronic magazine Imágenes of the [[Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas|Institute of Aesthetic Research]] of the National Autonomous University of Mexico|access-date=19 November 2019|archive-date=9 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109073642/http://www.esteticas.unam.mx/revista_imagenes/anotaciones/ano_dallal01.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=La muy noble, muy leal, insigne é imperial ciudad de México, cabeza de los reynos y provincias de Nueva España y en si nombre los señores presidente y vocales que componen la Real Junta de Policía de esta Córte con anuencia del Exmo. Sr. virey de este reyno hacemos saber al piadoso vecindario lo que sigue|trans-title=The very noble, very loyal, distinguished and imperial city of Mexico, head of the kingdoms and provinces of New Spain and in its name the sirs president and members of the Royal Police Board of this Court with the consent of the Excellency Sr. Viceroy of this kingdom let the pious neighborhood know what's coming next|author=Ramón Gutiérrez del Mazo ([[Intendant (government official)|Intendent]] of Mexico: 1811–1821)|year=1811|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IdygYgEACAAJ|access-date=19 October 2020|archive-date=18 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018204605/https://books.google.com/books?id=IdygYgEACAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> During [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]]'s administration a political slogan was introduced: ''la Ciudad de la Esperanza'' ({{lit|The City of Hope}}). This motto was quickly adopted as a city nickname but has faded since the new motto, ''Capital en Movimiento'' ("Capital in Movement"), was adopted by the administration headed by [[Marcelo Ebrard]], though the latter is not treated as often as a nickname in media. 
Up until 2013, it was common to refer to the city by the initialism 
"DF" from "Distrito Federal de México". Since 2013, the abbreviation "CDMX" (Ciudad de México) has been more common, particularly in relation to government campaigns.

The city is colloquially known as ''Chilangolandia'' after the locals' nickname ''[[chilango]]s''.<ref>1994 Oxford Spanish-English Dictionary</ref> Chilango is used pejoratively by people living outside Mexico City to "connote a loud, arrogant, ill-mannered, loutish person".{{sfn|Lida|2008|page=15}} For their part those living in Mexico City designate insultingly those who live elsewhere as living in ''la provincia'' ('the provinces', 'the periphery') and many proudly embrace the term chilango.{{sfn|Lida|2008|page=15}} Residents of Mexico City are formally called ''capitalinos'' (in reference to the city being the capital of the country), but "[p]erhaps because capitalino is the more polite, specific, and correct word, it is almost never utilized".{{sfn|Lida|2008|page=16}}