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nickname

('n/I/k,n/eI/m )

a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)(noun.communication)

Example:
Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph.
Henry's nickname was Slim.

Synonym:
byname, cognomen, moniker, sobriquet, soubriquet

source: wordnet30
a descriptive name for a place or thing(noun.communication)

Example:
The nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'.

source: wordnet30
A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.(noun)

source: webster1913

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