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What nicknames have you heard for places in the Caucasus?

I ask as part of a linguistic study looking at this topic!
Every* country, region language, has informal names sometimes used - like in slang - to refer to places. Please let me know if you can think of something in your country!
It could be for a city, a neighbourhood, a mountain or even a small village.

Some examples from the region are KhasVegas, Vladik, Nalchicago or Mukhus...

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u/topherette — 3 days ago