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1. Little Havana: An area in Western Miami influenced by the culture of the city's large Cuban population.  
2. Cruise Capital of the World: A nickname for the Port of Miami, due to the brisk business of passenger cruises situated here.  
3. Gateway of the Americas, The: A nickname for Miami, in reference to the cultural and linguistic diversity of its population.  
4. SoBe: South Beach  
5. Magic City: A nickname for Miami  
6. Gateway to Latin America, The: Nickname for Miami  
7. City Under the Sun: Nickname for Miami  
8. Carnival Miami: The "Largest Party in the Hispanic Market", in February and March.  
9. Paraguero: A terrible driver.  
10. Chanx: Flip-flops. Origin: the Spanish word "chancletas", meaning sandals.  
11. Walt Disney World  
12. Epcot Center
13. Animal Kingdom®  
14. Sea World: Sea World is an aquatic adventure park with Orca, Sea Lion, and Dolphin shows, aquatic wildlife displays, roller...
15. Villas at Disney's Wilderness Lodge, The: The Villas are themed after the Resorts located in the Rocky Mountain national park geyser area. All units feature ...  
 
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Satan's Steed with his devily eyes with the Denver airport in the background

Satan's Steed is one of the nicknames of the blue horse sculpture just outside of the Denver International Airport. The horse's creepy red eyes attract all sorts of disgust from the Colorado public, who lament the fact that the sculpture is placed so prominently at the gateway to the city. Adding to the mustang's mystique, scupltor Luis Jimenez died when the horse's head broke off and fell on top of him. His sons finished the job and had it installed in February of 2008.

32 ounces of soda, normally obtained at a drive-thru window at a gas station. "Let's drive-thru for some 32s"

Non-alcholic mixer used to make cocktails.

The subject of a famous legend regarding a rich gold mine in the Superstition Mountains-likely exaggerated, but based on the life of "forty-niner" Jacob Waltz in the 1800s. Some people still venture into the mountains looking for the hidden 'treasure'.

Nickname for Jacobs Field. Jacobs Field was the name for the stadium where the Cleveland Indians play. It is currently called Progressive Field.