A nickname is a shortened form of a person's name. A nickname can also be a descriptive name for a person, place or thing. America\'s fifty states have some of the most historically interesting nicknames. Alabama is known as the Heart of Dixie because it is in the very middle of a group of states in the Deep South. 别名是一个人名字的简称.它也可以是人、地点或事物的描述型名称.美国的五十个州都有一些历史上很有趣的别名.阿拉巴马州被称为美国"南部各州的中心"(Heart of Dixie),因为它地处美国最南部各州的正中心.
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