Big Smoke

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The Big Smoke may refer to:

Cities (as a nickname)

• San Francisco, United States
• Brisbane, Australia
• Dublin, Ireland
• Glasgow, Scotland
• Edinburgh, Scotland
• Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Johannesburg, South Africa
• New York City, United States
• London, England, labelled as such since the late 19th century, and applied in particular to the Great Smog of 1952
• Manchester, England, during the industrial revolution
• Melbourne, Australia, labeled as such in the late 19th century during the industrial boom following the Victorian gold rush
• Sudbury, Ontario, labeled for Vale smelter's large smoke stack.
• Sydney, Australia
• Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Mexico City, Mexico
• Auckland, New Zealand
• Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Wellington, New Zealand

Food

• Big Smoke Burger, an international restaurant chain based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Other

• Jack Johnson (boxer), referred to as "Big Smoke"
  • "The Big Smoke", a book by Adrian Matejka, about Johnson
• Melvin "Big Smoke" Harris, fictional video game character of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• The Big Smoke (publication), an Australian opinion site, also with an American version.
• The Big Smoke (novel), a 1959 novel by Australian writer D'Arcy Niland