Big Smoke

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Big Smoke or The Big Smoke may refer to:

Cities (as a nickname)

• Belfast
• Brisbane
• Dublin
• Glasgow
• Edinburgh
• Johannesburg
• New York City
• London, labelled as such since the late 19th century, and applied in particular to the Great Smog of 1952
• Manchester, during the industrial revolution
• Melbourne, 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
• Toronto
• Vancouver, British Columbia
• Mexico City
• Auckland, New Zealand
• San Francisco, USA

Food

• Big Smoke Burger, an international restaurant chain based in Toronto, 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
• A generic term meant to refer to a large city, used by people living in small towns