Like New York, Boston, Miami, and Los Angeles, Cincinnati is one of the arrival airports where you might land to begin your teen language study program in the U.S. with us. To give you the best possible picture of the city, our teams have selected a few key facts about it.
The name Cincinnati comes from the Society of the Cincinnati, a patriotic order founded by George Washington and named after Cincinnatus, a political figure from ancient Rome.
Cincinnati is located inOhio, a state bordering Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia—places you might have the chance to explore during a teen language study trip to the U. S.
In 2013, Cincinnati had a population of 297,517, which is slightly more than the city of Nantes on this side of the Atlantic Ocean.
Cincinnati is the 65th largest city in the country in terms of population.
The city was founded in 1788.
It has a larger population than some state capitals, such as Madison (in Wisconsin), Baton Rouge (in Louisiana), and Des Moines (in Iowa).
Its nickname is The Queen City.
Cincinnati was founded on the right bank of the Ohio River, whose name comes from an Iroquois word meaning “good river.”
Director Steven Spielberg and actress and singer Doris Day were both born in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati has been twinned with the French city of Nancy since 1991, as well as with Munich, Germany, and Liuzhou, China.
Cincinnati is home to a university where Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, once taught.
It is within the walls of Cincinnati Art Museum (to be called the Cincinnati Art Museum during your teen language study abroad program in the U.S.) that one of the most important collections in the U.S. Midwest is housed: the museum holds more than 60,000 objects.