Brockton, Massachusetts Brockton, Massachusetts Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States; the population was 95,314 in the 2015 Census. Brockton, along with Plymouth, are the county seats of Plymouth County. Brockton is the seventh largest city in Massachusetts and is sometimes referred to as the "City of Champions", due to the success of native boxers Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler, as well as its successful Brockton High School sports programs. Two of the villages within the city are Montello and Campello, both have the distinction of having their own MBTA Commuter Rail Stations and post offices. Campello is the
Nickname capoeira was illegal for decades. In Anglo-American culture, a nickname is often based on a shortening of a person's proper name. However, in other societies, this may not necessarily be the case. For example: "my nickname is farmer Phil" In Indian society, for example, generally people have at least one nickname ("call name" or "affection name") and these affection names are generally not related to the person's proper name. Indian nicknames very often are a trivial word or a "diminutive" (such as "Bablu", "Dabbu", "Banti", "Babli", "Gudiya", "Golu", "Sonu", "Chhotu", "Raju", "Adi", "Ritu", etc.). In Hispanic culture, a nickname is