Sobriquets of Places in World

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Friends, in our last post we have discussed about the list of Sobriquets of Famous People. In this post we shall discuss about the sobriquets of famous places in the world. This list will be useful for your upcoming Postal / Sorting Assistants and SSC CGL Exams.Happy Reading :)

• Bengal's Sorrow - River Damodar
• Blue Mountains - Nilgiri Hills
• City of Golden Gate - San Francisco
• City of Golden Temple - Amritsar
• City of the Dreaming Spires - Oxford, UK
• City of Magnificient Distances - Washington
• City of Seven-Hills / Eternal City - Rome, Italy
• Cockpit of Europe - Belgium
• Dark Continent - Africa
• Emerald Island - Ireland
• Empire City / City of Skyscrapers - New York
• Garden of England - Kent, England
• Gate of Tears - Bal-el-Mandab
• Gateway of India - Mumbai
• Gift of the Nile - Egypt
• Granite City - Aberdeen, Scotland
• Great White Way - Broadway, New York
• Herring Pond - Atlantic Ocean
• Holy Land - Palastine
• Hermit Kingdom - Korea
• Island of Cloves - Zanzibar
• Island of Pearls - Bahrain
• Key to the Mediterranean - Gibraltar
• Land of Cakes - Scotland
• Land of Kangaroos - Australia
• Land of Golden Pagoda - Mayanmar (Burma)
• Land of the Lillies / Land of Maple - Canada
• Land of Morning Calm - Korea
• Land of Midnight Sun - Norway
• Land of Rising Sun - Japan
• Land of Thousand Lakes - Finland
• Land of Thunderbolt - Bhutan
• Land of white elephants - Thailand
• Land of the Long White Cloud - New Zealand
• Land of Golden Fleece - Australia
• Pearl of the Antilles - Cuba
• Pillar of Hercules - Gibraltar
• Pink City - Jaipur
• Playground of Europe - Switzerland
• Queen of the Adriatic - Venice, Italy
• Queen of the Arabian Sea - Kochi, India
• Roof of the World - Pamirs
• Sick Man of Europe - Turkey
• Sorrow of China / Yellow River - Hwang Ho
• Spice Garden of India - Kerala
• Sugar Bowl of the World - Cuba
• Venice of the East - Alappuzha
• Venice of the North - Stockholm, Sweden
• White City - Belgrade
• World's Breadbasket - Prairies of N. America
• World's Loneliest Island - Tristan da Cunha
• Britain of the South - New Zealand
• Battle Field of Europe - Belgium
• City of Palaces - Kolkata
• City of Popes - Rome
• City of Arabian Nights - Bhagdad
• Dark Continent - Africa
• Dairy of Northern Europe - Denmark
• Forbidden City - Lhasa (Tibet)
• Garden City of India - Bangalore
• Gibraltar of Indian Ocean - Aden
• Island Continent - Australia
• The Isle of Spring - Jamaica
• Workshop of Europe - Belgium

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