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Nicknames of Cities of India and World

  • The Sorrow of Bengal is – Damodar River (India)
  • The Land of Kangaroo is – Australia
  • The Garden of England is – Kent
  • The Forbidden City is  – Lhasa (Tibet)
  • The Land of Golden Fleece – Australia
  • The Eternal City – Rome (Italy)
  • The Garden city of India – Bangalore (India)
  • The Blue Mountains are – Nilgiri Hills
  • Gate of Tears – Bab-el-mandab (Israel)
  • The Land of Cakes is – Scotland
  • Land of Snow – Canada
  • Emerald Island – Ireland
  • Britain of the South – New Zealand
  • China’s Sorrow – Hwang Ho
  • Gateway of India – Mumbai
  • Gift of Nile – Egypt
  • Key to the Mediterranean – Gibraltar
  • Holy Land – Palestine
  • City of Popes – Rome (Italy)
  • Dairy of Northern Europe – Denmark
  • Golden City – Johannesburg (S.Africa)
  • Cockpit of Europe – Belgium
  • Dark Continent – Africa
  • City of Seven Hills – Rome (Italy)
  • Granite City – Aberdeen (Scotland)
  • Great White Way – Broadway (New York)
  • Hermit Kingdom – Korea
  • Herring Pond – Atlantic Ocean
  • The City of Skyscrapers is – New York (US)
  • The City of Dreaming Spires is – Oxford (England)
  • The City of Magnificent Distances is – Washington DC (US)
  • The City of Palaces is – Kolkata (India)
  • The City of Arabian Nights is – Baghdad (Iraq)
  • The Land of Lilies is – Canada
  • Pearl of Orient – Hong Kong
  • Queen of the Adriatic – Venice
  • Queen of the Arabian Sea – Kochi (India)
  • Quaker City – Philadelphia
  • Rich Coast – Costa Rica
  • Roof of the World – The Pamirs (Tibet)
  • Power Keg of Europe – Balkans
  • Playground of Europe – Switzerland
  • Pearl of the Pacific – Guyayquil Port
  • Land of Milk and Honey is known as – Canaan
  • Land of Morning Calm – Korea
  • Pillars of Hercules – Strait of Gibralter
  • The Pearl of Antilles is – Cuba
  • Land of the Flying Fish – Barbados
  • The Land of the Golden Pagodas is – Myanmar
  • The Land of the Humming Bird is – Trinidad
  • Manchester of the East – Osaka Japan
  • Mother-in-law of Europe – Denmark
  • Little Venice – Venezuela
  • Land of Midnight Sun – Norway 
  • Land of the Rising Sun – Japan
  • Rich Port – Puerto Rico
  • Sick Man of Europe – Turkey
  • Sorrow of China – River Hwang Ho
  • Land of Thousand Lakes – Finland
  • Land of Thunderbolt – Bhutan
  • Windy City – Chicago (US)
  • White City – Belgrade
  • Venice of the East – Bangkok (Thailand) and Allapuzha (India)
  • Land of White Elephants – Thailand
  • Land of Pagoda – Myanmar (Burma)
  • Venice of the North – Stockholm
  • Twin City – Budapest
  • Valley of King’s – Thebes
  • Sugar bowl of the World – Cuba
  • The Battlefield of Europe – Belgium
  • The Down Under – Australia
  • The Eye of Greece – Athens
  • The Imperial City – Rome
  • The Isle of Spring – Jamaica
  • The Modern Babylon – London
  • The Promised Land – Canaan
  • The Saw Mill of Europe – Sweden
  • The Sea of Mountains – British Columbia
  • The Store House of the World – Mexico
  • World’s Bread Basket – Prairies of N. America
  • World’s Loneliest Island – Tristan da Cunha
  • Workshop of Europe – Belgium

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