Geographical Epithets

Distinctive Name — Country/Town/Port/River
● Bengal’s Sorrow — River Damodar (India)
● Britain of the South (Yellow River) — New Zealand
● City of Arabian Nights — Baghdad (Iraq)
● City of Dreaming Spires — Oxford (U.K.)
● City of the Golden Temple — Amritsar (India)
● City of Golden Gate — San Francisco (U.S.A.)
● City of Seven Hills (Eternal City) — Rome (Italy)
● City of Palaces — Kolkata (India)
● City of Popes — Rome (Italy)
● City of Magnificent Distances — Washington D.C. (U.S.A.)
● City of Skyscrapers (Empire City) — New York (U.S.A.)
● Cockpit of Europe — Belgium
● Dark Continent — Africa
● Dairy of Northern Europe — Denmark
● Emerald Island — Ireland
● Forbidden City — Lhasa (Tibet)
● Garden of England — Kent (England)
● Garden of India — Bangalore (India)
● Gate of Tears — Bab-el-Mandeb
● Gateway of India — Mumbai (India)
● Gift of the Nile — Egypt
● Gift of the Indus — Pakistan
● Golden City — Johannesburg (South Africa)
● Granite City — Aberdeen (Scotland)
● Great White Way — Broadway (New Work/USA)
● Herring Pond — Atlantic Ocean
● Hermit Kingdom — Korea (Land of the Morning calm)
● Holy Land — Palestine
● Island of Cloves — Madagascar
● Island Continent — Australia
● Island of Pearls — Bahrain
● Key of the Mediterranean — Gibraltar
● Land of Snow (Land of Maple/ Land of Lillies) — Canada
● Land of Lakes — Scotland
● Land of the Humming Bird — Trinidad
● Land of the Golden Fleece (Land of the Kangaroos) — Australia
● Land of the Golden Pagoda — Myanmar (Burma)
● Land of Midnight Sun — Norway
● Land of Rising Sun — Japan
● Land of Thousand Lakes — Finland
● Land of the Flying Fish — Barbados
● Land of Thunderbolt — Bhutan
● Land of the White Elephants — Thailand
● Little Venice — Venezuela
● Mother-in-Law of Europe — Denmark
● Manchestar of the East — Osaka (Japan)
● Pearl of Antilles — Cuba
● Pearl of the Pacific — Guyayquil Port (Ecuador)
● Pillars of Hercules — Straits of Gibraltar
● Playground of Europe — Switzerland
● Power Keg of Europe — Balkans
● Queen of the Adriatic — Venice (Italy)
● Queen of the Arabian Sea — Kochi (India)
● Quaker City — Philadelphia (USA)
● Roof of the World — Pamirs (Tibet)
● Rich Coast — Costa Rica
● Rich Port — Puerto Rico
● Sick Man of Europe — Turkey
● Spice Garden of India — Kerala
● 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 Land of Wood and Water — Jamaica
● The Modern Babylon — London
● The Promised Land — Canaah
● The Saw Mill of Europe — Sweden
● The Sea of Mountains — British Columbia
● The Store House of the World — Mexico
● The Spice Island of the West — Grenada
● Twin City — Budapest
● Valley of Kings — Thebes
● Venice of the North — Stockholm (Sweden)
● Venice of the East — Bangkok (Thailand also Allapuzha in India)
● White City — Belgrade
● White Man’s Grave — Guinea Coast (Africa)
● Windy City — Chicago (USA)
● World’s Breadbasket — Praries (North American Grasslands)
● World’s Loneliest Island — Tristan da / Cunha