GEOGRAPHICAL EPITHETS

SOBRIQUETS

Distinctive Name                               Country/Town/Port/River

1.     Britain of the South                                 New Zealand

2.     Bengal’s Sorrow                                     Damodar

3.     City of Arabian Nights                            Baghdad

4.     City of Magnificent Distances                  Washington D.C.

5.     City of Seven Hills                                  Rome

6.     City of Skyscrapers                               New York

7.     City of the Golden Gate                         San Francisco

8.     Cockpit of Europe                                 Belgium

9.     Dairy of Northern Europe                       Denmark

10.   Dark Continent                                       Africa

11.   Emerald Island                                        Ireland

12.   Empire City                                             New York

13.   Eternal City                                             Rome, Italy

14.   Forbidden City                                        Lhasa (Tibet)

15.   Garden of England                                  Kent

16.   Gate of Tears                                         Jerusalem

17.   Gibraltar of the Indian Ocean                 Aden

18.   Gift of Nile                                            Egypt

19.   God’s Own Country                              Kerala

20.   Golden City                                           Johannesburg

21.   Granite City                                           Aberdeen (Scotland)

22.   Great White Way                                   Broadway (New York)

23.   Hermit Kingdom                                     Korea

24.   Herring Pond                                          Atlantic Ocean

25.   Holy Land                                               Palestine

26.   Island of Cloves                                      Zanzibar

27.   Key to the Mediterranean                       Gibraltar

28.   Land of a Thousand Lakes                      Finland

29.   Land of Cakes (or Oat Cakes)                Scotland

30.   Land of Kangaroos                                 Australia

31.   Land of Lilies                                          Canada

32.   Land of Milk and Honey                         Canada

33.   Land of Morning Calm                            Korea

34.   Land of the Golden Fleece                     Australia

35.   Land of the Golden Pagoda                    Myanmar

36.   Land of the Midnight Sun                       Norway

37.   Land of the Rising Sun                           Japan

38.   Land of Thunderbolt                               Bhutan

39.   Land of White Elephants                         Thailand

40.   Little Venice                                           Venezuela

41.   Never, Never Land                                 Prairies (North Australia)

42.   Pearl of Antilles                                       Cuba

43.   Pearl of the Pacific                                  Guayaquil Port (Ecuador)

44.   Pillars of Hercules                                   Straits of Gibraltar

45.   Playground of Europe                             Switzerland

46.   Power keg of Europe                               Balkans

47.   Quaker City                                             Philadelphia

48.   Queen of the Adriatic                             Venice

49.   Queen of the Arabian Sea                       Kochi (India)

50.   Rich Coast                                               Costa Rica

51.   Rich Port                                                 Puerto Rico

52.   Roof of the World                                   Pamir (Tibet)

53.   Sick Man of Europe                                Turkey

54.   Sorrow of China                                      River Hwang Ho

55.   Sugar Bowl of the World                         Cuba

56.   The Battlefield of Europe                        Belgium

57.   The Down Under                                    Australia

58.   The Imperial City                                    Rome

59.   The Isle of Spring                                    Jamaica

60.   The Modern Babylon                              London

61.   Mother Colony of the West Indies          St. Kitts

62.   The Saw Mill of Europe                          Sweden

63.   The Sea of Mountains                             British Columbia

64.   The Spice Island of the West                  Grenada

65.   Twin City                                                Budapest

66.   Valley of Kings                                       Thebes

67.   Venice of the East                                   Bangkok (Thailand), Allepey (India)

68.   Venice of the North                                Stockholm

69.   White City                                               Belgrade

70.   White Man’s Grave                                 Guinea Coast (Africa)

71.   Windy City                                              Chicago

72.   Yellow River                                           Hwang Ho (China)