Geographical Nicknames

:point_right: Bengal’s Sorrow – Damodar River

:point_right: Blue Mountains – Nilgiri Hills

:point_right: China’s Sorrow – Hwang-Ho

:point_right: City of Dreaming Spires – Oxford

:point_right: City of Golden Gate – San Francisco

:point_right: City of Magnificient Distances – Washington

:point_right: City of Palaces – Calcutta

:point_right: City of Seven Hills – Rome

:point_right: City of Sky Scrapers – New York

:point_right: Cockpit of Europe – Belgium

:point_right: Dark Continent – Africa

:point_right: Emerald Island – Ireland

:point_right: Eternal City – Rome

:point_right: Forbidden City – Lhasa (Tibet)

:point_right: Garden City – Chicago

:point_right: Gate of Tears – Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb

:point_right: Gateway of India – Mumbai

:point_right: Gift of Nile – Egypt

:point_right: Granite City – Aberdeen

:point_right: Hermit Kingdom – Korea

:point_right: Herring Pond – Atlantic Ocean

:point_right: Holy Land – Palestine

:point_right: Island Continent – Australia

:point_right: Island of Cloves – Zanzibar

:point_right: Island of Pearls – Bahrein (Persian Gulf)

:point_right: Key to the Mediterranean – Gibraltar

:point_right: Land of Cakes – Scotland

:point_right: Land of Golden Fleece – Australia

:point_right: Land of Maple – Canada

:point_right: Land of Midnight Sun – Norway

:point_right: Land of Morning Calm – Korea

:point_right: Land of Thousand Lakes – Finland

:point_right: Land of White Elephant – Thailand

:point_right: Land of the Rising Sun – Japan

:point_right: Land of the Thunderbolt – Bhutan

:point_right: Loneliest Island – Tristan De Gunha (Mid Atlantic)

:point_right: Never Never land – Vast Prairies of North Australia

:point_right: Pearl of the Antilles – Cuba

:point_right: Pearl of the Pacific – Guyayaquil port of Equador

:point_right: Pillars of Hercules – Straits of Gibraltar

:point_right: Playground of Europe – Switzerland

:point_right: Quaker City – Philadelphia

:point_right: Queen of the Adriatic – Venice

:point_right: Roof of the World – The Pamirs, Central Asia