Geographical Epithets (Sobriquets)

Blue Mountains : Nilgiri Hills, India

City of Dreaming Spires :Oxford, England

City of Golden Gate  : San Francisco, USA

City of Sky Scrapers : New York, USA

City of Seven Hills : Rome, Italy

Cockpit of Europe  :  Belgium

China’s Sorrow  : Hwang Ho

Dark Continent : Africa

Eternal City : Rome

Forbidden City : Lhasa, Tibet

Gate of Tears : Bab-el-Mandeb, Jerusalem

Granite City : Aberdeen, Scotland

Herring Pond : Atlantic Ocean

Hermit Kingdom : Korea

Island Continent : Australia

Island of Cloves : Madagascar

Island of Pearls :  Bahrain

Key to the Mediterranean  :  Gibraltar

Land of Golden Fleece :  Australia

Land of Mid Night Sun : Norway

Land of Rising Sun  : Japan

Land of White Elephant : Thailand

Never Land  : Prairies of N. Australia

Pearl of Antilles : Cuba

Pillars of Hercules  : Strait of Gibraltar

Pink City : Jaipur, India

Queen of the Adriatic : Venice, Italy

Sugar Bowl of the World : Cuba

Venice of the East : Cochin, India

Venice of the North : Stockholm

Windy city : Chicago, USA

Yellow River : Hwango Ho