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Monday, February 04, 2013

GEOGRAPHICAL EPITHETS - WORLD


America’s Motor City- Detroit

Britain of the South- New Zealand

China’s Sorrow -River Hwang Ho

City of Dreaming Spires- Oxford (England)

City of Eternal Springs -Quito (S.America)

City of Flowers- Cape Town (S.Africa)

City of Golden Gate- San Francisco (USA)

City of Magnificient Buildings -Washington (USA)

City of Quiet thoroughfares- Venice

City of Seven Hills- Rome (Italy)

City of Skyscrapers- New York (USA)

Cockpit of Europe- Belgium

Dark Continent -Africa

Emerald Isle- Ireland

Empire City- New York

Eternal City of Hopes- Rome, Italy

Forbidden City- Lhasa (Tibet)

Garden City- Chicago

Garden in the desert- Ethiopia

Garden of England- Kent (England)

Gate of tears -Strait of bab-el-Mandeb

Golden City -Johannesburg

Gibraltar of Indian Ocean- Aden

Gift of Nile- Egypt

Granite City- Aberdeen

Hanging Valleys -Valley of Switzerland

Hermit Kingdom -Korea

Herring Pond- Atlantic Ocean

Holy Land- Palestine

Human Equator of the Earth- Himalayas

Island Continent- Australia

Island of Cloves- Zanzibar

Island of Pearls- Bahrain (Persian Gulf)

Islands of Sunshine- West Indies

Kashmir of Europe- Switzerland

Key to Mediterranean- Gibraltar

Land of Five Seas- South West Asia

Land of Lakes -Scotland

Land of Golden Pagoda- Myanmar

Land of Kangaroo- Australia

Land of Golden Fleece -Australia

Land of Lilies- Canada

Land of Maple- Canada

Land of Midnight Sun- Norway

Land of Morning Calm- Korea

Land of Rising Sun -Japan

Land of Setting Sun- United Kingdom

Land of Thousand Elephants- Laos

Land of Thousand Lakes- Finland

Land of Thunderbolt- Bhutan

Land of White Elephant -Thailand

Loneliest Island -Tristan De Gumha (Mid. Atlantic)

Manchester of Japan- Osaka (Japan)

Pillars of Hercules -Straits of Gibraltar

Play Ground of Europe- Switzerland

Quaker City- Philadelphia

Queen of the Adriatic- Venice

Roof of the World -The pamirs (Tibet)

River in the Sea- Gulf Stream

Sick man of Europe -Turkey

Sugar Bowl of the world -Cuba

Venice of the East- Bangkok

Venice of the North- Stockholm

White City -Belgrade

Windy City- Chicago

Workshop of Europe- Belgium

World’s Loneliest Island -Tristan Da Cunha

Yellow River- River Hwang Ho (China)

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