Geographical Nicknames

• Bengal’s Sorrow – Damodar River
• Blue Mountains – Nilgiri Hills
• China’s Sorrow – Hwang-Ho
• City of Dreaming Spires – Oxford
• City of Golden Gate – San Francisco
• City of Magnificient Distances – Washington
• City of Palaces – Calcutta
• City of Seven Hills – Rome
• City of Sky Scrapers – New York
• Cockpit of Europe – Belgium
• Dark Continent – Africa
• Emerald Island – Ireland
• Eternal City – Rome
• Forbidden City – Lhasa (Tibet)
• Garden City – Chicago
• Gate of Tears – Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb
• Gateway of India – Mumbai
• Gift of Nile – Egypt
• Granite City – Aberdeen
• Hermit Kingdom – Korea
• Herring Pond – Atlantic Ocean
• Holy Land – Palestine
• Island Continent – Australia
• Island of Cloves – Zanzibar
• Island of Pearls – Bahrein (Persian Gulf)
• Key to the Mediterranean – Gibraltar
• Land of Cakes – Scotland
• Land of Golden Fleece – Australia
• Land of Maple – Canada
• Land of Midnight Sun – Norway
• Land of Morning Calm – Korea
• Land of Thousand Lakes – Finland
• Land of White Elephant – Thailand
• Land of the Rising Sun – Japan
• Land of the Thunderbolt – Bhutan
• Loneliest Island – Tristan De Gunha (Mid Atlantic)
• Never Never land – Vast Prairies of North Australia
• Pearl of the Antilles – Cuba
• Pearl of the Pacific – Guyayaquil port of Equador
• Pillars of Hercules – Straits of Gibraltar
• Playground of Europe – Switzerland
• Quaker City – Philadelphia
• Queen of the Adriatic – Venice
• Roof of the World – The Pamirs, Central Asia

Historically Important Places

• Great Wall of China: 2,400 km long wall constructed by the Chinese Emperor Shih Hwang Ti.
• Kremlin: It is in Moscow. It is the headquarters of Russia.
• Lumbini: It is the birthplace of Buddha in Nepal.
• Monte Carlo: It is in France, famous for the luxurious resorts and world-renowned car rally.
• Mount Blanc: It is the highest mountain peak in Europe in the Alps on the confines of Italy and France.
• Pearl Harbour: US naval base in Hawai Island. The Japanese attack of this brought them into the second world war.
• Pentagon: It is in Washington. It is the defence head-quarters of USA.
• Pisa: It is in Italy, well known for its leaning tower.
• Potala: It is in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. Dalai Lama’s palace is situated here.
• Victoria Falls: It is on river Zambezi in Central Africa. It is 1,700 metres wide.
• Yellow Sea: It is a sea between China and Korea.