Distinctive Names of Countries & Towns - Geographical Epithets

Distinctive Names of Countries & Towns - Geographical Epithets

Distinctive Name	Country/Town/Port/River
Britain of the South	New Zealand
The Battlefield of Europe	Belgium
City of the Golden Gate	San Francisco
City of Magnificent Distances	Washington D.C.
City of Popes	Rome
City of Seven Hills	Rome
City of Skyscrapers	New York
Cockpit of Europe	Belgium
Dark Continent	Africa
Dairy of Northern Europe	Denmark
Emerald Island	Ireland
Empire City	New York
Eternal City	Rome, Italy
Forbidden City	Lhasa (Tibet)
Garden of England	Kent
Gate of Tears	Babel-Mandab, Jerusalem
Granite City	Aberdeen (Scotland)
Great White Way	Broadway (New York)
Gift of Nile	Egypt
Gibraltar of the Indian Ocean	Aden
Herring Pond	Atlantic Ocean
Hermit Kingdom	Korea
Holy Land	Palestine
Island of Cloves	Madagascar (Malagasy)
The Isle of Spring	Jamaica
Key to the Mediterranean	Gibraltar
Land of Cakes (or Oat Cakes)	Scotland
Land of the Golden Fleece	Australia
Land of the Golden Pagoda	Myanmar (Burma)
Land of Kangaroos	Australia
Land of Lilies	Canada
Land of the Midnight Sun	Norway
Land of Milk and Honey	Canaan
Land of Morning Calm	Korea
Land of the Rising Sun	Japan
Land of a Thousand Lakes	Finland
Land of Thunderbolt	Bhutan
Land of White Elephants	Thailand
Lady of Snow	Canada
Little Venice	Venezuela
Never, Never Land	Prairies (North Australia)
Pearl of Antilles	Cuba
Playground of Europe	Switzerland
Pillars of Hercules	Straits of Gibraltar
Pearl of the Pacific	Guayaquil Port (Ecuador)
Power keg of Europe	Balkans
The Promised Land	Canaan
Quaker City	Philadelphia
Queen of the Arabian Sea	Kochi (India)
Queen of the Adriatic	Venice
Rich Coast	Costa Rica
Rich Port	Puerto Rico
Roof of the World	Pamir (Tibet)
The Sea of Mountains	British Columbia
Sorrow of China	River Hwang Ho
The Saw Mill of Europe	Sweden
Sick Man of Europe	Turkey
Sugar Bowl of the World	Cuba
The Storehouse of the World	Mexico
The Down Under	Australia
Venice of the North	Stockholm
Venice of the East	Bangkok (Thailand), Allepey (India)
Yellow River	Hwang Ho (China)
White City	Belgrade
Windy City	Chicago
White Mans Grave	Guinea Coast (West Africa)
The Spice Island of the West	Grenada
The Mother Colony of the West Indies	St. Kitts
City of Arabian Nights	Baghdad
Twin City	Budapest
The Imperial City	Rome
Golden City	Johannesburg
The Modern Babylon	London
Valley of Kings	Thebes

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