Thursday, 31 January 2013

NICK NAMES

NICK NAMES::

(1). Bengal’s Sorrow: Damodar River
(2). Blue Mountains: Nilgiri Hills
(3). China’s Sorrow: Hawang-Ho
(4). City Beautiful: Chandigarh
(5). City of Dreaming Spires: Oxford
(6). City of Golden Gate: San Francisco
(7). City of Magnificent Buildings: Washington
(8). City of Palaces: Calcutta
(9). City of Seven Hills: Rome
(10). City of Sky-scrapers: New York
(11). Cockpit of Europe: Belgium
(12). Dark Continent: Africa
(13). Emerald Isle: Ireland
(14). Eternal City: Rome
(15). Forbidden City: Lhasa (Tibet)
(16). Garden City: Chicago
(17). Gate of Tears: Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb
(18). Gateway of India: Bombay
(19). Gift of the Nile: Egypt
(20). Granite City: Aberdeen
(21). Hermit Kingdom: Korea
(22). Herring Pond: Atlantic Ocean
(23). Holy Land: Palestine
(24). Island Continent: Australia
(25). Island of Cloves: Zanzibar
(26). Isle of Pearls: Bahrain (Persian Gulf)
(27). Key to the Mediterranean: Gibraltar
(28). Land of Cakes: Scotland
(29). Land of Golden Fleece: Australia
(30). Land of Maple: Canada
(31). Land of Morning Calm: Korea
(32). Land of Thousand Lakes: Finland
(33). Land of the Midnight Sun: Norway
(34). Land of the Rising Sun: Japan
(35). Land of the Thunderbolt: Bhutan
(36). Land of White Elephant: Thailand
(37). Loneliest Island: Tristan De Gunha (Mid-Atlantic)
(38). Never Never land: Vast Prairies of N. Australia
(39). Pearl of the Antilles: Cuba
(40). Pearl of the Pacific: Guayaquil port of Ecuador
(41). Pillars of Hercules: Straits of Gibraltar
(42). Playground of Europe: Switzerland
(43). Quaker City: Philadelphia
(44). Queen of the Adriatic: Venice
(45). Roof of the World: The Pamirs, Central Asia
(46). Rose-pink City: Jaipur
(47). Sorrow of China: Yellow River
(48). Spice Garden of India: Kerala
(49). Sugar bowl of the World: Cuba
(50). Venice of the East: Alappuzha
(51). Venice of the North: Stockholm
(52). White man’s grave: Guinea Coast of Africa
(53). Windy City: Chicago


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