WORLD GEOGRAPHY – NICK NAMES OF PLACES 1) Granite City – Aberdeen 2) Dark Continent – Africa 3) Herring Pond – Atlantic Ocean 4) Land of the Golden Fleece – Australia 5) Land of the Kangaroo – Australia 6) Gateway of Tears – Bab-el-mandab 7) Island of Pearls – Bahrain 8.) Cockpit of Europe – Belgium 9) White City – Belgrade 10) Land of Thunderbolt – Bhutan 11) Land of Lilies – Canada 12) Land of Maple – Canada 13) Windy City – Chicago 14) Pearl of Antilles – Cuba 15) Sugar Bowl of the World – Cuba 16) Gift of the Nile – Egypt 17) Land of Thousand Lakes – Finland 18) Key of the Mediterranean – Gibraltar 19) Pillars of Hercules – Gibraltar 20) Land of the Eskimos – Greenland 21) Emerald Island – Ireland 22) Pink City – Jaipur 23) Land of the Rising – SunJapan 24) Garden of England – Kent 25) Hermit Kingdom – Korea 26) Land of Morning Calm – Korea 27) Port of Five Seas – Moscow 28) Land of the Golden Pagoda – Myanmar 29) Land of Canals – Netherlands 30) Land of Tulips – Netherlands 31) Land of Windmills – Netherlands 32) City of Skyscrapers – New York 33) Empire City – New York 34) Land of the Midnight Sun – Norway 35) City of Dreaming Spires – Oxford 36) Holy Land – Palestine 37) City of Brotherly Love – Philadelphia 38) Quaker City – Philadelphia 39) City of Seven Hills – Rome 40) Eternal City – Rome 41) City of the Golden Gate – San Francisco 42) Land of Cakes – Scotland 43) Venice of the North – Stockholm 44) Playground of Europe – Switzerland 45) Land of the White Elephant – Thailand 46) World’s Loneliest Island – Tristan da Cunha 47) Sick Man of Europe – Turkey 48) City of Canals – Venice 49) Queen of the Adriatic – Venice 50) City of Magnificent Distances – Washington DC 51) Island of Cloves – Zanzibar
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 15:41:20 +0000
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