List of Famous Places which are used for Competitive exams and SSC, UPSC public service exam groups, bank 2015 Sobriquets

SUBJECT : Hi Users or Readers. Jobres.com site also posted the posts like General knowledge bits which are used for candidates who are applying for the posts in UPSC , SSC , Groups and other Competitive exams like bank exams Po and Office Assistant and Clerks for the year 2014 and 2015 and now i can update the list of Important places in the world

We are Providing you list of Sobriquets of Famous Places :

Battle Field of Europe - Belgium

Bengal’s Sorrow - River Damodar

Blue Mountains - Nilgiri Hills

Britain of the South - New Zealand

City of Arabian Nights - Bhagdad

City of the Dreaming Spires - Oxford, UK

City of Golden Gate - San Francisco

City of Golden Temple - Amritsar

City of Magnificient Distances - Washington

City of Palaces - Kolkata

City of Popes - Rome

City of Seven-Hills / Eternal City - Rome, Italy

Cockpit of Europe - Belgium

Dark Continent - Africa

Dark Continent - Africa

Dairy of Northern Europe - Denmark

Emerald Island - Ireland

Empire City / City of Skyscrapers - New York

Forbidden City - Lhasa (Tibet)

Garden City of India - Bangalore

Garden of England - Kent, England

Gate of Tears - Bal-el-Mandab

Gateway of India - Mumbai

Gibraltar of Indian Ocean - Aden

Gift of the Nile - Egypt

Granite City - Aberdeen, Scotland

Great White Way - Broadway, New York

Herring Pond - Atlantic Ocean

Holy Land - Palastine

Hermit Kingdom - Korea

Island of Cloves - Zanzibar

Island Continent - Australia

Island of Pearls - Bahrain

Key to the Mediterranean - Gibraltar

Land of Cakes - Scotland

Land of Kangaroos - Australia

Land of Golden Pagoda - Mayanmar (Burma)

Land of the Lillies / Land of Maple - Canada

Land of Morning Calm - Korea

Land of Midnight Sun - Norway

Land of Rising Sun - Japan

Land of Thousand Lakes - Finland

Land of Thunderbolt - Bhutan

Land of white elephants - Thailand

Land of the Long White Cloud - New Zealand

Land of Golden Fleece - Australia
Pearl of the Antilles - Cuba

Pillar of Hercules - Gibraltar
Pink City - Jaipur

Playground of Europe - Switzerland

Queen of the Adriatic - Venice, Italy

Queen of the Arabian Sea - Kochi, India

Roof of the World - Pamirs

Sick Man of Europe - Turkey

Sorrow of China / Yellow River - Hwang Ho

Spice Garden of India - Kerala

Sugar Bowl of the World - Cuba

The Isle of Spring - Jamaica

Venice of the East - Alappuzha

Venice of the North - Stockholm, Sweden

White City - Belgrade

World’s Breadbasket - Prairies of N. America

World’s Loneliest Island - Tristan da Cunha

Workshop of Europe - Belgium

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