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General Knowledge for IAS Exams (Geographical Sobriquets)


General Knowledge for IAS Exams (Geography of India and The World)

Geographical Sobriquets

Sobriquets Primary Names

  • America’s Motor: City Detroit
  • Blue Mountains: Nilgiri Hills (India)
  • Britain of the South: New Zealand
  • Bengal’s Sorrow: Damodar River (India)
  • China’s Sorrow: River Hwang Ho
  • City of Dreaming Spires: Oxford (England)
  • City of Eternal Springs: Quito (South America)
  • City of Flowers: Cape Town (South Africa)
  • City of Golden Gate: San Francisco (USA)
  • City of Golden Temple: Amritsar (India)
  • City of Magnificient Buildings: Washington (USA)
  • City of Palaces: Kolkata (India)
  • City of Quiet: Thoroughfares Venice
  • City of Seven Hills: Rome (Italy)
  • City of Skyscrapers: New York (USA)
  • Cockpit of Europe: Belgium
  • Dark Continent: Africa
  • Emerald Isle: Ireland
  • Empire City: New York
  • Eternal City of Hopes: Rome, Italy
  • Forbidden City: Lhasa (Tibet)
  • Garden City: Chicago
  • Garden in the desert: Ethiopia
  • Garden of England: Kent (England)
  • Gate of tears: Strait of bab-el-Mandeb
  • Gateway of India: Mumbai
  • Golden City: Johannesburg
  • Gibraltar of Indian: Ocean Aden
  • Gift of Nile: Egypt
  • Granite City: Aberdeen
  • Hanging Valleys: Valley of Switzerland
  • Hermit Kingdom: Korea
  • Herring Pond: Atlantic Ocean
  • Holy Land: Palestine
  • Human Equator of the Earth: Himalayas
  • Island Continent: Australia
  • Island of Cloves: Zamzibar
  • Island of Pearls: bahrain (Persian Gulf)
  • Islands of Sunshine: West Indies
  • Kashmir of Europe: Switzerland
  • Key to Mediterranean: Gibraltar
  • Land of Five Seas: South West Asia
  • Land of Five Rivers: Punjab, India
  • Land of Lakes: Scotland
  • Land of Golden Pagoda: Myanmar
  • Land of Kangaroo: Australia
  • Land of Golden Fleece: Australia
  • Land of Lilies: Canada
  • Land of Maple: Canada
  • Land of Midnight Sun: Norway
  • Land of Morning Calm: Korea
  • Land of Rising Sun: Japan
  • Land of Setting Sun: United Kingdom
  • Land of Thousand Elephants: Laos
  • Land of Thousand Lakes: Finland
  • land of Thunderbolt: Bhutan
  • Land of White Elephant: Thailand
  • Loneliest Island: Tristan De Gumha (Mid. Atlantic)
  • Manchester of Japan: Osaka (Japan)
  • Pillars of Hercules: Straits of Gibraltar
  • Pink City: Jaipur, India
  • Play Ground of Europe: Switzerland
  • Quaker City: Philadelphia
  • Queen of the Adriatic: Venice
  • Roof of the World: The pamirs (Tibet)
  • River in the Sea: Gulf Stream
  • Sickman of Europe: Turkey
  • Sugar Bowl of the world: Cuba
  • Venice of the East: Bangkok
  • Venice of the North: Stockholm
  • White City: Belgrade
  • Windy City: Chicago
  • Workshop of Europe: Belgium
  • World’s Loneliest Island: Tristan Da Cunha
  • Yellow River: River Hwang Ho (China)

Geographical Discoveries

  • America: Chiristopher Columbus
  • Sea-route to India: Vasco-da-Gama
  • North Pole: Robert Peary
  • South Pole: Amundsen
  • Suez Canal: Designed by Ferdinand de Lesseps

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