Geography of India and The World
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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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