World Famous Places and their Nicknames

S.No.	Place	Sobriquet
1	Aden	Gibraltar of Indian Ocean
2	Africa	Dark Continent
3	Atlantic Ocean	Herring Pond
4	Australia	Land of Kangaroos, Land of Golden Fleece, Island Continent
5	Baghdad	City of Arabian Nights
6	Bahrain	Island of Pearls
7	Bab-el-Mandeb	Gate of Tears, Gate of Grief
8	Belgium	Cockpit of Europe, Battlefield of Europe
9	Belgrade	White City
10	Bhutan	Land of Thunderbolt
11	British Columbia	Sea of the Mountains
12	Broadway, New York	Great White Way
13	Canada	Land of Lilies, Land of Maple, Lady of Snow
14	Chicago, Illinois	Big Town, City of the Big Shoulders, Second City, Hog Butcher for the World,
		Windy City, Slaughterhouse to the World, Phoenix City
15	Cuba	Sugar Bowl of the World, Pearl of Antilles
16	Denmark	Dairy of Northern Europe
17	Egypt	Gift of Nile
18	Finland	Land of Thousand Lakes
19	Gibraltar	Key of Mediterranean, Pillar of Hercules
20	Greenland	Land of Eskimos
21	Grenada	Spice Island of the West
22	Guinea Coast	White Man’s Grave
23	Ireland	Emerald Island
24	Jamaica	Isle of Spring
25	Japan	Land of Rising Sun
26	Kent	Garden of England
27	Korea	Hermit Kingdom, Land of Morning Calm
28	Lhasa, Tibet	Forbidden City
29	Moscow	Port of Five Seas
30	Myanmar (Burma)	Land of Golden Pagoda
31	Netherlands	Land of Canals, Land of Tulips, Land of Windmills
32	New York	Empire City, City of Skyscrapers, Capital of the World,
		City that Never Sleeps, Big Apple, Gotham,
		Empire City, Melting Pot
33	New Zealand	God’s Own Country, Britain of the South, Land of Long White Cloud
34	Nigeria	Giant of Africa
35	Norway	Land of Midnight Sun
36	Oxford, UK	City of Dreaming Spires
37	Palestine	Holy Land
38	Pamirs (Mountains)	Roof of the World
39	Paris	City of Light
40	Philadelphia, USA	Quaker City
41	Prairies of North America	World’s Bread Basket
42	Rome	City of Seven Hills, Eternal City, City of Love, City of Popes
43	San Francisco	City of Golden Gate, Shaky Town, Baghdad by the Bay, The City
44	Scotland	Land of Cakes
45	Singapore	Key of Pacific
46	Switzerland	Playground of Europe
47	Thailand	Land of White Elephants
48	Trinidad	Land of Humming Birds
49	Tristan da Cunha	World’s Loneliest Island
50	Turkey	Sick Man of Europe
51	Venezuela	Little Venice
52	Zanzibar	Island of Cloves
53	Akron, Ohio	Rubber City
54	Albany, Georgia	City of Good Life
55	Albany, Oregon	Home of the Timber Carnival
56	Alexandria, Egypt	Pearl of the Mediterranean
57	Allentown, Pennsylvania	Cement City
58	Atlanta, Georgia	Athens of the South, City Too Busy to Hate, Dogwood City,
		Gate City of the South
59	Auckland, New Zealand	City of Sails
60	Baltimore, Maryland	Charm City, Monument City
61	Bandon, Oregon	Storm Capital of the World
62	Bangkok, Thailand	Venice of the East
63	Boston, Massachusetts	Athens of America, Bean Town, City of Kind Hearts,
		Cradle of Liberty, Hub of the Universe, Puritan City
64	Bristol, Tennessee	Food City
65	Brand on, Manitoba	Wheat City
66	Buffalo, New York	Flour City, City of Good Neighbours, Nickel City,
		Queen City (of the Great Lakes)
67	Butte, Montana	Copper City
68	Bryan, Ohio	Fountain City
69	Calgary, Canada	Stampede City
70	Cape Girardeau, Missouri	Rose City
71	Cape Hatteras, North Carolina	Graveyard of the Atlantic
72	Charleston, South Carolina	America's Most Historic City, Palmetto City
73	Charlotte, North Carolina	Hornets’Nest, Queen City
74	Christchurch, New Zealand	Garden City
75	Cleveland, Ohio	Mistake on the Lake, America’s North Coast
76	Denver, Colorado	City of the Plains, Convention City, Mile High City
77	Detroit, Michigan	Motor City
78	Durham, North Carolina	City of Medicines, Bull City
79	Edinburgh, Scotland	Athens of the North
80	Florence, Italy	City of Lilies
81	Fort Myers, Florida	City of Palms
82	Gilroy, California	Garlic Capital of the World
83	Greenfield, California	Broccoli Capital of the World
84	Holtville, California	Carrot Capital of the World
85	Hong Kong	Pearl of the Orient
86	Indio, California	Date Capital of the World
87	Jerusalem	City of Peace
88	Kansas City, Kansas	Heart of America
89	Las Vegas	Sin City, Entertainment Capital of the World, Glitter Gulch
90	London, England	Square Mile
91	Los Angeles	Big Orange, City of Angels, City of Flowers and Sunshine
92	Louisville, Kentucky	City of Beautiful Churches, City of Falls