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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