| EPITHETS | PLACE |
|---|---|
| The Battlefield of Europe | Belgium |
| Forbidden City | Lhasa (Tibet) |
| Gibraltar of Indian Ocean | Aden |
| The Isle of Spring | Jamaica |
| Land of Cakes (Oat Cakes) | Scotland |
| Land of Flying Fish | Barbados |
| Lady of Snow | Canada |
| Little Venice | Venezuela |
| Mother-in-law of Europe | Denmark |
| Powder Keg of Europe | Balkans |
| The Promised Land | Canaan |
| Rich Coast | Costa Rica |
| Rich Port | Puerto Rico |
| The Sea of Mountains | British Columbia |
| Sorrow of China | River Hwang Ho |
| The Saw Mill of Europe | Sweden |
| Sick Man of Europe | Turkey |
| The Storehouse of the World | Mexico |
| The Down Under | Australia |
| White Man’s Grave | Guinea Coast (West Africa) |
| The Spice Island of the West | Grenada |
| The Mother Colony of the West Indies | St. Kitts |
| City of Arabian Nights | Baghdad |
| Twin City | Budapest |
| The Imperial City | Rome |
| Valley of Kings | Thebes |
| Blue Mountains | Nilgiri Hills, India |
| City of Sky Scrapers | New York, USA |
| City of Golden Gate | San Francisco, USA |
| Windy City | Chicago, USA |
| America’s motor city | Detroit |
| Britain of the south | New Zealand |
| City of Eternal Spires | Quito, South America |
| City of Flowers | Cape Town, South Africa |
| City of Golden gate | San Francisco ,USA |
| City of Magnificent Buildings | Washington, USA |
| City of Quiet thoroughfares | Venice |
| Emerald Island | Ireland |
| Big Apple | New York |
| Empire city | New York |
| Garden in the desert | Ethiopia |
| Garden of England | Kent |
| Golden city | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Gift of Nile | Egypt |
| Hanging Valleys | Valley of Switzerland |
| Herring Pond | Atlantic Ocean |
| Holy Land | Palestine |
| Hermit Kingdom | Korea |
| Human Equator of the Earth | Himalayas |
| Islands of Sunshine | West Indies |
| Kashmir of Europe | Switzerland |
| Buffer state of Asia | Afghanistan |
| City of Angles | Bangkok |
| City of bazaars | Cairo |
| City of conference | Geneva |
| City of cosmonauts | Moscow |
| City of space flights | Cape Kennedy |
| Gateway of India | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Granary of South India | Tanjore, Tamil Nadu |
| Great Britain of the Pacific | Japan |
| Great White way | Broadway, New York |
| Horn of Africa | Somalia |
| Island Continent | Australia |
| Land of Golden Fleece | Australia |
| Land of Kangaroo | Australia |
| Land of contrasts | Colombia |
| Land of fertile fields | Algeria |
| Land of Five Seas | Southwest Asia |
| Land of golden fiber | Bangladesh |
| Land of Golden Pagoda | Myanmar |
| Land of Lakes | Scotland |
| Land of Lilies | Canada |
| Land of Maple | Canada |
| Land of Midnight Sun | Norway |
| Land of mighty rivers | Nigeria |
| Land of milk and honey | Lebanon |
| Land of Morning Calm | Korea |
| Land of mountain | Nepal |
| Land of Prophets | Palestine |
| Land of Setting Sun | United Kingdom |
| Land of Thousand Elephants | Laos |
| Land of Thousand Lakes | Finland |
| Land of Thunderbolt | Bhutan |
| Mosquito Coast | Nicaragua |
| Never Never Land | Prairies of N. Australia |
| Pearl of East | Penang |
| Pearl of the Pacific | Guayaquil Port of Ecuador |
| Playground of Europe | Switzerland |
| Playground of India | Kashmir |
| Pyramid city | Cairo |
| Quaker City | Philadelphia, USA |
| Queen of Arabian Sea | Kochi, Kerala |
| Remnant of mighty empire | Austria |
| River in the Sea | Gulf Stream |
| Roof of the World | The Pamirs, Tibet |
| The modern Babylon | London |
| Saint of the Gutters | Mother Teresa |
| Sickman of Europe | Turkey |
| Site of Ancient Civilization | Iraq |
| Switzerland of Africa | Swaziland |
| White City | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| Whiteman’s Grave | Guinea Coast |
| Windy City | Chicago, USA |
| Workshop of Europe | Belgium |
| World’s Loneliest Island | Tristan Da Cunha |
| World’s Bread Basket | Prairies of N. America |
| Worlds chocolate capital | Hershey Pennsylvania |
| Lady with a Lamp | Florence Nightingale |
| City of Hopes | Rome, Italy |
| City of Seven Hills | |
| Eternal City | |
| City of Popes | |
| Copper country | Zambia, Southern Africa |
| City of Kings | Lima, Peru |
| City of Cycles | Beijing, China |
| City of Dreaming Spires | Oxford, England |
| Cockpit of Europe | Belgium |
| Dairy of Northern Europe | Denmark |
| China’s Sorrow | Hwang-Ho |
| Bengal’s Sorrow | Damodar River |
| Yellow River | Hwang-Ho |
| Dark Continent | Africa |
| Forbidden City | Zijincheng (Beijing), China |
| Gate of Tears | Bab-el-Mandeb, Jerusalem |
| Gateway to the Gulf | Abu Dhabi |
| Granite City | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Great/Little Herring Pond | Massachusetts |
| Hermit Kingdom | Korea |
| Honeymoon Lake | Titicaca Lake in Andes |
| Island Continent | Australia |
| Land of Golden Fleece | Australia |
| Land of Eagles | Albania |
| Land of Perpetual Greenary | Natal, South Africa |
| Land of Windmills | Poland |
| Island of cloves | Zanjibar |
| Island of Pearls | Bahrain |
| Pearl Islands | Panama |
| Key to the Mediterranean | Gibraltar |
| Pink city | Jaipur |
| Queen of the Adriatic | Venice, Italy |
| Land of Midnight Sun | Norway |
| Land of Rising Sun | Japan |
| Land of White Elephants | Thailand |
| Pearl of Antilles | Cuba |
| Sugar Bowl of the world | Cuba |
| Pillars of Hercules | Strait of Gibraltar |
| Venice of the east | Alappuzha, Kerala, India |
| Venice of the North | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Earth of Five Rivers | Punjab |
| Manchester of India | Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
| Silicon valley of India | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| Electronic city of India | |
| Science city of India | |
| City of Lakes | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh |
| Temple city of India | Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
| Detroit of Asia | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Scotland of India | Coorg, Karnataka |
| Queen of the Hills | Darjeeling, West Bengal |
| Green City | Gandhi nagar, Gujarat |
| HITECH city | Hyderabad, Telangana |
| City of Palaces | Jaipur, Rajasthan |
| Switzerland of India | Kashmir, J&K |
| Prince of Arabian Sea | Kollam, Kerala |
| Sleepless city | Madurai, Tamil Nadu |
| Gateway of Tamil Nadu | Tuticorin |
| Heritage city | Mysore, Karnataka |
| Spice Garden of India | Kerala |
| Royal city | Patiala, Punjab |
| City of Sages | Rishikesh, Uttarakhand |
| White city | Udaipur, Rajasthan |
| Land of warriors | Zunheboto, Nagaland |
| City of Destiny | Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh |
| Diamond city of India | Surat, Gujarat |
| Blue city, Sun city | Jodhpur, Rajasthan |
| Rome of the east | Mangalore, Karnataka |
| City of Ghats & Temples | Varanasi, UP |
| City of Golden Temple | Amritsar, Punjab |
| Garden city of India | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| Poor Man’s Ooty | Yeracud, Tamil Nadu |
| Little Tibet | Ladakh, J&K |
| Twin Cities | Hyderabad & Secunderabad |
| Bone Marrow of North India | River Ganga |
| Steel city | Jamshedpur, Jharkhand |
| Sea-Son | Lakshadweep |
| City of Bridges | Srinagar |
| Black River | River Sharada |
| City of Festivals | Madurai, Tamil Nadu |
| Jewel of Karnataka | Mysore |
| Basket of Fruits | Himachal Pradesh |
| Basket of Rice | Chhattisgarh |
| Mini Switzerland of India | Khajjiyar, Himachal Pradesh |
| Ganga of South | River Kaveri |
| City of Magnificent Distance | Washington DC |
| Garden City | Chicago |
| Great Broadway | New York |
| Mysore Tiger | Tipu Sultan |
| Pearl of Antilles | Cuba |
| Paradise on Earth | Kashmir Valley, India |
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EPITHETS PLACE The Battlefield of Europe Belgium Forbidden City Lhasa (Tibet) Gibraltar of Indian Ocean Aden The Isle of Spring Jamaica Land of Cakes (Oat...
Sakshi Sahu
Senior Lecturer, General Knowledge, SSBCrackExams, Master's in Politics and International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi, Bachelor's in Commerce and Computer Applications from DAVV Indore, Former research fellow at Ministry of women and Child Development New Delhi, 1 Year teaching experience (UPSC CSE).
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