Nick Names of Imporant Places

Hello visitors. This time I'm back with some nick names of some important places. These nick names are very famus as will as their real names. Stay in touch for the next post on some important indian persons and their nick names.

Nick Name	Real Name
Queen of Arabian Sea	Kochi, India
Queen of Adriatic	Venice, Italy
Land of the Kangaroo	Australia
Land of the Golden Fleece	Australia
Roof of World	Pamirs, Central Asia
Yellow River	Huang Ho (China)
Garden City of India	Bangalore
Quaker City	Philadelphia, USA
World's Loneliest Island	Tristan De Gunha (Mid-Atlantic)
Sick Man of Europe	Turkey
Sorrow of China	River Hwang Ho
World's Bread Basket	Praires of N.America
Windy City	Chicago, USA
Sugar bowl of the World	Cuba
White Man's Grave	Guinea Coast
White City	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Venice of North	Stockholm, Sweden
Venice of East	Alleppey, India
Spice Garden of India	Kerala
Dark Continent	Africa
Great White Way	Broadway, New York, USA
Granite City	Aberdeen, Scotland
Gift of Nile	Egypt
Gateway of India	Mumbai
Gate of Tears	Bab-el-mandab, Jerusalem
Garden of India	Bangalore, India
Garden of England	Kent, England
Forbidden City	Lhasa, Tibet
Eternal City	Rome, Italy
Herring Pond	Atlantic Ocean
Emerald Island	Ireland
The City or The City by the Bay	San Francisco, California
Cockpit of Europe	Belgium
City of Sky-scrapers	New York, USA
City of Seven Hills	Rome, Italy
City of Palaces	Kolkata, India
City of Magnificent Distances	Washington D.C., USA
City of Golden Temple	Amristar, India
City of Golden Gate	San Francisco, USA
City of Dreaming Spires	Oxford, England
Britain of South	New Zealand
Blue Mountain	Niligiri Hills, India
Empire City	New York, USA
Land of Lilies	Canada
Playground of Europe	Switzerland
Pink City	Jaipur, India
Pillars of Hercules	Strait of Gibraltar
Pearl of Antilles	Cuba
Never Never Land	Prairies of N.Australia
Manchester of Japan	Osaka
Land of White Elephants	Thailand
Land of Thunderbolt	Bhutan
Land of Thousand Lakes	Finland
Land of Rising Sun	Japan
Hermit Kingdom	Korea
Land of Midnight Sun	Norway
Powder Keg of Europe	Balkans
Land of Kangaroo	Australia
Land of Golden Pagoda	Myanmar (Burma)
Land of Five Rivers	Punjab, India
Land of Cakes	Scotland
Lady with the Lamp	Florence Nightingale
Key of Mediterranean	Gibraltar
Island of Pearls	Bahrain
Island of Cloves	Madagascar
Land of Maple	Canada
Holy Land	Palestine
Land of Morning Calm	Korea
The Eternal City	Rome
The Mother-in-law of Europe	Denmark
Hogtown	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gotham	New York
God's Own Country	Kerala, New Zealand, Rhodesia or Yorkshire
Garrincha	Manoel Francisco dos Santos
Frisco	San Francisco, California
Columbia	The United States or The Americas
The Federal City	Washington D.C.
The Old Bailey	The Central Criminal Court in England
The Enchanted Isle	(from 'la isla del encanto') Puerto Rico
The Emerald City	Seattle, Washington, USA
The Emerald Isle	Ireland or Puerto Rico
The Dragon	China (as an economy)
Chosin Few	US Marine survivors of Korean War Battle of Chosin Reservoir
The Fourth Estate	The press
Sin City	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
White House	The executive branch of the government of the United States
Whitehall	The British government including Parliament but excluding the monarchy
Westminster	The British Parliament
Tinseltown	Hollywood, California, USA
Taiwan	Republic of China
The New Sinatra	Jay-Z
The Smoke	London
The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street	the Bank of England
The Rock (prison)	Alcatraz Prison
The Red Devils	Manchester United Football Club
Perfidious Albion	Great Britain
Pensioneers	Chelsea football club
The Paris of the West	San Francisco, USA
The Steel City	Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania
City of the Golden Gate	San Francisco
The Battlefield of Europe	Belgium
Auntie	Australian Broadcasting Corporation / British Broadcasting Corporation
the Antipodes	Australia and New Zealand
Diamond City in India	Surat, Gujarat
Humming Bird	Trinidad
Land of the Canals	Netherlands
World's Breadbasket	Prairies of N. America
City of Brotherly Love	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Beeb	The British Broadcasting Corporation
Port of five Seas	Moscow
Land of Windmills	Netherlands
Brass Fountain	PPSh-41
The City of Joy	Kolkata, India
The City of Light	Paris
Bengal's Sorrow	Damodar River, India
Chocolate City	Washington, D.C., so named because of its majority African-American population
C-3	the Collins Crystal Cave expedition
The Bayou City	Houston, Texas, USA
Brew City	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Beantown	Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Blighty	Great Britain (used by British servicemen abroad and expatriates)
The Big Stick	Theodore Roosevelt's diplomatic policy
The Big Smoke	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Big Easy	New Orleans, Louisiana
The Big D	Dallas, Texas, USA
The Big Apple	New York City, New York, USA
Brisvegas	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia