Distinctive Names of Countries & Towns -

Geographical Epithets
Last updated on 14 Oct, 2008 by Editor
Distinctive Name Country/Town/Port/River
Britain of the South New Zealand
The Battlefield of Europe Belgium
City of the Golden Gate San Francisco
City of Magnificent Distances Washington D.C.
City of Popes Rome
City of Seven Hills Rome
City of Skyscrapers New York
Cockpit of Europe Belgium
Dark Continent Africa
Dairy of Northern Europe Denmark
Emerald Island Ireland
Empire City New York
Eternal City Rome, Italy
Forbidden City Lhasa (Tibet)
Garden of England Kent
Gate of Tears Babel-Mandab, Jerusalem
Granite City Aberdeen (Scotland)
Great White Way Broadway (New York)
Gift of Nile Egypt
Gibraltar of the Indian Ocean Aden
Herring Pond Atlantic Ocean
Hermit Kingdom Korea
Holy Land Palestine
Island of Cloves Madagascar (Malagasy)
The Isle of Spring Jamaica
Key to the Mediterranean Gibraltar
Land of Cakes (or Oat Cakes) Scotland
Land of the Golden Fleece Australia
Land of the Golden Pagoda Myanmar (Burma)
Land of Kangaroos Australia
Land of Lilies Canada
Land of the Midnight Sun Norway
Land of Milk and Honey Canaan
Land of Morning Calm Korea
Land of the Rising Sun Japan
Land of a Thousand Lakes Finland
Land of Thunderbolt Bhutan
Land of White Elephants Thailand
Lady of Snow Canada
Little Venice Venezuela
Never, Never Land Prairies (North Australia)
Pearl of Antilles Cuba
Playground of Europe Switzerland
Pillars of Hercules Straits of Gibraltar
Pearl of the Pacific Guayaquil Port (Ecuador)
Power keg of Europe Balkans
The Promised Land Canaan
Quaker City Philadelphia
Queen of the Arabian Sea Kochi (India)
Queen of the Adriatic Venice
Rich Coast Costa Rica
Rich Port Puerto Rico
Roof of the World Pamir (Tibet)
The Sea of Mountains British Columbia
Sorrow of China River Hwang Ho
The Saw Mill of Europe Sweden
Sick Man of Europe Turkey
Sugar Bowl of the World Cuba
The Storehouse of the World Mexico
The Down Under Australia
Venice of the North Stockholm
Venice of the East Bangkok (Thailand), Allepey (India)
Yellow River Hwang Ho (China)
White City Belgrade
Windy City Chicago
White Mans 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
Golden City Johannesburg
The Modern Babylon London
Valley of Kings Thebes

istinctive Names of Some Countries & Towns
Distinctive Name Country/Town/Port/River
Britain of the South New Zealand
The Battlefield of Europe Belgium
City of the Golden Gate San Francisco
City of Magnificent Distances Washington D.C.
City of Popes Rome
City of Seven Hills Rome
City of Skyscrapers New York
Cockpit of Europe Belgium
Dark Continent Africa
Dairy of Northern Europe Denmark
Emerald Island Ireland
Empire City New York
Eternal City Rome, Italy
Forbidden City Lhasa (Tibet)
Garden of England Kent
Gate of Tears Babel-Mandab, Jerusalem
Granite City Aberdeen (Scotland)
Great White Way Broadway (New York)
Gift of Nile Egypt
Gibraltar of the Indian Ocean Aden
Herring Pond Atlantic Ocean
Hermit Kingdom Korea
Holy Land Palestine
Island of Cloves Madagascar (Malagasy)
The Isle of Spring Jamaica
Key to the Mediterranean Gibraltar
Land of Cakes (or Oat Cakes) Scotland
Land of the Golden Fleece Australia
Land of the Golden Pagoda Myanmar (Burma)
Land of Kangaroos Australia
Land of Lilies Canada
Land of the Midnight Sun Norway
Land of Milk and Honey Canaan
Land of Morning Calm Korea
Land of the Rising Sun Japan
Land of a Thousand Lakes Finland
Land of Thunderbolt Bhutan
Land of White Elephants Thailand
Lady of Snow Canada
Little Venice Venezuela
Never, Never Land Prairies (North Australia)
Pearl of Antilles Cuba
Playground of Europe Switzerland
Pillars of Hercules Straits of Gibraltar
The Emerald Isle Ireland
Hibernia Ireland
The Pearl of the Antilles Cuba
The Magnificent Province Guyana
The Land of the Oat Cakes Scotland
The Land of the Golden Fleece Australia
The Land of the Midnight Sun Lapland, Norway
The Land of the Flying Fish Barbados
The Land of the Eucalyptus Australasia
The Land of the Rising Sun Japan
The Land of the Five Rivers Punjab, in Pakistan and India
The Land of the Humming-bird Trinidad
The Land of the Dykes Holland
The Land of the Tulips Holland
The Land of Milk and Honey Canaan
The Land of the White Elephant Thailand
The Land of the Thousand Lakes Finland
The Sugar Mill of the Antilles Cuba
The Isle of Springs Jamaica
The Barbary States Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya
The Granary of Spain Andalusia
The Spice Islands Moluccas in the East Indies
The mother-in-law of Europe Denmark
Our Lady of Snow Canada
The bread basket of the Empire Canada
The Spice island of the west Grenada
The roof of the world Tibet
The white mans grave West Africa
The sea of mountains British Columbia
The Iberian Peninsula Spain and Portugal
The Promised Land Canaan
The battle-field of Europe Belgium
The playground of Europe Switzerland
The Antipodes New Zealand
The George Cross Island Malta
Little Venice Venezuela
Rich Coast Costa Rica
Rich Port Puerto Rico
The diary of Northern Europe Denmark
Caledonia Scotland
The sick man Europe The Turkish Empire
The halfway house of the Pacific Hawaii
Robinson Crusoes Island Juan Fernandez, Tobago
Mountainous Country Haiti
The Celestial Empire China
The Land of Han China
The saw mill of Europe Sweden
The mother colony of the West Indies St. Kitts
The Gift of the Nile Egypt
The storehouse of the world Mexico
The island of the hawks Azores
Everglade State Florida
Holy Land Palestine
Britain of the South
New Zealand
The Battlefield of Europe
Belgium
City of the Golden Gate
San Francisco
City of Magnificent Distances
Washington D.C.
City of Popes
Rome
City of Seven Hills
Rome
City of Skyscrapers
New York
Cockpit of Europe
Belgium
Dark Continent
Africa
Dairy of Northern Europe
Denmark
Emerald Island
Ireland
Empire City
New York
Eternal City
Rome, Italy
Forbidden City
Lhasa (Tibet)
Garden of England
Kent
Gate of Tears
Babel-Mandab, Jerusalem
Granite City
Aberdeen (Scotland)
Great white way
Broadway (New York)
Gift of Nile
Egypt
Gibraltar of the Indian Ocean
Aden
Herring Pond
Atlantic Ocean
Hermit Kingdom
Korea
Holy Land
Palestine
Island of Cloves
Madagascar (Malagasy)
The Isle of Spring
Jamaica
Key to the Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Land of Cakes (or Oat Cakes)
Scotland
Land of the Golden Fleece
Australia
Land of the Golden Pagoda
Myanmar (Burma)
Land of Kangaroos
Australia
Land of Lilies
Canada
Land of the Midnight Sun
Norway
Land of Milk and Honey
Canaan
Land of Morning Calm
Korea
Land of the Rising Sun
Japan
Land of a Thousand Lakes
Finland
Land of Thunderbolt
Bhutan
Land of White Elephants
Thailand
Lady of Snow
Canada
Little Venice
Venezuela
Never, Never Land
Prairies (North Australia)
Pearl of Antilles
Cuba
Play ground of Europe
Switzerland
Pillars of Hercules
Straits of Gibraltar
Pearl of the Pacific
Guayaquil Port (Ecuador)
Quaker City
Philadelphia
Queen of the Arabian Sea
Kochi (India)
Queen of the Adriatic
Venice
Rich Coast
Costa Rica
Rich Port
Puerto Rico
Roof of the world
Pamir (Tibet)
The Sea of Mountains
British Columbia
Sorrow of China
River Hwang Ho
The Saw Mill of Europe
Sweden
Sick Man of Europe
Turkey
Sugar Bowl of the World
Cuba
The Storehouse of the World
Mexico
The Down Under
Australia
Venice of the North
Stockholm
Venice of the East
Bangkok (Thailand), Allepey (India)
Yellow River
Hwang Ho (China)
White City
Belgrade
Windy City
Chicago
White Mans 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
Golden City
Johannesburg
The Modern Babylon
London
Valley of Kings
Thebes