Geographical Epithets

Topographic map in English of the Red Sea, UTM projection (WGS84 datum). Note : for translation purpose, use the SVG version. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

• Bengal’s Sorrow – Damodar River
• Blue Mountains – Nilgiri Hills
• City of Sky Scrapers – New York
• City of Seven Hills – Rome
• City of Dreaming Spires – Oxford
• City of Palaces – Calcutta
• City of Golden Gate – San Francisco
• City of Magnificient Distances – Washington
• Cockpit of Europe – Belgium
• China’s Sorrow – Hwang-Ho
• Dark Continent – Africa
• Emerald Island – Ireland
• Eternal City – Rome
• Forbidden City – Lhasa (Tibet)
• Garden City – Chicago
• Gate of Tears – Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb
• Gateway of India – Mumbai
• Gift of Nile – Egypt
• Granite City – Aberdeen
• Holy Land – Palestine
• Herring Pond – Atlantic Ocean
• Hermit Kingdom – Korea
• Island Continent – Australia
• Island of Cloves – Zanzibar
• Island of Pearls – Bahrein (Persian Gulf)
• Key to the Mediterranean – Gibraltar
• Land of the Rising Sun – Japan
• Land of Golden Fleece – Australia
• Land of Midnight Sun – Norway
• Loneliest Island – Tristan De Gunha (Mid Atlantic)
• Land of Morning Calm – Korea
• Land of Thousand Lakes – Finland
• Land of the Thunderbolt – Bhutan
• Land of Maple – Canada
• Land of White Elephant – Thailand
• Land of Cakes – Scotland
• Never Never land – Vast Prairies of North Australia
• Playground of Europe – Switzerland
• Pearl of the Antilles – Cuba
• Pillars of Hercules – Straits of Gibraltar
• Pearl of the Pacific – Guyayaquil port of Equador
• Quaker City – Philadelphia
• Queen of the Adriatic – Venice
• Roof of the World – The Pamirs, Central Asia