Sobriquets of India and World
| Sobriquets | Original Name |
|---|---|
| Bengal’s Sorrow | Damodar River |
| Blue Mountain | Nilgiri Hills |
| City of Palaces | Kolkata |
| City of Sky-Scrappers | New York |
| City of Golden Gate | San Francisco |
| City of Eternal Springs | Quito (S. America) |
| China’s Sorrow | Hwang Ho river |
| City of Seven Hills | Rome |
| City of Dreaming Spires | Oxford |
| Cockpit of Europe | Belgium |
| Dark Continent | Africa |
| Diary of Northern Europe | Denmark |
| Emerald Isle | Ireland |
| Empire City | New York |
| Eternal City | Rome |
| Forbidden City | Lhasa (Tibet) |
| Garden City | Bengaluru |
| Gate of Tears | Strait of Bab-el Mandeb |
| Gift of the Nile river | Egypt |
| George Cross Island | Malta |
| Granite City | Aberdeen (Scotland) |
| Hermit Kingdom | Korea |
| Herring Pond | Atlantic Ocean |
| Holy Land | Jerusalem (Israel) |
| Holy Mountain | Fujiyama (Japan) |
| Island of Cloves | Zanzibar |
| Island Continent | Australia |
| Island of Fire | Iceland |
| Island of Pearls | Bahrain |
| Island of Springs | Jamaica |
| Key of Mediterranean | Gibralter |
| Land of Cakes | Scotland |
| Land of Flying Fish | Barbados |
| Land of Golden Fleece | Australia |
| Land of Golden Pagoda | Myanmar |
| Land of Humming bird | Trinidad |
| Land of Maple Leaf | Canada |
| Land of Marble | Italy |
| Land of Midnight Sun | Norway |
| Land of Morning Calm | Korea |
| Land of Thousand Elephants | Laos |
| Land of Rising Sun | Japan |
| Land of White Elephant | Thailand |
| Land of Thousand Lakes | Finland |
| Land of Thunderbolt | Bhutan |
| Land of Perpetual Greenness | Natal |
| Land of Windmills | Netherland |
| Loneliest Island | Tristan da Cunha |
| Manchester of the Orient | Osaka |
| New World | America |
| Pearl of Antilles | Cuba |
| Pearl of Orient | Hongkong |
| Pillars of Hercules | Strait of Gibraltar |
| Pink City | Jaipur |
| Playground of Europe | Switzerland |
| Quaker City | Philadelphia |
| Queen of the Adriatic | Venice |
| Roof of the World | The Pamirs |
| Sickman of Europe | Turkey |
| Sugar Bowl of the World | Cuba |
| Spice Island of the West | Greece |
| Venice of the North | Stockholm |
| Windy City | Chicago |
| Whiteman’s Grave | Guinea |
| Yellow River | Huang Ho |