General Knowledge|Current Affairs|GK Today|Quiz|Trivia from General Knowledge Today » sobriquets http://www.generalknowledgetoday.com gk today,latest gk,current affairs,general knowledge,gk,quiz,trivia,puzzles,gk sms and more Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:24:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Geographical Sobriquets http://www.generalknowledgetoday.com/geographical-sobriquets-457.htm http://www.generalknowledgetoday.com/geographical-sobriquets-457.htm#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:17:23 +0000 admin http://www.generalknowledgetoday.com/?p=457 Surname Name 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 Kolkata City of Golden Gate San Francisco City of Magnificent Buildings Washington D.C. City of Eternal Springs Quito(S.America) China’s Sorrow Hwang Ho Cockpit of Europe Belgium Dark Continent Africa Emerald Isle Ireland Eternal City Rome Empire City New York Forbidden City Lhasa (Tibet) Garden City Chicago Gate of Tears Strait of Bab-el Mandeb Gateway  of India Mumbai Gift of the Nile Eqypt Granite City Aberdeen (Scotland) Hermit Kingdom Korea Herring Pond Atlantic Ocean Holy Land Jerusalem Island Continent Australia Island of Cloves Zanzibar Isle of Pearls Bahrein (Peesian Gulf) Key of the Mediterranean Gibralter Land of Cakes Scotland Land of Golden Fleece Australia Land of Maple Leaf Canada Land of Midnight Sun Norway Land of the Thousand Lakes Finland Land of the Thunderbolt Bhutan Land of white Elephant Thailand Land of Five Rivers Punjab Land of Thousand Elephants Laos Land of Rising Sun Japan Loneliest Island Tristan De Gunha (Mid-Atlantic) Manchester of Japan Osaka Pillars of Hercules Strait of Gibraltar Pearl of the Antilles Cuba Playground of Europe Switzerland Quaker City Philadelphia Queen of the Adriatic Venice Roof of the World The Pamirs Rose Pink City Jaipur Sugar bowl of the World Cuba Venice of the North Stockholm Windy City Chicago Whirteman’s grave Guinea Coast of Africa Yellow River Huang Ho (China) ]]> http://www.generalknowledgetoday.com/geographical-sobriquets-457.htm/feed 1 Sobriquets-Geographical Nicknames of Countires http://www.generalknowledgetoday.com/sobriquets-geographical-nicknames-of-countires-398.htm http://www.generalknowledgetoday.com/sobriquets-geographical-nicknames-of-countires-398.htm#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:52:52 +0000 admin http://www.generalknowledgetoday.com/?p=398 Sobriquets-Geographical nicknames
Geographical nicknames or sobriquets as they are popularly known as forms an integral part of any PSC or Bank PO exam. Many Quiz or trivia questions are made using these. Here is a collection of a few sobriquets.

Africa ——————————————The dark continent
Atlantic ocean———————————- The hering pond
Netherlands———————————The Land of Canals
Bangalore————————————– The garden city of India
Aberdeen————————————-The Granite city
Turkey —————————————-The sick man of europe
Calcutta—————————————- The city of palaces
Egypt—————————————— The gift of Nile
Belgrade—————————————The white city
Venice—————————————The Queen of the Adriatic
Finland—————————————– The land of thousand lakes
Japan ——————————————The land of rising sun
Oxford —————————————-The city of dreaming spires
Korea—————————————-The Hermit Kingdom
Punjab —————————————–The land of rivers
Amritsar————————————— The city of golden temple
San Francisco——————————-The City of the Golden Gate
Huangho River-China————————— The sorrow of china
Damodar River———————————-The Sorrow of Bengal
Rome —————————————– The city of seven hills
Thailand————————————— The land of white elephants
Bab el Mendab———————————The gateway of tears
Moscow—————————————The port of five seas
Cuba——————————————The Sugar Bowl of the World
Chicago—————————————The windy city
Gibraltar————————————The key of Meditteranian
Guinea coast——————————–The White Man’s Grave
Banrain————————————-The island of pearls
Tristan da Cunha————————— The World’s Lonliest island

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