INDIAN GEOGRAPHY - NICK NAMES of SOME PLACES and RIVERS | TNPSC EXAM PREPARATION:

1) Golden City- Amristar
2) Manchester of India- Ahmedabad
3) City of Seven Islands-Mumbai
4) Queen of Arabian Sea-Cochin
5) Space City-Bangalore
6) Garden City of India-Bangalore
7) Silicon Valley of India-Bangalore
8.) Electronic City of India-Bangalore
9) Pink City-Jaipur
10) Gateway of India-Mumbai
11) Twin City-Hyderabad ,secunderabad
12) City of Festivals-Madurai
13) Deccan Queen-Pune
14) City of Buildings-Kolkata
15) Dakshin Ganga-Godavari
16) Old Ganga-Godavari
17) Egg Bowl of Asia -Andhra pradesh
18) Soya Region-Madhya Pradesh
19) Manchester of the South-Coimbatore
20) City of Nawabs-Lucknow
21) Venice of the East-Cochin
22) Sorrow of Bengal-Damodar river
23) Sorrow of Bihar-Kosi river
24) Blue Mountains-Nilgiri
25) Queen of the Mountains-Mussoorie

Nick Names Of Popular World Cities :
1. America’s Motor City — Détroit
2. Britain of the South —- New Zealand
3. China’s Sorrow —- River Hwang Ho
4. City of Dreaming Spires — Oxford
(England)
5. City of Eternal Springs — Quito
(S.America)
6. City of Flowers — Cape Town (S.Africa)
7. City of Golden Gate — San Francisco
(USA)
8. City of Magnificient Buildings —
Washington (USA)
9. City of Quiet thoroughfares — Venice
10. City of Seven Hills — Rome (Italy)
11. City of Skyscrapers — New York (USA)
12. Cockpit of Europe — Belgium
13. Dark Continent — Africa
14. Emerald Isle — Ireland
15. Empire City — New York
16. Eternal City of Hopes — Rome, Italy
17. Forbidden City — Lhasa (Tibet)
18. Garden City — Chicago
19. Garden in the desert — Ethiopia
20. Garden of England — Kent (England)
21. Gate of tears — Strait of bab-el-Mandeb
22. Golden City — Johannesburg
23. Gibraltar of Indian — Ocean Aden
24. Gift of Nile — Egypt
25. Granite City — Aberdeen
26. Hanging Valleys — Valley of Switzerland
27. Hermit Kingdom — Korea
28. Herring Pond — Atlantic Ocean
29. Holy Land — Palestine
30. Human Equator of the Earth —
Himalayas
31. Island Continent — Australia
32. Island of Cloves — Zanzibar
33. Island of Pearls — Bahrain (Persian
Gulf)
34. Islands of Sunshine — West Indies
35. Kashmir of Europe — Switzerland
36. Key to Mediterranean —Gibraltar
37. Land of Five Seas — South West Asia
38. Land of Lakes — Scotland
39. Land of Golden Pagoda — Myanmar
40. Land of Kangaroo — Australia
41. Land of Golden Fleece — Australia
42. Land of Lilies — Canada
43. Land of Maple — Canada
44. Land of Midnight Sun — Norway
45. Land of Morning Calm — Korea
46. Land of Rising Sun — Japan
47. Land of Setting Sun — United Kingdom
48. Land of Thousand Elephants — Laos
49. Land of Thousand Lakes — Finland
50. Land of Thunderbolt — Bhutan
51. Land of White Elephant — Thailand
52. Loneliest Island — Tristan De Gumha
(Mid. Atlantic)
53. Manchester of Japan — Osaka (Japan)
54. Pillars of Hercules — Straits of Gibraltar
55. Play Ground of Europe — Switzerland
56. Quaker City — Philadelphia
57. Queen of the Adriatic — Venice
58. Roof of the World — The pamirs (Tibet)
59. River in the Sea — Gulf Stream
60. Sickman of Europe — Turkey
61. Sugar Bowl of the world — Cuba
62. Venice of the East — Bangkok
63. Venice of the North — Stockholm
64. White City — Belgrade
65. Windy City — Chicago
66. Workshop of Europe — Belgium
67. World’s Loneliest Island — Tristan Da
Cunha
68. Yellow River — River Hwang Ho(China)
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