World GK: GEOGRAPHICAL NICKNAMES

Static General Knowledge is very important for all competitive exams. Every aspirant should have some basic idea about these following static general knowledge questions.

GEOGRAPHICAL NICKNAMES
Blue Mountains	Nilgiri Hills
City Beautiful	Chandigarh
City of Golden Gate	San Franciso
City of Magnificent Buildings	Washington (USA)
City of Palaces	Kolkata
City of Skyscrapper	New York (USA)
City of Seven Hills	Rome
Cockpit of Europe	Belgium
Dark Continent	Africa
Eternal City	Rome
Forbidden City	Lhasa (Tibet)
Windy City	Chicago
Garden City	Chicago
Land of Golden Pagoda	Myanmar
Gift of the Nile	Egypt
Granite City	Aberdeen
Holy Land	Palestine
Hermit Kingdom	North Korea
Island Continent	Australia
Island of Cloves	Zanzibar
Island of Pearls	Bahrain
Key to the Mediterranean	Gibraltar
Land of Lakes	Scotland
Land of Golden Fleece	Australia
Land of Maple	Canada
Land of Morning Calm	South Korea
Land of the Midnight Sun	Norway
Land of the Rising Sun	Japan
Land of the Thunderbolt	Bhutan
Land of Thousand Lakes	Finland
Land of White Elephant	Thailand
Land of White Kangaroo	Australia
Pearl of the Antilles	Cuba
Pearl of the Pacific	Guayaquil Port of Ecuador
Roof of the World	The Pamirs, Central Asia
Spice Garden of India	Kerala
Sugar Bowl of the World	Cuba
Whiteman's Grave	Switzerland
Playground of Europe	Australia

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