Static GK: Miscellaneous GK – List of Sobriquets (India & World)
Static GK: Miscellaneous GK – List of Sobriquets (India & World)
| Sobriquets | Places |
| City of Golden Gate | San Francisco |
| City of Golden Temple | Amritsar |
| City of the Dreaming Spires | Oxford, UK |
| City of Magnificient Distances | Washington |
| City of Seven-Hills Eternal City | Rome, Italy |
| Cockpit of Europe | Belgium |
| Dark Continent | Africa |
| Emerald Island | Ireland |
| Empire City / City of Skyscrapers | New York |
| Garden of England | Kent, England |
| Gate of Tears | Bal-el-Mandab |
| Gateway of India | Mumbai |
| Gift of the Nile | Egypt |
| Granite City | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Great White Way | Broadway, New York |
| Herring Pond | Atlantic Ocean |
| Hermit Kingdom | North Korea |
| Island of Cloves | Zanzibar |
| Key to the Mediterranean | Gibraltar |
| Land of Cakes | Scotland |
| Land of Golden Pagoda | Mayanmar (Burma) |
| Land of the Lillies / Land of Maple | Canada |
| Land of Morning Calm | South Korea |
| Queen of the Arabian Sea | Kochi, India |
| Queen of the Adriatic | Venice, Italy |
| Roof of the World | Pamirs |
| Sick Man of Europe | Turkey |
| Sorrow of China | Yellow River Hwang Ho |
| Sugar Bowl of the World | Cuba |
| Venice of the East | Alappuzha |
| Venice of the North | Stockholm, Sweden |
| World’s Breadbasket | Prairies of N. America |
| Battle Field of Europe | Belgium |
| City of Palaces | Mexico |
| City of Popes | Rome |
| World’s Loneliest Island | Tristan da Cunha |
| City of Arabian Nights | Bhagdad |
| Forbidden City | Lhasa (Tibet) |
| The Isle of Spring | Jamaica |
| Workshop of Europe | Belgium |
| Island Continent | Australia |
| Dairy of Northern Europe | Denmark |
| Dark Continent | Africa |
| Cockpit of Europe | Belgium |
| Saw Mill of Europe | Sweden |
| Gateway of Europe | Rotterdam |
| Sick man of Asia | Phillipines |
| Land of Golden Pagoda | Myanmar |
| Rainbow Nation | South Africa |
| Eighth Continentent | Madagascar |
| Perfumed islands | Comors |
| Heart of Africa | Burundi |
| Africa of Minimature | Cameron |
| Horn of Africa | Somalia |
| The country that Never Sleeps | Spain |
| Britain of the South | New Zealand |
| Playground of Europe | Switzerland |
| Pink City | Jaipur |
| Pillar of Hercules | Gibraltar |
| Pearl of the Antilles | Cuba |
| Land of Golden Fleece | Australia |
| Land of the Long White Cloud | New Zealand |
| Land of Midnight Sun | Norway |
| Land of Thunderbolt | Bhutan |
| Land of Rising Sun | Japan |
| Land of white elephants | Thailand |
| Land of the Eskimos | Green Land |
| Key of the Mediterranean | Gibraltar |
| Port Of Five Seas | Moscow |
| Land of Canals | Netherlands |
| Land of Tulips | Netherlands |
| Land of Windmills | Netherlands |
| island of Pearls | baharain |
| Land of Thousand Lakes | Finland |
| Land of Kangaroos | Australia |
| Holy Land | Palastine |
List of Sobriquets of Famous Places in India
| Sobriquets | Places |
| Boston of India | Ahmedabad |
| Manchester of India | Ahmedabad |
| Abode of the God | Allahabad |
| Sangam City | Allahabad |
| City of Prime Ministers | Allahabad |
| Golden City | Amritsar |
| Land of Black Diamond | Asansol(West Bengal) |
| Royal Heritage City | Bardhaman(West Bengal) |
| City of Peace | Bardhaman(west Bengal) |
| Electronic City of India | Bengaluru |
| Garden City of India | Bengaluru |
| Silicon Valley of India | Bengaluru |
| Blue Mountains | Nilgiri Hills |
| Pensioners Paradise | Bengaluru |
| Space City | Bengaluru |
| Science city of India | Bengaluru |
| IT Capital of India | Bengaluru |
| The Silk City of India | Bhagalpur(Bihar) |
| City of Lakes | Bhopal |
| Mini Mumbai | Indore |
| Temple City ofIndia | Bhubaneswar(Odisha) |
| The City Beautiful | Chandigarh |
| Gateway of South India | Chennai |
| Detroit of Asia | Chennai |
| Auto Hub of India | Chennai |
| Health Capital of India | Chennai |
| Textile City of south India | Coimbatore |
| Scotland of India | Coorg(Karnataka) |
| The Queen of the Hills | Darjeeling(West Bengal) |
| The Coal Capital of India | Dhanbad(Jharkhand) |
| Scotland of East | Shillong(Meghalaya |
| Tea City of India | Dibrugarh(Assam) |
| Ruhr of India | Durgapur(west Bengal) |
| Eco-polite city | Gandhinagar |
| Gateway of Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior(Madhya Pradesh) |
| City of Scindia | Gwalior |
| Historical Capital of MP | Gwalior |
| City of Kings | Gwalior |
| Gibraltar of India | (Gwalior Fort) Gwalior |
| Blue Mountains | Nilgiri |
| City of Nizams | Hyderabad |
| HITECH City | Hyderabad |
| City of Pearls (Historically known as a pearl and diamond trading centre, and it continues to be known as the City of Pearls) | Hyderabad |
| Pink City | Jaipur |
| Paris of India | Jaipur |
| Golden City of India | Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) |
| Steel City of India | Jamshedpur(Jharkhand) |
| Pittsburgh ofIndia, for being rich in minerals | Jamshedpur(Jharkhand) |
| Leather City of the World | Kanpur |
| Manchester of North India | Kanpur |
| Bengal’s Sorrow | River Damodar |
| Cultural City | Rajahmundry(Andra Pradesh) |
| The Place of Victory | Vijayawada |
| Diamond City Of India | Surat |
| Textile city Of India | Surat |
| Blue City | Jodhpur(Rajasthan) |
| Sun City | Jodhpur(Rajasthan) |
| Venice of the East | Udaipur |
| Evergreen City of India | Thiruvananthapuram |
| God’s Own Land | Thiruvananthapuram |
| City of Weavers | Panipat(Haryana) |
| City of Handloom | Panipat(Haryana) |
| City of Rallies | New Delhi |
| Orange City | Nagpur |
| Green City | Mysore |
