Many times certain nicknames or sobriquets gets attached to certain places and people because of the unique popularity or typical culture of that place. These places are generally remembered by those nicknames or sobriquets. Following list explains the sobriquets, nicknames of various places.
Sobriquets, Nicknames of Various places of World
| Sobriquet | Actual Name |
| Blighty | Great Britain |
| Britain of South | New Zealand |
| Beantown | Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Brisvegas | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Chocolate City | Washington DC |
| City of brotherly love | Philadelphia |
| City of Dreaming spires | Oxford, England |
| City of Eternal springs | Quito, South America |
| City of Golden gate | San Francisco, US |
| City of Magnificent distances | Washington DC |
| City of Seven Hills | Rome |
| City of Skyscrapers | New York |
| Cockpit of Europe | Belgium |
| Dark Continent | Africa |
| Emerald Island | Ireland |
| Empire City | New York |
| Eternal City | Rome |
| Forbidden City | Lhasa, Tibet |
| Frisco | San Francisco, California |
| Garden of England | Kent, England |
| Gift of Nile | Egypt |
| Gotham | New York |
| Granite City | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Great White Way | Broadway, New York |
| Hermit kingdom | Korea |
| Herring Pond | Atlantic Ocean |
| Hogtown | Toronto, Canada |
| Holy Land | Palestine |
| Holy Mountain | Fujiyama, Japan |
| Humming Bird | Trinidad |
| Island Continent | Australia |
| Island of Cloves | Zanzibar |
| Island of Fire | Iceland |
| Island of Pearls | Bahrain |
| Key of Mediterranean | Gibraltar |
| Land of Cakes | Scotland |
| Land of Canals | Netherlands |
| Land of Golden fleece | Australia |
| Land of Golden Pagoda | Myanmar (Burma) |
| Land of Kangaroo | Australia |
| Land of Lilies | Canada |
| Land of Maple leaf | Canada |
| Land of Marble | Italy |
| Land of Midnight Sun | Norway |
| Land of Morning calm | Korea |
| Land of Pagoda | Myanmar |
| Land of Perpetual Greenery | Natal |
| Land of Rising Sun | Japan |
| Land of Thousand Lakes | Finland |
| Land of Thunderbolt | Bhutan |
| Land of white elephants | Thailand |
| Land of Windmills | Netherlands |
| Manchester of Orient | Osaka, Japan |
| Never Never Land | Prairies of North Australia |
| Pearl of Antilles | Cuba |
| Pearl of Orient | Hong Kong |
| Pillars of Hercules | Gibraltar Strait |
| Playground of Europe | Switzerland |
| Port of five seas | Moscow |
| Powder keg of Europe | Balkans |
| Quaker City | Philadelphia, US |
| Power Keg of Europe | Balkans |
| Queen of Adriatic | Venice, Italy |
| Queen of Arabian sea | Kochi, India |
| Roof of World | Pamir |
| Sick man of Europe | Turkey |
| Sin City | Las Vegas, Nevada US |
| Sorrow of China | River Hwang Ho |
| Sugar bowl of world | Cuba |
| The Antipodes | Australia and New Zealand |
| The Bayou City | Houston, Texas, US |
| The Beeb | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| The Big Apple | New York City |
| The Big D | Dallas, Texas, US |
| The Big Easy | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| The Big smoke | Toronto, Canada |
| The City of Joy | Kolkata, India |
| The City of Light | Paris |
| The City by the Bay | San Francisco, Cali, US |
| The Dragon | China |
| The Emerald isle | Ireland, Puerto Rico |
| The Federal City | Washington DC |
| The old lady of Threadneedle street | The Bank of England |
| The Paris of Baltics | Riga, Latvia |
| The Paris of South | Sa’o Paulo, Buenos Aires |
| The Paris of West | San Francisco, US |
| The Red Devils | Manchester United Football Club |
| The Rock (Prison) | Alcatraz Prison |
| The steel city | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Tinseltown | Hollywood, California, US |
| Westminster | British Parliament |
| Venice of North | Stockholm, Sweden |
| White City | Belgrade |
| White Man’s Grave | Guinea Coast |
| Windy City | Chicago, US |
| World’s Bread Basket | Prairies of North America |
| World’s loneliest Island | Tristan da Cunha |
Sobriquets, Nicknames of Various places of India
| Sobriquet | Actual Name |
| Bengal’s sorrow | River Damodar |
| Bihar’s sorrow | River Kosi |
| Blue Mountains | Nilgiri |
| City of Palaces | Kolkata |
| Garden City of India, Silicon City of India | Bangalore |
| Queen of Arabian Sea | Kochi |
| Spice Garden of India | Kerala |
| Venice of the East | Alappuzha |
| Manchester of India | Ahmadabad |
| Silk City of India | Bhagalpur |
| City of Lakes | Udaipur |
| Spiritual and Religious Capital of India | Varanasi |
| Financial Capital of India, Mayanagri, City of Dreams | Mumbai |
| Mini Mumbai | Indore |
| Manchester of South India | Coimbatore |
| Scotland of East | Shillong |
| Gateway of Northeast India | Guwahati |
| Pink City of India | Jaipur |
| Leather City of India | Kanpur |
| Steel City of India | Jamshedpur |
| City of Nawabs | Lucknow |
| Temple City | Madurai |
| Dev Bhumi | Uttarakhand |
| God’s own Country | Kerala |
| Paris of East | Puducherry |
| Diamond City of India | Surat |
| City of Textiles | Panipat |
| City of Oranges | Nagpur |
| Queen of Mountains | Mussorie |
| City of Pearls, City of Nizams | Hyderabad |
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