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Countries & Continents and Their Nicknames

  • Africa: Known as the ‘Dark Continent’.
  • Australia: Known as the ‘Continent of Birds’.
  • Finland: Known as the ‘Country of a Thousand Lakes’ or ‘Garden of Lakes’.
  • Japan: Known as the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’.
  • Korea: Known as the ‘Land of Morning Calm’.
  • South America: Known as the ‘Continent of Birds’.
  • Thailand: Known as the ‘Land of White Elephants’.

Cities and Their Nicknames

  • Buenos Aires, Argentina: Known as the ‘Paris of America’.
  • Chicago, USA: Known as the ‘City of Smoke’.
  • Istanbul, Turkey: Known as the ‘Gateway to the West’.
  • London, UK: Known as the ‘City of Smoke’.
  • Osaka, Japan: Known as the ‘Manchester of the East’.
  • Paris, France: The Eiffel Tower is located here.
  • San Francisco, USA: Known as the ‘City of the Golden Gate’.
  • St. Petersburg, Russia: Known as the ‘Venice of the North’.
  • Venice, Italy: Known as the ‘City of Cities’.

Geographical Features and Regions

  • Bahrain: Known as the ‘Pearl Island’.
  • Kentucky, USA: Known as the ‘Blue Grass State’.
  • New York State, USA: Niagara Falls is located here.
  • Pamir Plateau: Known as the ‘Roof of the World’.
  • Sri Lanka: Known as the ‘Mistress of the Eastern Sea’.

Specific Natural Wonders

  • Lake Baikal, Russia: Known as the ‘Pearl of Siberia’.
  • Midnight Sun: This natural phenomenon is visible at the North Pole.

Islands

  • Mindanao, Philippines: Known as “The Land of Promise”.

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