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Monday, July 26, 2021

City and Country Nicknames, affectionate and humorous - Australia, China, New Zealand, Singapore, the USA



I use city names to learn languages. But nicknames can also help you to remember locations and feel good about places you have visited or wish to visit. Here are a few of my favourites.


AFGHANISTAN

The graveyard of Empires


ARMENIA

The land of Noah


AUSTRALIA - Auzzie, Oz, land of  the long weekend, Lucky country, The Land Down Under

Gold Coast - Goldy

Brisbane - Brisvegas

Melbourne - smellbourne

Sydney - Emerald City; Sydders


AUSTRIA

The musical centre of Europe


BELGIUM

The land of Surrealism


BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

The heart shaped land


BULGARIA

The land of roses


CANADA

The Great White North


CHINA

 Shanghai means upon sea. Shang is upon. Hai is sea.

(Chinese上海)

Shanghai is also called the Pearl of the Orient and the Paris of the East.

And magical city!


CUBA

Havana (capital) Paris of the Antilles (Caribbean)


CYPRUS The island of love


FINLAND

Land of a thousand lakes


GERMANY

The land of poets and thinkers


HUNGARY

The heart of Europe

The pearl of the Danube

The capital of spas and thermal baths


ICELAND

The land of fire and ice


INDIA

Benares / Varanasi - The holy city

Jaipur The pink city

Jodhpur - The blue city


INDONESIA

Jakarta - The big durian


IRELAND

The Emerald Isle


ISRAEL - The Holy Land


ITALY

The boot


JAPAN

The land of the rising sun


LAOS

The land of a million elephants


LITHUANIA

The land of storks


MACAU

The Vegas of the East


MYANMAR

Land of the golden pagodas.

My husband has a photo of five pagodas you could see from one vantage point.


NEPAL

The roof of the world


THE NETHERLANDS

Holland

The land of tulips and windmills


NEW ZEALAND

Auckland - The Garden City

Christchurch - The Garden City

Napier - The art deco capital (of N Z)

Rotorua - Sulphur City


Wellington - the windy city

Old joke, Why must you bring the sheep in before dark? Because if you wait until after dark you only get the ugly ones.

Old joke by Australians, Will the last person to leave turn off the lights.


NORTH KOREA

The Hermit Kingdon


NORWAY

Land of the midnight sun.

The land of trolls.

Lank of the Vikings


PARAGUAY

The island surrounded by mainland / The heart of South America


PERU

Land of the Incas


PHILPPINES

Manila Pearl of the Orient


POLAND

The land of amber


PUERTO RICO

San Juan - The walled city


ROMANIA

The land of Dracula


SINGAPORE

A fine city

The Lion City


SLOVENIA

Europe in Miniature


SOUTH AFRICA

The rainbow nation


SOUTH KOREA

Land of the morning calm


SRI LANKA

India's Teardrop


SWITZERLAND

The land of chocolate and cuckoo clocks


THAILAND

The land of smiles


UK

England - Land of hope and glory

Bradford - Bradistan

Cambridge /Oxford - city of dreaming spires

London The Old Smoke, The Square Mile

Sheffield - Steel City

York - Chocolate City


SCOTLAND

Aberdeen - the granite city

Edinburgh - Athens of the North; Auld Reekie


WALES

The land of castles


N Ireland

Belfast - Titanic Town


UKRAINE

The breadbasket of Europe


USA - The Land of the Free

Chicago - The Windy City

Detroit - Motor city

New York

The big apple.

Hershey, Pennsylvania - The sweetest place on earth

Las Vegas Sin city. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

San Francisco - The Golden Gate City

Seattle - coffee capital of the world


VIETNAM

- Paris of the East


Useful Websites

CANADA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_nicknames_and_slogans_in_Canada

CHINA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai

INDIA

https://www.bankexamstoday.com/2016/02/nicknames-of-indian-cities-pdf-version.html

NEW ZEALAND

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_and_town_nicknames_in_New_Zealand

SCOTLAND

https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/origins-scotlands-city-nicknames-explained-1453490

USA

https://www.elledecor.com/life-culture/travel/g9523621/city-nicknames/

UK

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_nicknames_in_the_United_Kingdom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_county_nicknames

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_place_name_etymologies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose_of_York

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_nicknames_in_the_United_Kingdom

https://www.skyscanner.com.ph/news/tips/country-aliases-46-best-nation-nicknames-in-the-world


About the author,

Angela Lansbury and her family and close friends have worked in and lived in The UK, USA, Israel, France, Spain, Switzerland and Singapore. Also visiting for work trips: India, Pakistan, South Africa, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, The Philippines, China, Hong Kong Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Ireland (Eire), Italy.

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