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
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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