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Sunday, June 30, 2013

Geographical Surnames

1-Bengal's Sorrow
Damodar River

2-Blue Mountains
Nilgiri Hills

3-City of Sky-scrapers
New York

4-City of Seven Hills
Rome

5-City of Dreaming Spires

Oxford

6-City of Palaces

Kolkata

7-City of Golden Gate
San Francisco

8-City of Magnificent Buildings
Washington D.C.

9-City of Eternal Springs

Quito (S. America)

10-China's Sorrow
Hwang Ho

11-Cockpit of Europe
Belgium

12-Dark Continent
Africa

13-Emerald Isle
Ireland

14-Eternal City
Rome

15-Empire City
New York

16-Forbidden City
Lhasa(Tibet)

17-Garden City
Chicago

18-Gate of Tears
Strait of Bab-el_Mandeb

19-Gate(gift) of the Nile
Egypt

20-Granite City
Aberdeen (Scotland)

21-Hermit Kingdom
Korea

22-Key to the Mediterranean
Gibralter

23-Land of Cakes

Scotland

24-Land of Golden Fleece
Australia

25-Land of Maple Leaf

Canada

26-Land of Morning Calm
Korea

27-Land of Midnight Sun
Norway

28-Land of the Thousand Lakes
Finland

29-Land of the Thunderbolt
Bhutan

30-Land of White Elephant
Thailand

31-Land of Five Years
Punjab

32-Land of Thousand Elephants

Laos

33-Land of Rising Sun

Japan

34-Loneliest Island
Tristan De Gunha (Mid-Atlantic)

35-Manchester of Japan
Osaka

36-Pillars of Hercules
Strait of Gibraltar

37-Pearl of the Antilles
Cuba

38-Playground of Europe
Switzerland

39-Quaker City
Philadelphia

40-Queen of the Adriatic

Venice

41-Roof of the World
The Pamirs, Central Asia

42-Rose Pink City

Jaipur

43-Sugar bowl of the world
Cuba

44-Herring Pond
Atlantic Ocean

45-Holy Land

Jerusalem

46-Island Continent
Australia

47-Island of Cloves

Zanzibar

48-Isle of Pearls
Bahrein (Persian Gulf)

49-Venice of the North
Stockholm

50-Windy City
Chicago

51-Whiteman's grave
Guinea Coast of Africa

52-Yellow River
Huang Ho (China)

53-Land of Golden Pagoda

Burma