A full list of countries and their popular nicknames.
Country Nicknames
Countries | Nickname |
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USA | Uncle Sam |
Thailand | The land of Smiles The land of Free People Land of white elephants |
Japan | The Land of the Rising Sun Great Britain of Pacific |
South Africa | The Rainbow Nation |
Egypt | The Gift of the Nile |
Afghanistan | The Graveyard of Empires |
Chile | Land of Poets |
Belarus | the Blue-Eyed Country |
Australia | OZ the Lucky Country |
South Korea | the Land of the Morning Calm |
China | Celestial Empire the red dragon |
Armenia | The Land of Noah |
Bhutan | Land of Thunder |
Finland | The Land of Thousand Lakes |
Albania | Land of the Eagles |
Ukraine | The Bread Basket of Europe |
Iceland | Land of Fire and Ice |
Cyprus | the Island of Love |
Paraguay | The Heart of South America |
France | The Hexagon |
Canada | Land of Maple Leaf The Great White North |
Ireland | The Emerald Isle |
Spain and Portugal | The Iberian Peninsula |
Philippines | Pearl of the Orient |
Italy | The Boot |
New Zealand | the land of long white cloud Britain of the South |
Sri Lanka | Tear drop of India |
Mongolia | Land of the Blue Sky |
Lesotho | The Kingdom in the Sky |
Venezuela | The Land of Grace |
Slovenia | Sunny Side of the Alps |
Myanmar | Land of Golden Pagodas |
North Korea | The Hermit Kingdom |
Peru | Land of the Incas |
Indonesia | Emerald of the Equator |
Iraq | The cradle of civilization |
Bahrain | Isle of pearls |
Lebanon | Switzerland of the Middle East |
Brazil | Land of the Palms |
Guyana | Land of Many Waters |
Switzerland | Playground of Europe |
Rwanda | Land of a Thousand Hills |
Madagascar | The Red Island |
Norway | Land of the Midnight Sun |
Belgium | Cockpit of Europe |
Cuba | Pearl of Antilles |
England | The Land of Hope and Glory |
China | The Red Dragon |
Indonesia | The Emerald of the Equator |
Mongolia | Land of the Blue Sky |
North Korea | The Hermit Kingdom |
Venezuela | The Hermit Kingdom |
This list countries and their nicknames is compiled for the preparation of general knowledge exams mcqs.
Some Distinctive Geographical Identities
Dark Continent | Africa |
Roof of the World | Pamir |
Key to Meditation | Gibraltar |
Gate of tears | Bab al-Mandab Strait |
Land of Desserts | Africa |
Sorrow of China | Yellow River or Huang |
Pillars of Hercules | Strait of Gibraltar |
Herring Pond | Atlantic Ocean |