DISTINCTIVE NAMES GIVEN TO SOME COUNTRIES
Hibernia Ireland
The Pearl of the Antilles Cuba
The Magnificent Province Guyana
The Land of the Oat Cakes Scotland
The Land of the Golden Fleece Australia
The Land of the Midnight Sun Lapland, Norway
The Land of the Flying Fish Barbados
The Land of the Eucalyptus Australasia
The Land of the Rising Sun Japan
The Land of the Five Rivers Punjab, in Pakistan and India
The Land of the Humming-bird Trinidad
The Land of the Dykes Holland
The Land of the Tulips Holland
The Land of Milk and Honey Canaan
The Land of the White Elephant Thailand
The Land of the Thousand Lakes Finland
The Sugar Mill of the Antilles Cuba
The Isle of Springs Jamaica
The Barbary States Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya
The Granary of Spain Andalusia
The Spice Islands Moluccas in the East Indies
The mother-in-law of Europe Denmark
Our Lady of Snow Canada
The bread basket of the Empire Canada
The Spice island of the west Grenada
The roof of the world Tibet
The white man’s grave West Africa
The sea of mountains British Columbia
The Iberian Peninsula Spain and Portugal
The Promised Land Canaan
The battle-field of Europe Belgium
The playground of Europe Switzerland
The Antipodes New Zealand
The George Cross Island Malta
Little Venice Venezuela
Rich Coast Costa Rica
Rich Port Puerto Rico
The diary of Northern Europe Denmark
Caledonia Scotland
The sick man Europe The Turkish Empire
The halfway house of the Pacific Hawaii
Robinson Crusoe’s Island Juan Fernandez, Tobago
Mountainous Country Haiti
The Celestial Empire China
The Land of Han China
The saw mill of Europe Sweden
The mother colony of the West Indies St. Kitts
The Gift of the Nile Egypt
The storehouse of the world Mexico
The island of the hawks Azores
Everglade State Florida
Holy Land Palestine
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