Nickname of Countries | Nicknames of Different Country

The world is divided into Continents and continents are divided into countries.

These countries have different name but some countries are also known as some nicknames according their historical, geographical and political significance. These are the some nicknames of countries in the world which is mentioned below.

ASIA

• Bhutan – Land of the Thunder Dragon 
• China – The Red Dragon 
• Indonesia – The Emerald of the Equator 
• Japan – Land of the Rising Sun 
• Mongolia – Land of the Blue Sky 
• North Korea – The Hermit Kingdom 
• Philippines – The Pearl of the Orient Seas 
• South Korea – Land of the Morning Calm 
• Sir Lanka – India’s Teardrop 
• Thailand – Land of Smiles
• Afghanistan – Graveyard of Empires 
• Israel – The Holy Land 
• Lebanon – Switzerland of the Middle East

AFRICA

• Burkina Faso – Land of the Upright Men 
• Egypt – The Gift of the Nile 
• Lesotho – The Kingdom In The Sky 
• Madagascar – The Red Island 
• Rwanda – Land of a Thousand Hills 
• South Africa - Rainbow Nation

 AMERICA

• Brazil – Pindorama (Land of the Palms) 
• Canada – The Great White North 
•  Chile – Land of Poets 
• Guyana – Land of Many Waters 
• Paraguay – The Island Surrounded by Land 
• Peru – Land of the Incas 
• USA - Uncle Sam 
• Venezuela – Land of Grace

• Australia – Land Down Under (sometimes also used for New Zealand) 
• New Zealand – Land of the Long White Cloud

EUROPE

• Albania – Land of the Eagles 
• Belarus – The White Rus 
• England – Land of Hope and Glory 
• Finland – Land of a Thousand Lakes 
• France – L’hexagone 
• Iceland – Land of Fire and Ice 
• Ireland – The Emerald Isle 
• Italy – The Boot 
• Slovenia – The Sunny Side of the Alps 
• Switzerland – Land of Milk and Honey 
• Ukraine – The Bread Basket of Europe