Geographical Epithets / Tags MCQs with Answers

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Japan is known as the Land of the Rising Sun because its name in Japanese, "Nihon" or "Nippon," literally means "origin of the sun."

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Johannesburg is known as the "capital of gold" because it was founded during the Witwatersrand Gold Rush of 1886.

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The word Thailand means Land of Free People.

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Japan is known as the "Land of the Rising Sun" because its name in Japanese, Nihon/Nippon, literally means "origin of the sun."

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Belgium is called the battlefield of Europe because it has been the site of numerous major European conflicts throughout history.

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Holland (the Netherlands) is famously known as the "Land of Tulips."

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The Netherlands is world-famous for its Tulip flower, which is a national symbol of the country.

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Australia is known as "the Land Down Under" because of its location in the Southern Hemisphere, below the equator.

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Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are collectively known as the Baltic States.

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The land of kiwis is called New Zealand.