City nicknames

City nicknames

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Estonia

  • Tallinn: The Limping Town (lonkav linn)
  • Tartu: Athens of the Emajõgi (Emajõe Ateena)
  • Tartu: Town of Taara (Taaralinn)

France

  • Paris: City of Lights (Ville Lumière)

Italy

  • Naples: Parthenope, Pulcinella's City
  • Rome: Caput Mundi, Eternal City, Seven Hills City
  • Venice: Bride of the Sea, The Serenissima

Netherlands

  • Amsterdam: Venice of the North

United Kingdom

  • Edinburgh: Athens of the North
  • Oxford: City of Dreaming Spires


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