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Laurence
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Laurence asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 10 years ago

What other countries have traditional epithets like "Bonnie Scotland"?

I am aware only of "Merry England," "La Belle France," "Holy Russia." Can anyone tell me of others?

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  • Inselstricken
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    10 years ago
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    weell there's "Perfidious Albion" for England .... I think I've heard "Holy Mother Russia" , and the "fatherland" concept is quite common [Germany, Sweden etc]

    Source(s): a Scot, chortling
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