The description Paris of the East has been applied to a large number of locations,[1] including:
- Baku, Azerbaijan[2]
- Beirut, Lebanon[3]
- Bucharest, Romania[4]
- Budapest, Hungary[5]
- Hanoi, Vietnam[6]
- Hyderabad, Pakistan[7]
- Isfahan, Iran[8]
- Istanbul, Turkey,[9]
- Kolkata, India[10]
- Lahore, Pakistan[11]
- Manila, Philippines[12]
- Pondicherry, India[13]
- Prague, Czech Republic[14]
- Riga, Latvia[15]
- Saigon, Vietnam[16]
- Shanghai, China[17]
- Warsaw, Poland[18]
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Bucharest, Romania
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İstanbul, Turkey
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Hanoi, Vietnam
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Manila, Philippines
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Warsaw, Poland
See also
edit- Paris
- Paris of the North (disambiguation)
- Paris of the South (disambiguation)
- Paris of the West (disambiguation)
- Little Paris (disambiguation)
- Paris of the Plains, the nickname given to the American city of Kansas City, Missouri
- Paris of the Prairies, the sobriquet given to the Canadian city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- Athens of the North (disambiguation), … South
- Rome of the West, Second Rome (disambiguation), Third Rome
References
edit- ^ "Lexical Leavings 82". Gally.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
- ^ Roberts, Sophy (2010-05-14). "Baku's new image". Baku: Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2022-04-20. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
These mansions were bankrolled by the oil barons of the 1900s during the first oil boom when Baku was known as the Paris of the east, the country's oil fields then responsible for half the world's oil production.
- ^ Cooke, Rachel (2006-11-22). "Paris of the east? More like Athens on speed". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 2022-11-07. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
- ^ Chapple, Amos; Tomiuc, Eugen (January 2023). "'Paris Of The East': 1923 Romania Through The Eyes Of An American". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Radio Free Europe. Archived from the original on 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ "Fall in love with the 'Paris of the East'". Archived from the original on 2012-04-04.
- ^ "Jewels of the Mekong - Vietnam". Travel Media. Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ Falzon, Mark-Anthony (1 January 2004). "Locating Hindu Sindhis: Roots and Routes of Diaspora". Cosmopolitan Connections. Brill: 36. doi:10.1163/9789047406037_006. ISBN 978-90-474-0603-7.
- ^ Mody, Devanshi (28 August 2011). "Esfahan-Paris of the East". Sunday Times. Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ Peddicord, Kathleen (1 August 2014). "Retire To The Paris Of The East For $2,000 A Month Per Couple". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ "Goddess Durga and odes to Asia's Paris". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 2009-12-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Lahore and Istanbul: modernity in the Muslim Imperial city, c.1850-1960". Archived from the original on 2012-07-05. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
- ^ "History". LonelyPlanet.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
- ^ Elisabeth Bumiller (17 October 2009). "Remembering Afghanistan's Golden Age". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ^ "Affordable Prague charms adults and teens alike". CNN. 2009-05-18. Archived from the original on 9 August 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ "Riga Latvia for Tourists". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
- ^ "In Saigon, spending is great frenzied fun". Los Angeles Times. 5 April 2019. Archived from the original on 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ "Shanghai bids to be 'Paris of the East' once more". CNN. 2011-06-10. Archived from the original on 2012-09-12.
- ^ "The Warsaw that rose from the ashes of the World War". Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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