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Post by whatagain on Dec 14, 2018 20:37:13 GMT
Vienne charming town in France close to Lyon
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Post by amboseli on Dec 14, 2018 21:48:53 GMT
Vientiane - capital of Laos
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 14, 2018 22:15:56 GMT
Trent Bridge - Test cricket stadium in Nottingham.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 15, 2018 6:21:49 GMT
Rennes - city in Brittany
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Post by mossie on Dec 15, 2018 14:23:27 GMT
Minnesota - American State
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 15, 2018 16:35:52 GMT
Kota Kinabalu - capital of the state of Sabah in Malaysia. Called Jesselton during the British colonial period.
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 19, 2018 17:56:06 GMT
Nablus - West Bank city.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 19, 2018 18:25:34 GMT
Lusitania - province of the Roman Empire, now mostly Portugal. In French at least, the original word is still the root for a number of words. For example, someone who speaks Portuguese is a Lusophone.
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Post by amboseli on Dec 19, 2018 18:51:54 GMT
Catania - city in Sicily
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 19, 2018 20:10:11 GMT
Kurdistan - ethnic territory split over a number of warring countries
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Post by amboseli on Dec 19, 2018 23:35:22 GMT
Tajikistan - Country in central Asia
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 20, 2018 0:40:19 GMT
Kissimmee -- city in central Florida on the northwest shore of Lake Tohopekaliga
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 20, 2018 5:43:24 GMT
Mississippi - river and state in the United States
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 20, 2018 9:33:32 GMT
Mississauga- Canadian city near Toronto
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Post by whatagain on Dec 20, 2018 12:01:21 GMT
Pont du Gard. An aqueduc built to last.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 20, 2018 14:06:55 GMT
Seward (Alaska) - town named after the guy who bought Alaska from Russia
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 20, 2018 15:34:19 GMT
Ardmore -- small city in Oklahoma, situated in Carter County, the largest oil-producing county in Oklahoma. Ardmore is home to energy giants such as Halliburton and the Noble Energy companies, among others
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 20, 2018 18:39:38 GMT
Mount Rushmore - location of a monumental sculpture in South Dakota
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 21, 2018 4:44:37 GMT
Hindu Kush -- 800-km/500 mile long mountain range that stretches near the Afghan-Pakistan border from central Afghanistan to northern Pakistan
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 21, 2018 5:37:14 GMT
China - still the most populous country in the world
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Post by whatagain on Dec 22, 2018 13:55:41 GMT
cochinchine. Former part of french colonial empire. I like the name. Sounds like guinea pig to me. Pigs from china.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 22, 2018 16:32:23 GMT
Hua Hin - popular tourist town in Thailand
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 22, 2018 23:35:49 GMT
Sichuan -- province smack in the middle of China; gave the world some really great food
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 23, 2018 6:18:19 GMT
Vlašić - mountain in Bosnia-Herzegovina
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Post by bjd on Dec 23, 2018 7:43:23 GMT
Vladivostok port city on Russia's eastern coast
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Post by amboseli on Dec 23, 2018 11:43:20 GMT
Davos - upmarket ski resort in the Swiss Alps
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Post by whatagain on Dec 23, 2018 11:46:18 GMT
Rostock. Member of hanséatic league.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 23, 2018 12:57:23 GMT
I presume that was a simulpost, so I'll go with Davos.
Vosges - mountain chain in eastern France
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 23, 2018 22:35:25 GMT
Vladivostok -- Pacific port city in Russia, it is the terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which links the city to Moscow in a 7-day journey
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 24, 2018 4:35:07 GMT
Gee, is that the same city as #6354? Tokaj - city and region in Hungary famous for Tokay wine
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