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Post by amboseli on Jan 6, 2019 13:33:02 GMT
Lomé - capital of Togo
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 6, 2019 18:17:57 GMT
Nome (Alaska) - formerly the most populous city in the state, now a backwater
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Post by bjd on Jan 6, 2019 18:49:31 GMT
Saint-Omer town in Northern France
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 7, 2019 4:31:38 GMT
Rio Tinto -- river in southwestern Spain, it has given its name to the huge area which has been mined for the last 5000 years
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 7, 2019 5:14:13 GMT
Biot - town between Cannes and Nice
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 8, 2019 5:13:32 GMT
Cheviot -- highest hill in the Cheviot Hills, a range straddling the Anglo-Scottish border between Northumberland and the Scottish Borders.
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Post by mossie on Jan 8, 2019 8:59:50 GMT
Devil's Dike - there is one in Sussex, a steep valley formed by meltwater from the glaciers which covered most of Britain in the Ice Age, and one in Cambridgeshire, built as a defence line in the Iron Age
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 8, 2019 11:49:04 GMT
Ille-et-Vilaine - one of the four départements of Brittany. Rennes is the principal city.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 8, 2019 18:01:06 GMT
Blaine -- city in Anoka and Ramsey counties in the State of Minnesota
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 9, 2019 5:53:01 GMT
Maine - historical province of France whose capital was Le Mans; the name was later recycled in the United States
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 9, 2019 6:20:37 GMT
Maipú -- commune of Chile in Santiago Province, site of the Battle of Maipú, where Chile's independence was consolidated.
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Post by whatagain on Jan 9, 2019 15:11:13 GMT
Jaipur capital of Rajastan, India.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 9, 2019 19:17:17 GMT
Annapurna - group of peaks in Nepal including one over 8000 metres
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 25, 2019 18:03:03 GMT
Purbeck Hills - range of chalk hills in Dorset. Not quite as high as Annapurna.
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Post by mossie on Jan 25, 2019 19:19:20 GMT
Becton Alps - the left over ash heap from an old gas works in the East End of London. Was used for a while as a dry ski slope, hence the name.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 25, 2019 19:23:51 GMT
Beckenham- South London suburb where my mother’s family came from (Blandford Road to be precise).
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Post by bjd on Jan 26, 2019 6:36:04 GMT
Kentish Town area of northwest London
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 26, 2019 11:17:39 GMT
Montigny-le-Bretonneux - outer suburb of the Paris region, part of the New Town of Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 26, 2019 11:53:05 GMT
Monmouthshire- Welsh county.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 26, 2019 15:31:57 GMT
Moutiers - geographic capital of the Tarentaise valley where huge numbers of skiiers arrive by train to get to their resorts
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Post by bjd on Jan 27, 2019 14:56:55 GMT
Mouthe Village in the Jura moutains in eastern France. Often mentioned as the coldest place in France during winter.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 27, 2019 19:28:47 GMT
Meurthe-et-Moselle - the ancestral département of my French family
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 5, 2019 18:16:55 GMT
Moss Side- horrible area of Manchester.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 6, 2019 6:07:04 GMT
Moss Point - town on the coast of Mississippi
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 6, 2019 8:48:05 GMT
Spokane- city in Washington
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Post by whatagain on Mar 6, 2019 12:03:21 GMT
Oradour sur glane. Emptied of its inhabitants and razed by 2D SS das Reich division.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 6, 2019 16:37:51 GMT
El Dorado - mythical city of gold which from some reason the Spanish never found in South America
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 6, 2019 18:15:01 GMT
Dordogne- lovely region of France. Lors of vineyards.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 6, 2019 18:23:08 GMT
Cognac - boring town that makes a good tipple
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Post by mossie on Mar 6, 2019 19:53:27 GMT
Bognor Regis - awarded its royal title because the King said "bugger Bognor" when it was suggested he go there
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