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Post by bjd on May 30, 2019 14:27:10 GMT
Boise City in Idaho, US, whose name is probably mispronounced compared to its original version
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Post by kerouac2 on May 30, 2019 19:37:56 GMT
(In the US, I think everybody says 'Boy-zee')
Val d'Oise - French department that is part of the Paris metropolitan zone
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Post by whatagain on May 30, 2019 20:46:22 GMT
Valenciennes. Big town/small city in the north. Where my wife bought her wedding dres ...
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Post by bjd on May 31, 2019 8:15:49 GMT
Valencia City on the Mediterranean coast in Spain
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Post by kerouac2 on May 31, 2019 16:01:03 GMT
Encino (California) - suburb of Los Angeles
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Post by whatagain on Jun 1, 2019 10:48:04 GMT
San Marino. Might be going there next month.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 1, 2019 13:58:22 GMT
Bari - Italian city on the southern Adriatic coast
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Post by bjd on Jun 1, 2019 14:59:02 GMT
Barbados Island in the Caribbean Sea
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Post by amboseli on Jun 1, 2019 15:20:58 GMT
Baden-Baden - spa town in SW-Germany
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Post by deyana on Jun 1, 2019 16:19:06 GMT
Adelaide, Australia.
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Post by bjd on Jun 2, 2019 5:46:29 GMT
Delaware Tax haven state in the US
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 2, 2019 7:27:57 GMT
Mare Nostrum - name of the Mediterranean in Roman times
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Post by whatagain on Jun 2, 2019 10:02:54 GMT
Mersa matruh. Some place in Northern Africa where Rommel gave a hard time to the 8 army.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 2, 2019 10:24:12 GMT
Mersea Island - Essex estuary island
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Post by bjd on Jun 2, 2019 11:32:50 GMT
Mersey River flows through Liverpool and some of northwest England
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Post by mossie on Jun 2, 2019 15:41:41 GMT
Lake Eyre - contains the lowest point in Australia
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 2, 2019 18:26:07 GMT
Meyrargues - town which is part of the Marseille-Aix metropolitan area
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Post by whatagain on Jun 3, 2019 18:13:11 GMT
Guerande. Small town in Brittany close to seaside. Famous for its salt. We use sel de guerande a lot at home.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 3, 2019 18:54:01 GMT
Aigues-Mortes - walled city in the Camargue. Its name in old French translates to "stagnant water."
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Post by amboseli on Jun 3, 2019 21:51:54 GMT
Ortisei - village in the Val Gardena, Dolomites, Italy
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 4, 2019 4:44:49 GMT
Dortmund - major German city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
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Post by whatagain on Jun 4, 2019 13:08:56 GMT
Peenemunde. Small German port that entered history with the midsole program in WW2. Von Braun was working there.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 4, 2019 14:28:25 GMT
Down Under - some land area below Indonesia
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Post by amboseli on Jun 4, 2019 15:44:06 GMT
Ålesund - town in Norway
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Post by whatagain on Jun 4, 2019 16:42:58 GMT
Flessingue French name of Vlissingen. Port in Zélande at the end of de Schelde (het Schelde ?).
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Post by amboseli on Jun 4, 2019 20:59:54 GMT
De Schelde, FYI. Not one single person in the Netherlands will know where Flessingue is.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 5, 2019 5:25:20 GMT
Des Moines (Iowa) - state capital
People not from North America probably do not know that this is pronounced Duh Moynz.
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Post by bjd on Jun 5, 2019 6:58:38 GMT
Moissac Town in southwestern France known for its romanesque abbey and grapes
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Post by whatagain on Jun 5, 2019 9:34:43 GMT
Bois belleau. Entered history as belleauwood due to amount of American blood spilled there in WW1.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 5, 2019 19:15:52 GMT
Telluride (Colorado) - ski resort with a film festival
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