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Post by whatagain on Aug 10, 2019 20:25:51 GMT
Finistère. Région in Brittany.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 11, 2019 0:05:08 GMT
Innisfree -- uninhabited lake island in County Sligo, Ireland memorialized by Yeats
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 11, 2019 4:51:44 GMT
Fremont (California) - city on the edge of Silicon Valley where my brother used to live
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Post by bjd on Aug 11, 2019 6:54:22 GMT
Well I never knew that bjd - for some reason I thought you were Canadian My family emigrated to Canada when I was 7.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 11, 2019 15:14:06 GMT
Monte Albán -- large pre-columbian ruins site on a low range in the center part of the Valley of Oaxaca. It can often be clearly seen from the air when flying into or out of Oaxaca.
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Post by bjd on Aug 11, 2019 15:43:12 GMT
Albania Country in the Balkans
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 12, 2019 5:43:02 GMT
Canigou - major peak in the Pyrénées near the Mediterranean coast
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Post by bjd on Aug 12, 2019 9:00:51 GMT
Nigeria Country in Africa
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 12, 2019 17:09:31 GMT
Algeria -- country in Africa
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Post by bjd on Aug 12, 2019 18:01:01 GMT
Germany country in Europe
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 12, 2019 18:23:22 GMT
Vermont -- tiny state in the northeastern part of the US
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Post by whatagain on Aug 12, 2019 19:41:57 GMT
Mons. Where I studied. Mont sur Marchienne. Where I live 10 years. Montigny le tilleul. Where my uncle lived. Mont means hill. Lots of them in france Belgium.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 12, 2019 21:57:31 GMT
Montserrat -- mountain range of northeastern Spain; also an island of the Lesser Antilles
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 13, 2019 3:43:43 GMT
Serbia - Balkan country
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 13, 2019 4:17:12 GMT
Biafra -- state which seceded from Nigeria in 1967, causing a civil war which lasted for 2 1/2 years. Biafra surrendered in 1970. There is still a Biafra Government in Exile.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 13, 2019 5:07:53 GMT
Franconia - wine region in Bavaria
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Post by bjd on Aug 13, 2019 5:19:27 GMT
France country in Europe
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 13, 2019 5:47:23 GMT
Casamance - southern region of Senegal, finally connected to the rest of the country by a bridge across the Gambia
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Post by mossie on Aug 13, 2019 15:06:44 GMT
Samarkand - city in Uzbekistan and one of the oldest inhabited cities.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 13, 2019 17:55:30 GMT
Kandahar - one of the major cities of Afghanistan with great cultural significance
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 13, 2019 23:46:42 GMT
Kandy -- large city in central Sri Lanka
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 14, 2019 6:37:07 GMT
Kano - second largest city in Nigeria
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Post by lugg on Aug 14, 2019 7:43:15 GMT
Ano Poli – Thessaloniki’s upper town
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Post by whatagain on Aug 16, 2019 12:04:47 GMT
Tarnopol. City in Poland. Annexed by USSR in 39. Taken over by Germans in July 41. NKVD killed 2000 thousands before retreating then Wehrmacht and SS reduced the population drastically. Purged it from the Jewish part that was nearly 50pc of the population. Plus some Poles for good measure.
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Post by bjd on Aug 16, 2019 13:11:36 GMT
Napoli Large city in southern Italy, called Naples in English and French
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 16, 2019 14:29:33 GMT
Stromboli - volcanic island and volcano in Italy
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 17, 2019 0:49:24 GMT
Bombay -- large state on the western coast of India which was later dissolved into Maharashtra and Gujarat states
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 17, 2019 5:20:01 GMT
Dombasle-sur-Meurthe - city that is part of the Nancy metropolitan area in eastern France
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Post by onlyMark on Aug 17, 2019 6:15:27 GMT
Mumbai - the proper/new(ish) name for Bombay.
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Post by bjd on Aug 17, 2019 6:18:48 GMT
Umbria Region in Italy
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