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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 24, 2019 15:02:20 GMT
Cathay - Alternative historical name for China.
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Post by mossie on Oct 24, 2019 16:31:24 GMT
Hay on Wye - small Welsh town renowned for its book shops
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 24, 2019 18:46:32 GMT
Bayon - location of one of the principal temples of Angkor Wat
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 25, 2019 1:13:38 GMT
Bayonne -- city in NJ / City in France
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 25, 2019 7:20:05 GMT
Bayou Teche - the bayou running through Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
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Post by lugg on Oct 25, 2019 9:57:19 GMT
Chernobyl- mostly ghost city in Ukraine ; hard to believe the disaster was over 30 years ago.
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Post by mossie on Oct 25, 2019 14:53:22 GMT
Herne Bay - coastal town in north Kent
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 25, 2019 16:37:23 GMT
Cherbourg - last stop of the Titanic before meeting its fate
Oops -- next to last stop. It also went to Queenstown, Ireland before heading to New York
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 26, 2019 3:47:10 GMT
Bourges -- city in central France on the Yèvre river
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 26, 2019 6:23:51 GMT
La Seu d'Urgell - town in the Catalan Pyrénées
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Post by whatagain on Oct 26, 2019 8:58:32 GMT
Valley Forge. Place chosen by Washington to spend the winter. He lost 20pc of his troops due to cold etc with not a shot fired in anger.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 26, 2019 18:36:01 GMT
Walla Walla -- small city in Washington state whose name is Native American and means "Place of Many Waters" because the original settlement was at the junction of the Snake and Columbia rivers
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Post by whatagain on Oct 26, 2019 20:55:54 GMT
Wallonia. A place I should identify with but can't. I feel Belgian but more European. Anyway Wallonia us THE place where the greatest men were born. Me. For example. (Yes my second first name is a Modeste)
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 27, 2019 3:45:19 GMT
London -- capital of England and the UK
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 27, 2019 5:09:51 GMT
Donegal - town in the northern limits of Eire
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Post by mossie on Oct 27, 2019 8:38:36 GMT
Galway - port on the far southwest of Ireland
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Post by bjd on Oct 27, 2019 9:38:09 GMT
Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, scene of a disastrous battle in WW1 for the Allied side and an example of lousy planning by Churchill
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 27, 2019 14:13:40 GMT
Sevastopol - largest city in Crimea
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Post by whatagain on Oct 27, 2019 14:39:38 GMT
Poltava City in Ukraine where the swedes were beaten by the Russians in 1709. Was the end of the Swedish predominance.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 27, 2019 17:44:03 GMT
Bratislava - capital of Slovakia since sovereignty in 1993
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Post by whatagain on Oct 27, 2019 17:47:08 GMT
Euphrat. River in Mesopotamia.
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Post by bjd on Oct 27, 2019 20:01:36 GMT
Upham Woods Place in Wisconsin
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 28, 2019 9:03:06 GMT
Hammersmith - area in London
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Post by whatagain on Oct 28, 2019 13:35:49 GMT
Maribel motaret. Skiing resort in france part of les portes du soleil. Invaded by the Brits during season.
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Post by bjd on Oct 30, 2019 7:42:02 GMT
Mirabel airport white elephant airport built too far from Montreal and only used for a few years
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Post by whatagain on Oct 30, 2019 11:05:36 GMT
Portugal. Home to masons.
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Post by bjd on Oct 30, 2019 12:48:15 GMT
Galway town on the west coast of Ireland
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Post by whatagain on Oct 30, 2019 13:27:40 GMT
Galicia. Province of Spain
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 30, 2019 15:24:24 GMT
Alicante -- port city in southeastern Spain
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Post by lugg on Oct 30, 2019 18:54:21 GMT
Alice Springs - Northern Territory, Australia , apparently known to locals as Alice.
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