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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 9, 2023 16:15:27 GMT
Galashiels - Scottish border town
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Post by casimira on Dec 9, 2023 16:28:03 GMT
Galapagos- archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 9, 2023 16:56:13 GMT
Pago Pago - capital of American Samoa
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 9, 2023 18:59:57 GMT
Santiago - capital of Chile
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 9, 2023 19:37:06 GMT
Sandringham - East of England royal residence.
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Post by whatagain on Dec 9, 2023 20:39:17 GMT
Andrinople. Formerly Hadrianipolis. City belonging to the ottoman empire in the european part of their empire. Lost during the balkan wars then given back by treaty then lost again then retaken. Now Edrin. Turkey.
6 letters guys... Je dis ca et je dis rien ...
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 9, 2023 20:49:12 GMT
Adrianople.... Edirne...
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Post by onlyMark on Dec 9, 2023 21:53:34 GMT
Andrinople. Formerly Hadrianipolis. City belonging to the ottoman empire in the european part of their empire. Lost during the balkan wars then given back by treaty then lost again then retaken. Now Edrin. Turkey. Just let me get this right then... 1) Andrinople is actually Adrianople 2) Hadrianipolis is Hadrianopolis 3) Edrin is Erdine. I would ofen cross he border nera ther betwin Turnkey and Buligaria. Carry on then.
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Post by whatagain on Dec 11, 2023 19:27:07 GMT
Ah ouais andrinople c’est en français. Con ça.
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 13, 2023 18:39:11 GMT
Edirne was on the TV just now in an article about the Orient Express.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 13, 2023 20:39:58 GMT
Bournemouth - English city in Dorset
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Post by onlyMark on Dec 13, 2023 20:54:45 GMT
Cockinmouth - wonderful name. Cumbria.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 13, 2023 22:08:43 GMT
Duluth (Minnesota) - port city on Lake Superior, also on the Wisconsin border
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Post by bjd on Dec 14, 2023 7:33:55 GMT
Uluru Large rock in central Australia that finally got its traditional name back after being called Ayer's Rock for many years
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Post by whatagain on Dec 14, 2023 7:50:29 GMT
My parents were taken by buses to Ayres rock where a buffet had been installed with a piano etc. Crazy... and not so sure locals appreciated. But a magical evening they said.
Mururoa. Attol somewhere in the Pacific where the french made atomic tests.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 14, 2023 11:33:32 GMT
Roanoke (Virginia) - one of the main settlements of the American colonies in the 18th century
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 14, 2023 12:37:50 GMT
Panola Mountain - mountain in Georgia with State Park
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 14, 2023 20:14:02 GMT
Peñíscola - Spanish coastal resort on the Mediterranean which makes many anglophones snicker
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Post by whatagain on Dec 14, 2023 23:01:19 GMT
Penis cola. Cock in mouth. Ok.
Benidorm. Ugly town but on a beautiful beach. In Spain.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 15, 2023 0:21:32 GMT
Dortmund -- city in Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia region
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 15, 2023 7:43:19 GMT
Dorchester - County town of Dorset
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Post by whatagain on Dec 15, 2023 12:31:59 GMT
Termonde. French (!) name for Dendermonde. City in Belgium. Means estuary of the river Dender.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 15, 2023 17:03:43 GMT
Germany - biggest country of the EU
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 15, 2023 17:32:51 GMT
Manningtree - rather nice little town on the estuary in Essex.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 15, 2023 19:45:07 GMT
Treblinka - rather nasty little place not too far from Warsaw
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Post by mossie on Dec 16, 2023 8:00:22 GMT
Lincoln - County town with a good cathedral, so in reality a city
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 16, 2023 8:51:46 GMT
Lindenlea - neighbourhood in Ottowa.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 16, 2023 14:39:20 GMT
India - most populous country in the world
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 16, 2023 14:55:38 GMT
Hindustan - old name for India.
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Post by mossie on Dec 16, 2023 15:15:26 GMT
Hunstanton - Norfolk seaside town on the top corner of The Wash
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