Re: CHAT: Ability of Americans & Europeans to locate each others cities (was Re: The [+foreign] attribute)

Andreas Johansson wrote:

> Tim May wrote:
>
> >  I _can_ name most of the national capitals in Eurasia and the
> >  Americas, though, so that's something.
>
> I used to know all in the Old World (the Caribean and Oceania are so
packed
> with mini-states that I never bothered trying the New World). However,
since
> you almost never talk of the capital of Niger (Niamey!) and similar
> countries, I've forgotten many African ones. I still remember all the
> European ones, and most Asian.

Okay, my attempt for the States of the USA, with main cities (captitals
marked*)

Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts - Boston*, Cambridge
Rhode Island - Providence*
Conneticut -
Vermont -
New York - New York, Albany*, Buffalo
Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, Pittsburg
New Jersey - Newark, Atlantic City
Maryland -
Delaware
Virginia - Richmond*, Quantico
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina - Charleston, Columbia*
Georgia - Atlanta*
Florida - Miami, Tampa, Boca Raton, St. Agustine, Talahasse, Pensacola,
Panama City, ... and I knew the capital but forgot it, sorry Nik.
Alabama - Mobile
Mississippi
Tennessee - Nashville
Kentucky
Louisiana - New Orleans, Bathon Rouge*
Texas - Huston, Dallas, Austin*, El Paso, Amarillo, Corpus Christi
Arkansas - Little Rock*
Missouri - St Louis
Ohio - Cincinatti
Indiana - Indianapolis
Michigan - Detroit
Illinois - Chicago, Springfield*
Minnesotta - Mineapolis
Winsconsin
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas - Kansas City (hmm, most Kansas City is in another State...
Missouri?)
Oklahoma - Oklahoma City*
New Mexico - Roswell
Arizona - Phoenix
Colorado
Utah - Salt Lake City*
Nevada - Las Vegas, Reno
California - San Diego, LA, San Francisco, Sacramento*, Davis, Berkeley,
Passadenna, Santa Barbara...
Wiyomig
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Washington - Seatle*, Redmont
(I know I forgot one in CUS)
Alaska - Ankorage*
Hawaii - Honolulu*

And there is the District of Columbia, where the national capital,
Washington, stands.

Now, the countries in the Americas:
Canada - Otawa*, Montreal, Quebeq, Calgary, Halifax, Ontario, Victoria,
Vancouver
Mexico - Mexico,* Tijuana, Xalapa, Monterrey, Acapulco, Mérida,
Cancún...
Guatemala - Guatemala*
Belize - Paramaribo*
Honduras - Tegucigalpa*
El Salvador - San Salvador*
Nicaragua - Managua*, Granada, León
Costa Rica - San José*
Panamá - Panamá*, Colón
Cuba - Havanna*
Haiti - Port du Prince*
Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo*, Punta Cana
Puerto Rico (US) - San Juan*
Jamaica - Kingston*
Aruba (NL) - Oranjestad*
Trinidad and Tobago - Port of Spain*
French Guiane -
Suriname -
Guyana - Georgetown
Venezuela - Maracaibo, Caracas*, Maracai, San Cristobal, Ciudad
Bolivar...
Colombia - Bogotá* ... and, well, do you want all the departments and
its capitals?
Ecuador - Quito*, Guayaquil, Ibarra, Tulcán, Machala...
Perú - Lima*, Chiclayo, Arequipa, Cusco
Bolivia - La Paz*, Sucre, Santa Cruz
Chile - Santiago*, Valparaiso, Viña del Mar
Argentina - Buenos Aires*, Córdoba
Uruguay - Mondevideo*
Paraguay - Asunción*
Brazil - Brasilia*, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Curibita, Recife

Hmmm.  European Union:
Sweden - Stockholm*, Gothemburg, Malmö, Luleå, Umeå, Kiruna, Linköpin,
...
Finland - Åbo (Turku), Helsinki*
Denmark - Copenhaguen (Københvn)*, Aarhus
Germany - Berlin*, Frankfurt, Munich (Munchen), Cologne (Köln), Bremen,
Hamburg...
Netherlands - Amsterdam*, Haagen, Rotherdam, Mastrich
Belgium - Brussels, Antwerpen
Luxemburg
France - Paris*, Burdeoux, Lyon, Nice, Marseille, ...
Spain - Madrid*, Barcelona, Sevilla, San Sebastian, ...
Portugal - Lisbon*
Italy - Rome*, Milan, Turin, Naples, Genoa, ...
Greece - Athenas*
United Kingdom - London*, Liverpool, York, Glasgow, Belfast, ...
Austria - Vienna*, Insbruck

Non-EU European countries:
Norway - Oslo*
Ireland - Dublin*
Poland - Varsovia*, Cracovia, Gdanz
Czeck Republic - Praga
Slovakia
Hungary - Budapest
Switzerland - Bern*, Zurich, Geneve, ...
Slovenia - Ljubjana*
Croatia - Zagreb*, Duvrovnik
Bosnia Herzegovina - Sarajavo*
Yugoslavia - Belgrad*
Albania - Tirana*
Bulgay - Sofia*
Rumania -
Moldavia -
Ukraine - Kiev
Belarus -
Lithuania -
Latvia - Riga*
Estland -
Russia - Moskow*, St Petersburg, Volgograd
Andorra - Andorra la vieja*
Monaco - Montecarlo*
Liechenstein -
San Marino
Holy See - Vatican City*

Middle East
Turkey - Ankara*, Istambul
Lebanon - Beirut*
Syria -
Iraq - Bagdad*
Iran - Teheran*
Jordan - Damascus*
Israel - Tel-Avit*, Jerusalem
Palestinian Autonomy -
Saudi Arabia - Riyad
Kuwait -
UAE -
Yemen
Oman
Djubiti

Hmmm.  I might get some Asian and African countries and cities right but
this is too long.

-- Carlos Th

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