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Regions

 * Dalmatia, Croatia
 * Istria, Croatia (Slovenia, Italy)

Greek Islands

 * Cos
 * Ithaca
 * Patmos
 * Rhodes

Mountain Ranges

 * The Balkan Mountains, runs from the border between Bulgaria & eastern Serbia through central Bulgaria to Cape Emine on the Black Sea.

Cities

 * Dubrovnik, Croatia
 * Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina ★
 * Thessaloniki, Greece
 * Zagreb, Croatia ★

Bodies of Water

 * The Caspian Sea, enclosed sea, bounded by Northern Iran, southern Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan & Azerbaijan.

Countries

 * Armenia
 * Azerbaijan
 * Georgia

Regions

 * Abkhazia, Georgia
 * Circassia
 * Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
 * South Ossetia, Georgia

Cities

 * Tbilisi, Georgia ★

Regions

 * Silesia (Poland, Czech Republic)
 * Rus'

Countries

 * Moldova

Cities

 * Bratislava, Slovakia ★
 * Bucharest, Romania ★
 * Budapest, Hungary ★
 * Kiev, Ukraine ★
 * Kraków, Poland
 * Ljubljana, Slovenia ★
 * Prague, Czech Republic ★
 * Salzburg, Austria
 * Uman, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine
 * Vienna, Austria ★
 * Warsaw, Poland ★

Bodies of Water

 * The Kara Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean, north of Siberia.

Republics

 * Chechnya, Russia
 * The Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia
 * Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
 * Tuva, Russia

Cities

 * Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk, Russia
 * Grozny, Chechnya, Russia *
 * Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
 * Moscow, Russia ★
 * Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
 * Saint Petersburg, Russia

Regions

 * Côte d'Azur (or, the French Riviera), Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France.
 * Alsace-Lorraine, former province in north-eastern France
 * Occitania, southern France
 * Pomerania, south shore of the Baltic Sea

Islands

 * Corsica, France

Cities

 * Amsterdam, The Netherlands
 * Basel, Swizterland
 * Berlin, Germany ★
 * Bern, Switzerland
 * Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France
 * Brussels, Belgium
 * Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France
 * Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
 * Geneva, Switzerland
 * Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
 * Grenoble, Rhône-Alps, France
 * The Hague, The Netherlands
 * Hamburg, Germany
 * Lyon, Rhône-Alps, France (Lugdunum)
 * Rouen, Haute-Normandie, France
 * Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
 * Metz, Lorraine, France (Divodurum)
 * Montpellier, Languedoc-Rousillon, France
 * Mulhouse, Alsace, France
 * Munich, Bavaria, Germany
 * Nancy, Lorraine, France
 * Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France
 * Paris, Île-de-France, France ★
 * Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
 * Rotterdam, The Netherlands
 * Strasbourg, Alsace, France (Argentoratum)
 * Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
 * Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, France
 * Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
 * Zürich, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland

Small cities

 * Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
 * Bingen am Rhein, Rhineline-Palatinate, Germany
 * Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France
 * Colmar, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
 * Guebwiller, Alsace

Towns

 * Benfeld, Alsace, France
 * Brumath, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
 * Gérardmer, Lorraine, France
 * Haguenau, Alsace, France
 * Xonrupt-Longemer, Lorraine, France

Countries

 * Belgium
 * The Netherlands
 * Luxembourg

Regions

 * Flanders, Dutch-speaking northern region of Belgium
 * Friesland, northern province in the Netherlands
 * Holland, western part of the Netherlands
 * Wallonia, French-speaking southern region of Belgium
 * Zeeland, south-western province in the Netherlands

Bodies of Water

 * The English Channel, arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Great Britain from France.
 * The North Sea, connects to English Channel in south; Norwegian Sea in the north.

Straits

 * The Dover Strait, connects English Channel to the North Sea.

English counties

 * Buckinghamshire, South East England
 * Cornwall, South West England
 * Essex, East of England
 * Hampshire
 * Hertfordshire, East of England
 * Kent, South East England
 * Surrey, South East England
 * Sussex, South East England
 * Warwickshire, West Midlands
 * Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber

Cities

 * Bristol, England
 * Carlisle, Cumbria, England

Regions

 * Aragon, Spain
 * Andalusia, Spain
 * Basque Country, Spain
 * Catalonia, Spain

Islands

 * Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain
 * Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Cities

 * Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
 * Cartagena, Andalusia, Spain (Nova Carthago)
 * Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
 * Lisbon, Portugal ★
 * Madrid, Spain ★
 * Palma, Majorca, Spain
 * Valencia, Valencia, Spain
 * Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain

Towns

 * Roncesvalles, Spain

Italian Peninsula & Sicily

 * The Mediterranean Sea
 * The Adriatic Sea, separates the Italian peninsula from the Balkan peninsula.
 * The Ionian Sea, arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic.
 * The Ligurian Sea, arm of the Mediterranean Sea, between Italian Riveria and Elba & Corsica.
 * The Tyrrhenian Sea, off the western coast of Italy.

Regions

 * Italian Riviera (or, Ligurian Riviera), narrow coastal strip between Ligurian Sea and the mountain chain of the Apennines.

Governmental Regions

 * Calabria, Italy (Bruttium)
 * Campania, Italy
 * Piedmont, Italy

Islands

 * Sardinia

Cities

 * Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
 * Capua, Campania, Italy
 * Florence, Tuscany, Italy
 * Genoa, Liguria, Italy
 * Marsala, Sicily (Lilybaeum)
 * Messina, Sicily (Messana)
 * Milan, Lombardy, Italy
 * Padua, Veneto, Italy
 * Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
 * Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
 * Rome, Lazio, Italy ★
 * Syracuse, Sicily
 * Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Bodies of Water

 * The Barents Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean; between Norway & Russia.
 * The White Sea, inlet of the Barents Sea on the northwest coast of Russia.
 * The Greenland Sea, northernmost part of the Atlantic Ocean; south of Arctic Ocean.
 * The Norwegian Sea, part of the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of Norway; between North Sea & Greeland Sea.

Islands

 * Svalbard
 * Gotska Sandön, Sweden

Cities

 * Copenhagen, Denmark ★
 * Helsinki, Finland ★
 * Lund, Sweden
 * Malmö, Sweden
 * Reykjavík, Iceland
 * Stockholm, Sweden ★

The Levant

 * Traditionally, the Levant describes the Eastern Mediterranean at large, but can be used as a geographical term that denotes a large area in Western Asia formed by the lands bordering the eastern shores of the Mediterranean

Countries

 * Israel
 * Lebanon
 * The Palestinian territories, the West Bank & Gaza Strip.

Regions

 * The Gaza Strip, Palestine
 * The Golan Heights
 * Negev, Israel
 * The West Bank, Palestine
 * Qumran, Israel

Cities

 * Acre, Israel
 * Ashdod, Israel
 * Beersheba, Israel
 * Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine
 * Safed, Israel
 * Sderot, Israel
 * Tiberias, Israel
 * Yatta, Palestine

Regions

 * Mazanderan, northern Iran bordering the Caspian sea.
 * Bithynia †
 * Caria †
 * Kurdistan (Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran)
 * Pontus, southern coast of the Black Sea. †

Bodies of Water

 * The Arabian Sea, region of the Indian Ocean, bounded by Arabian Peninsula on the west, India on the east.
 * The Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea; Yemen to north, Horn of Africa in south.
 * The Red Sea, pours into Gulf of Aden through Bab-el-Mandeb; thence into Indian Ocean.
 * The Gulf of Suez, along the Sinai peninsula; connects Suez Canal with Red Sea.
 * The Gulf of Aqaba, eastern gulf in the Red Sea.
 * The Persian Gulf, extension of the Indian Ocean, between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.

Peninsulas

 * The Arabian Peninsula, at the junction of Africa and Asia; chiefly comprised of Saudi Arabia.
 * Sinai Peninsula, triangular peninsula in Egypt; lies between Mediterranean and Red Sea.

Straits & Canals

 * The Bab-el-Mandeb, between Yemen and Djibouti; connecting the Red Sea to Gulf of Aden.
 * The Suez Canal, connects Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Suez; thence, into Red Sea. Runs through Sinai.

Countries

 * Egypt
 * Iran
 * Iraq
 * Jordan
 * Oman
 * Qatar
 * Saudi Arabia
 * Syria
 * Yemen

Cities

 * Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ★
 * Baghdad, Iraq ★
 * Doha, Qatar ★
 * Dubai, United Arab Emirates
 * Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
 * Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
 * Mecca, Saudi Arabia
 * Medina, Saudi Arabia
 * Muscat, Oman ★
 * Persepolis, Persia †
 * Sana'a, Yemen ★
 * Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran
 * Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran ★

Anatolian Cities

 * Ankara, Turkey ★
 * Halicarnassus, Caria †
 * Istanbul, Turkey (Constantinople; Byzantium)
 * İzmir, Turkey (Smyrna)
 * İzmit, Turkey (Nicomedia)
 * Selçuk, Izmir Province, Turkey (Ephesus)

Regions

 * The Sahara Desert, covers most of Northern Africa; stretches from the Red Sea, to the outskirts of the Atlantic Ocean.

Territories

 * The Western Sahara, mostly Moroccan-controlled; bordered by Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania & the Atlantic Ocean.

Islands

 * Madeira, archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. (Portugal)

Cities

 * Annaba, Algeria (Hippo Regius)
 * El Aaiún, Western Sahara
 * Fes, Morocco
 * Tangier, Morocco (Tingis)
 * Casablanca, Morocco
 * Constantine, Algeria (Cirta, Numidia)
 * Cyrene, Libya †
 * Rabat, Morocco ★
 * Tripoli, Libya ★

Regions

 * The Gobi Desert, northwestern China & southern Mongolia
 * Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
 * Sichuan, China
 * Tibet, China

Cities

 * Beijing, China (Peking) ★
 * Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (Canton)
 * Hong Kong, China
 * Pyongyang, North Korea ★
 * Seoul, South Korea ★
 * Shanghai, China
 * Taipei, Taiwan ★
 * Tokyo, Japan ★

Countries

 * Bangladesh
 * Bhutan
 * India
 * Nepal
 * Sri Lanka (Ceylon)

States of India

 * Goa
 * Gujarat
 * Maharashtra

Regions

 * Kashmir, India, Pakistan & China
 * Waziristan, Pakistan

Islands

 * The Maldives

Cities

 * Colombo, Sri Lanka ★
 * Diu, Daman and Diu, India
 * Kabul, Afghanistan ★
 * Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (Bombay)
 * New Dehli, India ★

Countries

 * Kazakhstan
 * Kyrgyzstan
 * Mongolia
 * Uzbekistan
 * Tajikistan
 * Turkmenistan

Cities

 * Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Frunze; Pishpek) ★
 * Osh, Kyrgyzstan
 * Samarkand, Uzbekistan
 * Ulan Bator, Mongolia ★

Regions

 * The East Indies, term used during the colonial era for portions of South and Southeast Asia.

Countries

 * Brunei
 * Cambodia
 * Laos
 * Malaysia
 * Myanmar (Burma)
 * Vietnam

Cities

 * Bangkok, Thailand ★
 * Jakarta, Indonesia ★
 * Manila, Philippines ★
 * Singapore, Singapore ★

Islands

 * Bali, Indonesia
 * Borneo, divided between Indonesia, Malaysia & Brunei
 * Timor, Indonesia

Bodies of Water

 * The Gulf of Mexico, bounded on Gulf Coast of the US in the north; Mexico and Cuba in the south.

Mountains Ranges

 * Appalachian Mountains, stretching from Alabama to Newfoundland.
 * The Berkshires, located in the western parts of Massachusetts and Connecticut.
 * Mount Greylock (Adams & Williamstown)
 * Catskill Mountains, west of the Hudson River in New York.
 * Green Mountains, extends across most of Vermont.
 * Taconic Mountains, run along the eastern border of New York State & New England.

Regions

 * Northeastern United States
 * The Lehigh Valley, Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton; Pennsylvania.
 * The Tri-State Region, or New York metropolitan area; Connecticut, New York & New Jersey.
 * New England, northeastern corner of the United States.
 * Down East, coastal area of Maine from Penobscot Bay to the Canadian border.
 * Midwestern United States (The Midwest)
 * Southern United States
 * The Deep South
 * The Gulf Coast of the United States
 * The Upper South
 * The Pacific Coast (West Coast)
 * San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, Southern California
 * San Francisco Bay Area, urbanised around around San Francisco & San Pablo estuaries in Northern CA.
 * Silicon Valley, southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Bodies of Water

 * Lake Tahoe, freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains, along the border of California & Nevada.
 * Penobscot Bay, originates from the Penobscot River, Maine.
 * Penobscot River, empties into the Penobscot River in the Atlantic Ocean.

Peninsulas & Capes

 * Cape Cod, easternmost portion of Massachusetts.
 * Cape May, southernmost tip of New Jersey.

Straits

 * The Bering Strait, strait between Russia & Alaska.

States

 * Colorado

Islands

 * Long Island, New York; contains Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau County & Suffolk County.
 * Martha's Vineyard, island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
 * Mount Desert Island, Maine
 * Nantucket, island 30 miles south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Cities

 * Allentown, Pennsylvania
 * Albany, Albany County, New York *
 * Annapolis, Maryland *
 * Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine *
 * Baltimore, Maryland
 * Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine
 * Baton Rouge, Louisiana *
 * Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
 * Charlotte, North Carolina
 * Cincinnati, Ohio
 * Cleveland, Ohio
 * Columbus, Ohio *
 * Des Moines, Iowa *
 * Detroit, Michigan
 * Flint, Michigan
 * Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey
 * Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York
 * Jacksonville, Florida
 * Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
 * Newport, Orleans County, Vermont
 * New Orleans, Louisiana
 * New York City, New York *
 * North Adams, Massachusetts
 * Orlando, Florida
 * Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
 * Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York
 * Raleigh, North Carolina *
 * Rochester, New York
 * Sacramento, California *
 * Salem, Massachusetts
 * Saint Augustine, Florida
 * Santa Ana, Orange County, California
 * San Diego, San Diego Bay, California
 * San Francisco, California
 * Syracuse, New York
 * Tallahassee, Florida *
 * Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey *
 * Troy, Rensselaer County, New York
 * Washington D.C.
 * Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Towns

 * Calais, Washington County, Maine
 * Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
 * Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
 * Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
 * Wilmington, Windham County, Vermont

Communities & CDPs

 * Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey
 * Princeton Junction, Mercer County, New Jersey

Regions

 * Maritime Provinces, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island.

Bodies of Water

 * The Bay of Fundy, bay on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine, between New Brunswick & Nova Scotia.
 * The Gulf of Saint Lawrence, bounded by Labrador Peninsula, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia peninsula & Gaspé.
 * Saint Lawrence River, connects Lake Ontario to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and then to the Atlantic Ocean.

Peninsulas

 * The Gaspé Peninsula, north of New Brunswick, situated in Quebec; near Gulf of St Lawrence.

Provinces

 * Alberta
 * British Columbia
 * Manitoba
 * New Brunswick (Nouveau Brunswick)
 * Newfoundland and Labrador (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador)
 * Nova Scotia
 * Ontario
 * Prince Edward Island (Île-du-Prince-Édouard)
 * Québec
 * Saskatchewan

Territories

 * Northwest Territories
 * Nunavut
 * Yukon

Islands

 * Anticosti Island, Quebec
 * Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French colony)

Cities

 * Edmonton, Alberta *
 * Calgary, Alberta
 * Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island *
 * Drummondville, Québec
 * Fredericton, New Brunswick *
 * Halifax, Nova Scotia *
 * Montréal, Québec
 * Ottawa, Ontario ★
 * Québec City, Québec *
 * Regina, Saskatchewan *
 * Saint John, New Brunswick
 * Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
 * St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (Newfoundland) *
 * Toronto, Ontario *
 * Vancouver, British Columbia
 * Victoria, British Columbia *
 * Winnipeg, Manitoba *

Towns

 * Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec

Peninsulas

 * Yucatán Peninsula

States

 * Chihuahua

Countries

 * Belize (British Honduras)
 * Costa Rica
 * El Salvador
 * Guatemala
 * Honduras
 * Nicaragua
 * Panama

Regions

 * Tierra del Fuego, archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland.
 * Patagonia, southernmost part of South America (Argentina & Chile)

Countries & Colonies

 * Argentina
 * Bolivia
 * Brazil
 * Chile
 * Colombia
 * Ecuador
 * French Guiana (France)
 * Guiana
 * Paraguay
 * Peru
 * Suriname
 * Uruguay
 * Venezuela

Straits

 * The Strait of Magellan, south of mainland South America and north of Tierra del Fuego. (Chile)

Island-Colonies

 * Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)
 * Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom)
 * South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom)

Islands

 * Isla Margarita, Venezuela
 * La Tortuga Island, uninhabited island dependency of Venezuela

Regions

 * The West Indies, alternate name for the Caribbean.
 * The Greater Antilles, comprising of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola & Puerto Rico.
 * The Lesser Antilles (or, Caribbees), the partly volcanic islands south of the Greater Antilles.
 * The Leeward Islands, northern islands of the Lesser Antilles, east of Puerto Rico.
 * The Windward Islands, southerly islands
 * The Leeward Antilles, south-western islands
 * The Lucayan Archipelago, comprising of the Bahamas & Turks and Caicos Islands.

Islands

 * Hispanola

Countries & Colonies in the Greater Antilles

 * The Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)
 * Cuba
 * The Dominican Republic
 * Haiti (formerly, Saint-Domingue)
 * Jamaica
 * Puerto Rico

Countries & Colonies in the Lesser Antilles

 * Anguilla (United Kingdom)
 * Antigua and Barbuda (Independent)
 * Aruba (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
 * Barbados (Independent)
 * Dominica (Independent)
 * Guadeloupe (France)
 * Martinique (France)
 * Montserrat (United Kingdom)
 * The Netherlands Antilles (Kingdom of the Netherlands) † (1954 – 2010)
 * Bonaire
 * Curaçao
 * Saba
 * Sint Eustatius
 * Sint Maarten
 * Saint Lucia (Independent)
 * Saint Kitts and Nevis (Independent)
 * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Independent)
 * Trinidad and Tobago (Independent)
 * The Virgin Islands
 * The British Virgin Islands (UK)
 * The United States Virgin Islands (US)

Colonies in the Lucayan Archipelago

 * The Bahamas (United Kingdom)
 * Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom)

Cities

 * Havana, Cuba ★
 * San Juan, Puerto Rico ★
 * Port-au-Prince, Haiti ★
 * Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago ★

Countries

 * Djibouti
 * Ethiopia
 * Eritrea
 * Kenya
 * Malawi
 * Mozambique
 * Sudan
 * Tanzania
 * Uganda

Island-Countries

 * Comoros
 * Madagascar
 * Mauritius (Maurice)

Cities

 * Mogadishu, Somalia

Regions

 * Kalahari Desert, sandy area covering much of Botswana, and parts of Namibia and South Africa.

Countries

 * Botswana
 * Lesotho
 * Namibia
 * Rhodesia † (1965–79)
 * South Africa
 * Swaziland

Islands

 * Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)
 * Ascension Island
 * Saint Helena
 * Tristan da Cunha, volcanic group of islands in the South Atlantic Ocean; 1,750 miles from South Africa.
 * Inaccessible Island
 * Gough Island
 * Nightingale Islands
 * Nightingale Island
 * Middle Island
 * Stoltenhoff Island

Cities

 * Cape Town, South Africa ★
 * Johannesburg, South Africa

Countries

 * Benin
 * Burkina Faso
 * The Gambia
 * Ghana
 * Guinea-Bissau
 * The Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
 * Liberia
 * Mali
 * Niger
 * Nigeria
 * Senegal
 * Sierra Leone
 * Togo

Islands

 * The Canary Islands, 100 km. west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. (Spain)
 * Cape Verde, island country of 10 islands; 570 km. off the coast of West Africa.

Cities

 * Lagos, Nigeria
 * Timbuktu, Mali

Central Africa

 * Angola
 * The Belgian Congo † (1908–60)
 * Burundi
 * Cameroon
 * The Central African Republic
 * Congo
 * The Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * Equatorial Guinea
 * Gabon
 * Rwanda
 * Zaire † (1965–97)
 * Zambia
 * Zimbabwe

Regions

 * Micronesia
 * Melanesia
 * Polynesia

Countries & Colonies

 * Australia
 * French Polynesia (France)
 * Tahiti
 * New Caledonia (Nouvelle-Calédonie) (France)
 * New Zealand
 * Fiji Islands
 * Solomon Islands

Island Territories

 * Christmas Island (Australia)
 * Tokelau (New Zealand)