# A-Z World Cities **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 3, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-z-world-cities/742027 "2016-01-03T00:23:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 130
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-z-world-cities/742027/2581 "2016-09-29T22:24:00Z")
Qoubaiyat, Lebanon ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-z-world-cities/742027/2582 "2016-09-30T01:28:49Z")
Romulus, Michigan, USA ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-z-world-cities/742027/2583 "2016-09-30T03:06:11Z")
San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, Argentina ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-z-world-cities/742027/2584 "2016-09-30T03:18:17Z")
Troy, New York, USA ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-z-world-cities/742027/2585 "2016-09-30T05:27:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Troy, New York, USA Near my hometown of Latham NY USA! In play: Utica NY USA ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-z-world-cities/742027/2586 "2016-09-30T09:07:21Z")
Virpazar, Montenegro ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-z-world-cities/742027/2587 "2016-09-30T13:55:17Z")
Wagga Wagga NSW AUS ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-z-world-cities/742027/2588 "2016-09-30T15:44:10Z")
Xiamen, China ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-z-world-cities/742027/2589 "2016-09-30T17:59:17Z")
Yichun, Heilongjiang, China ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-z-world-cities/742027/2590 "2016-09-30T18:15:52Z")
Zuienkerke, West Flanders, Belgium ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-z-world-cities/742027/2591 "2016-09-30T19:12:42Z")
Aliko, Albania ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-z-world-cities/742027/2592 "2016-09-30T20:00:49Z")
Bannu, Pakistan ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-z-world-cities/742027/2593 "2016-09-30T23:34:19Z")
Colonsay, SK, Canada (colon, really?) ETA, I looked it up: Colonsay’s name derives from Old Norse and means “Kolbein’s island”. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-z-world-cities/742027/2594 "2016-10-01T00:43:11Z")
Danvers, Massachusetts, USA ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-z-world-cities/742027/2595 "2016-10-01T00:54:05Z")
Eastlake, Ohio, USA ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-z-world-cities/742027/2596 "2016-10-01T01:46:45Z")
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-z-world-cities/742027/2597 "2016-10-01T04:41:14Z")
Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-z-world-cities/742027/2598 "2016-10-01T08:14:40Z")
Harstad, Norway ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-z-world-cities/742027/2599 "2016-10-01T08:22:41Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Colonsay, SK, Canada > > (colon, really?) > ETA, I looked it up: Colonsay’s name derives from Old Norse and means “Kolbein’s island”. At the risk of waxing know-all-ish about stuff already well-known: the “original” island of Colonsay (after which I take it that the place in Saskatchewan was named) is in the Inner Hebrides in Scotland: has a population of 124. Continuing the game: Inhambane, Mozambique ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-z-world-cities/742027/2600 "2016-10-01T13:03:17Z")
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