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Amman
the capital and largest city of Jordan
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Ankara
the capital of Turkey; located in west-central Turkey; it was formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats
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Athens
the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess)
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Baghdad
capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River
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Bangkok
the capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand; a leading city in southeastern Asia; noted for Buddhist architecture
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Beijing
capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city
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Beirut
capital and largest city of Lebanon; located in western Lebanon on the Mediterranean
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Belfast
capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland
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Berlin
capital of Germany located in eastern Germany
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Bern
the capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland
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Bonn
a city in western Germany on the Rhine River; was the capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1989
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Brasilia
the capital of Brazil; a city built on the central plateau and inaugurated in 1960
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Bucharest
national capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania
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Budapest
capital and largest city of Hungary; located on the Danube River in north-central Hungary
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Buenos Aires
capital and largest city of Argentina; located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay; Argentina's chief port and industrial and cultural center
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Cairo
the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just to the south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs
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Canberra
the capital of Australia; located in southeastern Australia
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Caracas
the capital and largest city of Venezuela
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Copenhagen
the capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the island of Zealand
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Damascus
an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria; according to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus
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Dublin
capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic
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Edinburgh
the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth
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Hanoi
the capital city of Vietnam; located in North Vietnam
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Helsinki
the capital and largest city of Finland; located in southern Finland; a major port and commercial and cultural center
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Jakarta
capital and largest city of Indonesia; located on the island of Java; founded by the Dutch in 17th century
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Jerusalem
capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom
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La Paz
capital city in western Bolivia and the administrative seat of Bolivia's government; largest city in Bolivia
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Lima
capital and largest city and economic center of Peru; located in western Peru; was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century
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London
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
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Madrid
the capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain; home of an outstanding art museum
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Mexico City
the capital and largest city of Mexico is a political and cultural and commercial and industrial center; one of the world's largest cities
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Moscow
a city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation
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Nicosia
the capital and largest city of Cyprus
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Oslo
the capital and largest city of Norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast
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Ottawa
the capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec)
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Paris
(Greek mythology) the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War
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Pyongyang
capital of North Korea and an industrial center
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Quito
the capital of Ecuador
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Reykjavik
the capital and chief port of Iceland on the southwestern coast of Iceland; buildings are heated by natural hot water
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Riyadh
joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis; largest city in Saudi Arabia
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Santiago
the capital and largest city of Chile; located in central Chile; one of the largest cities in South America
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Seoul
the capital of South Korea and the largest city of Asia; located in northwestern South Korea
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Stockholm
the capital and largest city of Sweden; located in southern Sweden on the Baltic
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Tbilisi
the capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river
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Tehran
the capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern Iran
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Warsaw
the capital and largest city of Poland; located in central Poland
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Washington
1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
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Wellington
the capital of New Zealand
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San Juan
the capital and largest city of Puerto Rico
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New Delhi
the capital of India is a division of the old city of Delhi