| COAHUILA | State of north-central Mexico on the border with Texas; capital, Saltillo (8) |
| CHIHUAHUA | State of north central Mexico bordered by Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango and Coahuila (9) |
| SHREVEPORT | City in Louisiana, on the Red River near the border with Texas (10) |
| TEPIC | State capital of Nayarit in west central Mexico, on the banks of the Mololoa River (5) |
| NUEVA | State of NE Mexico on the border with the US; capital, Monterrey ( 5,4) |
| LEON | State of NE Mexico on the border with the US; capital, Monterrey ( 5,4) |
| NUEVOLEON | State of NE Mexico on the border with the US; capital, Monterrey (5,4) |
| SINALOA | Coastal state of NW Mexico on the Gulf of California; capital, Culiacan (7) |
| POPOCATEPETL | Volcano on the border of the states of Mexico and Puebla, central Mexico. The name in the Nahuatl means "Smoking Mountain." (12) |
| OAXACA | State of SW Mexico on the Pacific Ocean between Guerrero and Chiapas (6) |
| CARLSBAD | A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border. |
| MICHOACAN | A state of Mexico on the Pacific coast (9) |
| TIJUANA | City in Mexico on the US border south of San Diego (7) |
| NASARAWA | State of north central Nigeria created in 1996; capital, Lafia (8) |
| OLDS | Princely state of north-central India, annexed by Britain in 1856 |
| PRUSSIA | Former state of north central Europe |
| OUDH | Princely state of north-central India, annexed by Britain in 1856 |
| NUEVOLAREDO | A city and port of entry in north-east Mexico, on the Rio Grande (5,6) |
| ALBUQUERQUE | City in central New Mexico on the Rio Grande (11) |
| WISCONSIN | State of north central US |
