| GAUL | An ancient region of West Europe corresponding to North Italy, France, Belgium, part of Germany and the South Netherlands (4) |
| IONIA | Ancient region of west-central Asia Minor colonised by the Greeks in c1100BC (5) |
| LONGISLAND | Pines cover one part of Germany and part of America |
| EUROPEANUNION | Federation with Italy, France and Sweden |
| FLANDERS | Fine parts of Germany and southern part of Europe |
| ETRURIA | An ancient region of central Italy, between the rivers Arno and Tiber (7) |
| NUBIA | An ancient region of North East Africa on the Nile, extending from Aswan to Khartoum (5) |
| CORSICA | Island in the Mediterranean, west of north Italy; a region of France (7) |
| SAVOY | Wrinkly-leaved cabbage and an ancient region of France (5) |
| ILLYRIA | An ancient region of uncertain boundaries on the Eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea (7) |
| THESSALIANS | Inhabitants of an ancient region of Greece, known earlier still as Aeolis |
| AYMARA | Indigenous people (and language) of the Altiplano region of west-central South America, once subject to the Inca empire (6) |
| SCANDIA | Saint Paul suburb named after an ancient region of northern Europe |
| LYDIA | Girls name which is also an ancient region of Asia Minor (5) |
| GALATIA | Girl returning first-class after a time in an ancient region of Asia Minor (7) |
| IONIAN | Relating to an ancient region comprising the central sector of the western coast of Anatolia (6) |
| LIMOUSIN | A former administrative region of West-Central France, the capital of which was Limoges (8) |
| LAZIO | Region of West Central Italy of which Rome is the capital (5) |
| TUSCANY | Region of west central Italy on the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas; capital, Florence (7) |
| CHIANTI | Dry red wine produced in the Tuscany region of west central Italy, chiefly from Sangiovese and Canaiolo grapes (7) |
