| KIRIBATI | An island republic in the west central Pacific just south of the equator. |
| KIRITIMATI | Largest atoll in the world, in the Line Islands of the west central Pacific (10) |
| CAPEVERDE | An island republic in the Atlantic off the coast of West Africa (4,5) |
| NAURU | Smallest republic and smallest island nation in the world, in the SW Pacific just south of the equator (5) |
| PHRYGIA | Greek name of an ancient state in the west-central part of Anatolia (modern Turkey), associated with |
| NEWGEORGIA | Volcanic island group in the west central Solomon Islands (3,7) |
| FIJI | An island Republic in Melanesia (4) |
| UPOLU | Samoan island in south-west central Pacific (5) |
| MARSHALL | -- Islands, 34 coral isles in west central Pacific (8) |
| TRINIDADANDTOBAGO | Island republic in the West Indies, off the northeastern coast of Venezuela |
| RWANDA | Landlocked country of east central Africa located just south of the Equator (6) |
| DOMINICA | Volcanic island republic in the West Indies whose capital is Roseau (8) |
| MINDORO | Island of the west-central Philippines separated from Luzon by the Verde Island Passage (7) |
| TIJUANA | Westernmost city of Mexico, in the state of Baja California just south of the US border (7) |
| LEBANON | A republic in the west of Asia, on the Mediterranean (7) |
| SAOTOME | --- --- and Principe, island republic in the Gulf of Guinea, off the west coast of Africa (3,4) |
| MADAGASCAR | An island republic off the East coast of Africa (10) |
| NEBRASKA | Cornhusker State of the west-central US, created in 1854 (8) |
| HAWAII | A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands. |
| MIDWAY | The -- Islands are an atoll in the central Pacific, scene of a June 1942 battle (6) |
