| CULIACAN | Capital of the state of Sinaloa in NW Mexico (8) |
| ROSALES | Capital of the state of Sinaloa in NW Mexico (7) |
| MEXACALI | City of NW Mexico across the border from, and named in complement to, the Californian city of Calexico (8) |
| AGARTALA | Capital of the state of Tripura in NE India, on the banks of the Haora River near the border with Bangladesh (8) |
| RICHMOND | Capital of the state of Virginia and formerly (1861-5) of the Confederate States of America (5) |
| CURITIBA | Capital of the state of Parana in southern Brazil (8) |
| DEHRADUN | Winter capital of the state of Uttarakhand (formerly Uttaranchal) in northern India (8) |
| MEXICALI | Capital of the state of Baja California (8) |
| SHILLONG | Indian city, capital of the state of Meghalaya (8) |
| ADELAIDE | Capital of the state of South Australia (8) |
| SALVADOR | Brazil's first capital city, now capital of the state of Bahia |
| SONORA | State of NW Mexico bordered by Chihuahua, Baja California and Sinaloa; capital, Hermosillo (6) |
| DURANGO | State in NW Mexico whose cities include Gomez Palacio and Lerdo |
| SINALOA | Coastal state of NW Mexico on the Gulf of California; capital, Culiacan (7) |
| TIJUANA | Town and resort in NW Mexico (7) |
| SALEM | Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River. |
| YAQUI | River in NW Mexico (5) |
| CHIHUAHUA | State of north central Mexico bordered by Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango and Coahuila (9) |
| BELEM | Port city at the mouth of the Amazon in northern Brazil, capital of the state of Para estado (5) |
| MAINZ | Capital of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in W Germany, on the left bank of the Rhine River (5) |
