| PLOVDIV | City in southern Bulgaria on the Maritsa River |
| RUSE | Largest river port of Bulgaria, on the right bank of the Danube opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu (4) |
| ALBENA | Purpose-built resort in Bulgaria on the Black Sea (6) |
| ARIA | Sung in Southern Bulgaria (4) |
| AVEOS | Greek name for the Maritsa (5) |
| VARNA | Port and resort of NE Bulgaria on the Black Sea, once known as Stalin (5) |
| EDIRNE | Turkish town on the River Maritsa which was the ancient Adrianople (6) |
| EVROS | Greek name for the river Maritsa (5) |
| BEERSHEBA | City in southern Israel (pop about 200,000), the largest city in the Negev Desert (9) |
| ADANA | A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River |
| CAMBRIDGE | City in southern England on the River Cam |
| HYDERABAD | City in southern Pakistan on the River Indus (9) |
| AVIGNON | City in southern France (pop about 90,000), on the River Rhone (7) |
| ALBI | Episcopal city in southern France on the Tarn that was the birthplace of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (4) |
| DINANT | Small city in southern Belgium (pop about 14,000),on the River Meuse (6) |
| CORDOBA | City in southern Spain, on the Guadalquivir River; centre of Moorish Spain (7) |
| YALTA | A resort city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea. |
| KRAKAU | An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula. |
| TARIJA | City in southern Bolivia bordered by the Guadalquivir River |
| LOSANGELES | City in southern California, US; most populous in the state |
