| TATALE | Fast-growing regional capital in northern Ghana (pop about 1 million) (5) |
| MILAN | Regional capital in northern Italy (pop about 1.4 million), founded around 600 BC (5) |
| GENOESE | Relating to a regional capital in northern Italy (pop about 580,000), a major seaport (7) |
| GUR | A group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana. |
| TUNIS | A capital city in northern Africa (pop about 1 million) (5) |
| NAPLES | Regional capital and seaport in southern Italy (pop about 1 million) (6) |
| AOSTA | Regional capital in north-west Italy (5) |
| ROUEN | Regional capital and port (pop about 110,000) in northern France (5) |
| ABUJA | City in west Africa (pop 1 million) created the national capital in 1991 (5) |
| FREETOWN | Capital city and seaport in west Africa (pop about 1 million), founded in the late 18th century (8) |
| AUSTIN | A US state capital (pop about 1 million), founded in 1839 (6) |
| ISLAMABAD | Asian city (pop about 1 million), developed as a new capital in the 1960s (9) |
| YEREVAN | West Asian capital city (pop about 1 million), founded in 782 BC (7) |
| ASMARA | Capital city in east Africa (pop about 1 million), at an elevation of 7,628 feet (6) |
| DELAWARE | Small state in the eastern US (1,982 sq miles; pop about 1 million), nicknamed the First State (8) |
| RABAT | Capital in northern Africa |
| KRONE | Capital in northern Europe |
| NICE | Port city in southern France (pop about 1 million), a popular resort (4) |
| VAASA | Regional capital of Ostrobothnia in W Finland, formerly (1855-1917) called Nikolainkaupunki (5) |
| GENOA | Port city on the north-west coast of Italy, regional capital of Liguria (5) |