| BONN | Rhineland city, once the capital of West Germany |
| DRESDEN | German city, once the capital of the Kingdom of , Saxony (7) |
| MOBILE | Alabama’s oldest city, once the capital of French Louisiana |
| NAPLES | This city was once the capital of the Two Sicillies. It lies on the west coast of the Italian peninsula, 120 miles (190 km) southeast of Rome. Mount Vesuvius to its east and the Campi Flegrei (Phlegra |
| KIEV | What was once the capital of Russia and is now the capital of the Ukraine and one of the oldest citi |
| RHONEALPES | Region of France, site of Chambery (once the capital of the Dukedom of Savoie), Lyon (food capital o |
| UDAIPUR | City in Rajasthan, India; once the capital of the kingdom of Mewar |
| PETRA | Jordanian city that was once the capital of the Nabataean empire |
| CUZCO | Peruvian city that was once the capital of the Inca Empire |
| LAHAINA | Maui locale that was once the capital of the kingdom of Hawaii |
| RAVENNA | Italian city that was once the capital of the Western Roman Empire (7) |
| BRUGES | City in NW Belgium that is the capital of West Flanders province (6) |
| CALCUTTA | Former name for the capital of West Bengal state, on the Hooghly River (8) |
| VALENCIA | Spanish city (pop about 750,000), once the capital of a Moorish kingdom (8) |
| KYOTO | City in central Japan; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan. (5) |
| CHARLESTON | Dance in the capital of West Virginia |
| TURIN | Once the capital of Sardinia |
| ANNAPOLISROYAL | Historic waterfront town, once the capital of Nova Scotia: 2 wds. |
| PEORIA | Illinois city once the whiskey capital of the world (6) |
| DETROIT | Name the Michigan city, once the centre of the US car industry (7) |
