| LISBURN | Small city in Northern Irelnd (pop about 70,000), granted city status in 2002(7) |
| PRESTON | City in north-west England (pop 114,000). It obtained city status in 2002. (7) |
| STIRLING | Former royal burgh in Scotland granted city status in 2002 |
| BERGAMO | Cathedral city in Lombardy (pop 120,000), granted city status in 49 BC (7) |
| TERRACE | Small city in northern British Columbia (pop about 12,000), incorporated in 1987 (7) |
| CREMONA | City in northern Italy (pop about 70,000), with a 12th century cathedral (7) |
| BERMUDA | British Overseas Territory in the north Atlantic (20.5 sq miles; pop about 70,000) (7) |
| HARLEM | Provincial capital in the Netherlands (pop about 160,000), granted city status in 1245 (6) |
| ABILENE | Small city in Texas (pop about 120,000), incorporated in 1881 (7) |
| ROANOKE | A small city in Virginia (pop about 100,000), chartered in 1884 (7) |
| AVIGNON | Small city in southern France (pop about 90,000), on the Rhone (7) |
| SPARTAN | Citizen of a small city in southern Greece (pop about 20,000) (7) |
| FAROESE | A north Germanic language, spoken as a first language by about 70,000 people (7) |
| INANELY | Favoured an exceptionally small city in a silly way (7) |
| MANTUA | Small city in northern Italy (pop about 50,000), designated the Italian City of Culture in 2017 (6) |
| TRENTO | Small city in northern Italy (pop about 100,000), on the Adige River (6) |
| GARY | Industrial town in Indiana (pop about 70,000), founded in 1906 (4) |
| SOUTHEND | Place in Essex that will soon be granted city status by The Queen (8) |
| OSTEND | Seaport in north-west Belgium (pop about 70,000), once with a large fishing fleet ((6) |
| BENIDORM | Seaside resort in eastern Spain (pop about 70,000 (8) |
