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A-Z: Biggest cities by last letter

For each letter of the alphabet, can you name the largest city in the world whose name ends with it? Facts and clues, some cryptic, have been given.
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Last updated: December 3, 2025
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A
Metropolis, rated the world's most-polluted, much of which is below sea level
Jakarta
B
The main city of a small country
Zagreb
C
Feline-sounding eastern suburb of another city in this quiz
Ecatepec
D
Crazy Brady, head of a bad place in India
Hyderabad
E
Huge agglomeration on the river Ravi
Lahore
F
European city whose football team never have good fortune
Dusseldorf
G
Very old city with several UNESCO World Heritage sites in it and nearby
Beijing
H
The area around this location is known as the Nafud desert
Riyadh
I
Megacity which has the world's biggest port
Shanghai
J
A sea in the Russian Arctic will lead you to this Iranian city
Karaj
K
Popular destination associated with fruit
New York
L
Olympic venue, founded by the people of Baekje
Seoul
M
Former home of writer Roald Dahl
Dar es Salaam
N
Home to one of the world's major stock exchanges and its 4th-busiest container port
Shenzhen
O
Listed as the largest settlement in the world by some measures
Tokyo
P
Ancient Turkish city
Gaziantep
Q
Large Uzbek town where religious building has its interior slightly narrowed, showing a measure of intelligence
Chirchiq
R
Capital where lumpy koala makes an appearance
Kuala Lumpur
S
Low-lying coastal megacity
Lagos
T
The global centre of the diamond-cutting industry, in Asia
Surat
U
The hub of a gigantic urban sprawl
Guangzhou
V
Eastern European city often in the news
Kiev
W
Eastern European city often in the news
Moscow
X
City whose cardinal direction is west
Phoenix
Y
High-altitude hotbed of crime
Mexico City
Z
Two answers from the same country can both be considered valid here
Santa Cruz
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