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Geography containing BA-BZ

Can you guess these places from around the world whose names contain the sequence of letters "ba", "bb", and so on? I have given some crossword-type clues to assist in working out the missing letters of the answers.

For example, the clue "Mother and I go to Indian city" could be MUM-(ba)-I.
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Last updated: January 27, 2026
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Clue
Answer
BA
Ethiopia's capital city (10 letters)
Addis Ababa
BB
Sea (9)
Caribbean
BC
A name for south-central Asia (18)
Indian subcontinent
BD
First duke of Britain is the king, in the style of a bishop, a Moroccan (12)
Doukkala-Abda
BE
High plateau north of the Himalayas (5)
Tibet
BF
Fell, by the sounds of it, into lion's lair in Swiss town (8)
Obfelden
BG
Lightweight Swedish car transporting sheep to town of Bangladesh (7)
Sabgram
BH
Libyan city in the Sahara with one end destroyed (5)
Sabha
BI
Heal ibis, a complex task for Ali in this town of Djibouti (9)
Ali Sabieh
BJ
Iceberg is heard approaching Danish port (7)
Esbjerg
BK
A burger chain has, it seems, the first of a series of breakaway Georgian states (8)
Abkhazia
BL
Nation which borders Haiti (17)
Dominican Republic
BM
Undersea volcano in Indonesia, a name which includes the year of Irish independence (13)
Submarine 1922
BN
Assistant begins a final project to construct a city in Bangladesh (5)
Pabna
BO
Portugal's capital (6)
Lisbon
BP
Latvian district where Jake is confused by BP oils that lack oxygen (9)
Jēkabpils
BQ
Silence at a DIY store; radar is not registered in Pakistani town (9)
Shabqadar
BR
Spanish community is unable to allow the foundation of an abbey; there's not quite enough space to accommodate the blessed (9)
Cantabria
BS
Sandy Australian expanse with the same name as a guitar maker (12)
Gibson Desert
BT
Underground stream in Palawan, Philippines, referring to a port and a royal female (31)
Puerto Princesa Subterranean River
BU
The Scottish capital (9)
Edinburgh
BV
Hit the ball over Virginia in Russian town (5)
Lobva
BW
Web biz which I am getting involved with in African country (8)
Zimbabwe
BX
A central component lost from BMX, a first king is happy to be returning from river of mountain glacier in Tibet (12)
Abxai Kyagrom
BY
Central English city; also the word for a local sports rivalry match (5)
Derby
BZ
We hear Robert's en route to a Turkish city on the Black Sea (7)
Trabzon
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