Geography Ending in U, Starting with A-Z

A

The flat, raised ground next to, and named after, the long range of hills covering the eastern USA

B

The capital of Azerbaijan

C

Western Greek island, close to the Albanian coast

D

One of South Korea's biggest cities

E

Nigerian city; the word for a pistol, reversed, is found in its name

F

French town with a chateau, south of Paris; also a Miami suburb - the name begins with the word for "fountain"

G

City at the centre of the world's largest metropolis

H

The main island of Japan

I

Waterfall on the Brazilian/Argentine border

J

The Alaskan state capital

K

The capital of Nepal

L

City on the Yangtze in Sichuan, China

M

The Somali capital

N

Tiny Pacific island country

O

Burkina Faso's capital city

P

Large Andean country

Q

Large port near Xiamen in China, on the Taiwan Strait

R

Kenyan town by the border with Ethiopia, with a sheepish name

S

Town near Montreal, bearing the name of a saint, on a river which has the name of a cardinal who was the principal minister to Louis XIII

T

Pacific nation whose atolls barely make it above sea level

U

The aboriginal name for Ayers Rock

V

Country in the Pacific known for cannibalism until the 1960s or so

W

Chinese city whose name seems to start with a question about time

X

The summer capital of Kublai Khan's Yuan dynasty; also used as a metaphor for opulence or an idyllic place

Y

Saudi city; the interior of its name is an anagram of a word meaning "prohibit"

Z

Eastern German car manufacturing centre, originally the home of Audi