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| AE | Common settlement prefix in Arabia (e.g. "___ Dhabi") | Abu | 100%
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| JP | Official name of Tokyo before the 1868 Meiji Restoration | Edo | 100%
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| MA | Moroccon city and style of cylindrical hat | Fez | 100%
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| BR | Short name for Brazil's second most populous city | Rio | 100%
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| N/A | Common Spanish settlement prefix meaning "saint" | San | 100%
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| BR | Brazil's most populous city – "___ Paulo" | São | 100%
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| N/A | Caspian and Dead being two famous examples | Sea | 100%
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| VC | Name for Vatican City's governing body – "The Holy ___" | See | 100%
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| N/A | Biscay and Hudson being two famous examples | Bay | 92%
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| N/A | Aswan and Hoover being two famous examples | Dam | 92%
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| TZ | Port city that is Tanzania's most populous – "___-es-Salaam" | Dar | 92%
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| GB | Largest island of the Irish Sea – "Isle of ___" | Man | 92%
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| IN | Former Portuguese colony-turned-state in West India | Goa | 83%
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| US | Cultural region of the Atlantic Coast – "___ England" | New | 83%
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| RU | Russian river flowing through the city of Rostov | Don | 75%
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| US | Hawaii's tallest volcano – "Mauna ___" | Kea | 67%
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| BE | Belgian city whose name became synonymous with a type of mineral bath | Spa | 67%
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| US | California city and seat of Orange County – "Santa ___" | Ana | 58%
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| GR | Major Aegean Sea island about 20 km from mainland Turkey | Kos | 58%
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| HR | Most populous Croatian island; tied with Cres for largest by area | Krk | 58%
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| VN | Site of infamous Vietnam War massacre – "Mỹ __" | Lai | 58%
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| GB | Scottish coastal town and capital of namesake shire | Ayr | 50%
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| DE | Common German settlement prefix meaning "bath" or "pool" | Bad | 50%
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| CN | Chinese dynasty lasting from 202 BCE to 220 CE | Han | 50%
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| GB | English river flowing through the city of Cambridge | Cam | 42%
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| GB | Historic English cathedral city in Cambridgeshire | Ely | 42%
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| RS | Serbia's third largest city; lies on namesake river | Niš | 42%
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| GB | Fourth-longest English river; partly forms the border with Wales | Wye | 42%
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| GB | English river flowing through the city of Exeter | Exe | 33%
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| PG | PNG's second most populous city; last confirmed location of Amelia Earhart | Lae | 33%
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| AE | Emirate and port city of the U.A.E. – "___ Al-Khaimah" | Ras | 33%
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| RU | Capital city of the Republic of Buryatia – "Ulan-___" | Ude | 33%
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| RU | Russian city founded by Ivan the Terrible on eponymous river | Ufa | 33%
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| DE | Major Baden-Württemberg city on the Danube River | Ulm | 33%
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| TR | Turkey's largest lake with a namesake city on its shores | Van | 33%
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| CH | Swiss city and hub for the ultra-wealthy; lit. "mount" or "peak" | Zug | 33%
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| NG | Igbo city and most populous settlement in SE Nigeria | Aba | 25%
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| GB | Common English settlement suffix meaning "home" or "village" | Ham | 25%
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| RU | Major Volga River branch, flows through Ryazan and Nizhny Novgorod cities | Oka | 25%
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| US | River forming most of the Texas-Oklahoma border | Red | 25%
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| UE | Major industrial city and Ukraine's second largest by area – "Kryvyi ___" | Rih | 25%
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| FR | Former capital of historic Provence in SE France | Aix | 17%
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| PE | South Peruvian city devastated by an 8.0 earthquake in 2007 | Ica | 17%
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| RU | Capital city of the Mari El Republic – "Yoshkar-___" | Ola | 17%
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| US | One of New Hampshire's only coastal towns, or a type of grain | Rye | 17%
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| N/A | Common settlement prefix in Arabia; means "mother (of)" | Umm | 17%
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| IQ | Major city on the Tigris River known for large grain plantations | Kut | 8%
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| MN | Mongolia's largest lake; highly salinated | Uvs | 8%
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| US | Two bays named "Big" and "Little" in upper Lake Michigan | Noc | 0%
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| GB | Long Welsh river which flows through the city of Newport | Usk | 0%
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