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Largest city in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, and home to the longest pleasure beach in the world
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Virginia Beach
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Historical capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, and namesake of an ice piedmont in the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica)
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Veliko Tarnovo
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Fourth largest city in Belarus and host of the Slavic Bazaar music festival
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Vitebsk
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Capital of Presidente Hayes department, and sister city with Fremont (OH)
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Villa Hayes
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Notable borough of Mexico City and home to Mexico City International Airport
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Venustiano Carranza
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Second largest city in Guatemala department, located on Lake Amatitlán's north shore
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Villa Nueva
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The National Congress of Chile is set in this important Chilean port city
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Valparaíso
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This town in Valais canton is home to the largest ski area located entirely within Switzerland
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Verbier
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Coal-mining city in Komi republic, holding the record for the coldest temperature recorded by a European city (-61 F)
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Vorkuta
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Municipality in Şanlıurfa province important for Turkey's cotton industry
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Viranşehir
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Third largest city in Bulgaria, and houses the world's oldest processed gold
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Varna
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Fifth largest city in the San Joaquin Valley and closest major city to Mount Whitney
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Visalia
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Fourth largest city in Chile and is a twin city with Valparaíso
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Viña del Mar
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Goan (state) city named after a famous Portuguese explorer
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Vasco da Gama
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Second largest city in Mauritius, home to one of Mauritius' oldest Hindu temples.
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Vacoas-Phoenix
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Notable city in the Toronto metropolitan area and home to Canada's Wonderland amusement park
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Vaughan
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Seat of a same-named county in northeastern Romania and historically important for the Moldavia region
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Vaslui
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Capital of Labuan federal territory and named after a British monarch
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Victoria
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City near Montana home to Ledenika cave and Vrachanska Skaklya (highest waterfall in the Balkans)
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Vratsa
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Capital of a same-named Portuguese district, home to the Grão Vasco Museum
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Viseu
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Largest city in British Columbia province and host to the 2010 Winter Olympics
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Vancouver
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Capital of Espírito Santo state with Brazil's largest port complex (Port of ___ and Tubarão)
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Vitória
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Capital of Tabasco state and home to the La Venta archaeological site
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Villahermosa
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Second largest city in Andhra Pradesh state, located on the Krishna river
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Vijayawada
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Seventh largest city in North Macedonia, and located on the Vardar (Axios) river
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Veles
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City in Rio de Janeiro state named for its layout around the Paraíba do Sul river
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Volta Redonda
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Capital of Västmanland county and located on the shores of Lake Mälaren
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Västerås
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City in northern Tamil Nadu and site of the first instance of a large-scale and violent mutiny by Indian sepoys against the East India Company (1806)
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Vellore
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City in Central Department that was the only Paraguayan colony inhabited by Swedish people
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Villa Elisa
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City in Meuse department and site of the longest battle in modern history (during World War I)
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Verdun
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Largest municipality in the Porto Alegre metropolitan region and located near Itapuã State Park
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Viamão
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Rapidly growing coastal town in Inhambane province, and gateway to the Bazaruto archipelago
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Vilankulo | Vilanculos
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Forms a metropolitan area with Padua and Treviso, and home to the Grand Canal
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Venice
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City in Pontevedra province where the 1702 Battle of Rande occurred
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Vigo
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Famous suburb of Athens named after Lord Byron
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Vyronas
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This town is home to the largest ski mountain in Colorado state, and located in the White River National Forest
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Vail
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Capital of a same-named northwestern Russian oblast, and the former center of Ivan the Terrible's personal demesne
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Vologda
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Coastal municipality part of the Greater Vitória Metropolitan Area, and home of the Penha Convent
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Vila Velha
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City in Veneto region and home to the Palladian villas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Vicenza
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Capital of Primorsky krai and eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway
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Vladivostok
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Twelfth largest city in South Dakota state, and home to the University of South Dakota
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Vermillion
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This city in Gujarat state is famous for its abundance of banyan trees
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Vadodara
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Second largest city in Carinthia state, and located in the Gailtal Alps
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Villach
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City in Rostov oblast on the shores of the Tsimlyansk Reservoir
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Volgodonsk
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This African world capital is home to a famous botanical gardens, Eden Island, and Arulmigu Navasakti Vinayagar Hindu Temple
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Victoria
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City in Volgograd oblast important industrially, and is twinned with two Cleveland suburbs
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Volzhskiy
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Patuxai and Pha That Luang are famous sites in this world capital on the Mekong
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Vientiane
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Largest town in Taita–Taveta county, with historical importance for the Ugandan Railway
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Voi
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Vietnam abolished two "V" cities with a population of over 150,000 in 2025. Name either one
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Vũng Tàu | Vinh
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City in Gauteng province named after Hendrik van der Bijl
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Vanderbijlpark
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City in Trujillo state and gateway to Venezuela's Andean region
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Valera
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Schaan is the largest municipality in this small European country, not this capital city
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Vaduz
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City in Negros Occidental province, home to the Angry Christ Church (Saint Joseph the Worker Parish Church)
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Victorias
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Capital of a same-named oblast in southwestern Russia, and hub of the Central Black Earth Region
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Voronezh
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This coastal city in Gujarat state is also known as Somnath, and is an important Hindu pilgrimage site
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Veraval
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The composers Mozart, Schoenberg, and Schubert all called this largest city on the Danube, home
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Vienna
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Third largest city in Bahia state and birthplace of acclaimed filmmaker Glauber Rocha
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Vitória da Conquista
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Capital of the same-named most northwestern Bulgarian province, near the famous town Belogradchik
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Vidin
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Southernmost village in Iceland and home to a famous "black sand beach"
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Vík í Mýrdal
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Third largest city in Venezuela or Spain
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Valencia
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Major suburb of Helsinki that is currently Finland's most unsafe city
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Vantaa
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Capital of a same-named Ukrainian oblast, and largest city in the Podolia historical region
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Vinnytsia
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If you know the largest city in the Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland, you'll easily get this Buenos Aires neighborhood - "Villa ___"
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Villa Lugano
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This city on the Ganges river in Uttar Pradesh is important for Hindus, and is one of the world's oldest continually inhabited cities
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Varanasi
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Suburb of Los Angeles and the largest neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley
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Van Nuys
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Capital of North Ossetia–Alania republic and on the Terek river, home to the famous Mukhtarov Mosque
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Vladikavkaz
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Frédéric Chopin (mid) and George Sand famously lived in this small town on Mallorca island
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Valldemossa
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This city in Minas Gerais is equidistant from Brazil's three largest cities (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte), and has an interesting history with UFOs
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Varginha
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This city in Karnataka state was important historically to the Adil Shahi Dynasty (Sultanate of Bijapur)
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Vijayapura
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Capital of a same-named Russian oblast near Moscow, home to the White Monuments of ___ and Suzdal (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
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Vladimir
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City in Mississippi state and was the last major Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi river
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Vicksburg
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Major port city in Mexico and hub for Son Jarocho music
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Veracruz
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Important Alaskan (state) port city notable for the 1964 Alaska Earthquake and Exxon ___ Oil Tanker Spill (1989)
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Valdez
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City in Limburg province, which Gertruid Bolwater (allegedly) defended during a siege by Emperor Maximilian I
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Venlo
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Third largest city in Armenia and capital of Lori province
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Vanadzor
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Fourth largest city in Washington state, and part of the Portland metropolitan area
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Vancouver
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Bilingual (Finnish/Swedish) capital of Ostrobothnia region, formerly known as Nikolaistad
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Vaasa
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Third largest municipality in Portugal, and major suburb of Porto
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Vila Nova de Gaia
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Third largest city in Albania and capital of a same-named county
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Vlorë
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Europe's southernmost capital city and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Valletta
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Largest city (and capital) of and on a same-named Turkish province and lake respectively
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Van
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Capital of Meta department, known as the "Gateway to the Llanos"
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Villavicencio
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Capital of Kronoberg county and home to Linnaeus University
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Växjö
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Largest city in Andhra Pradesh state, formerly known as Waltair
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Visakhapatnam
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Capital of British Columbia province located on Vancouver island
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Victoria
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Capital of Novgorod oblast and one of Russia's oldest cities
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Veliky Novgorod
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Suburb of Philadelphia home to a same-named university that won the 2016 and 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Championships
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Villanova
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Second largest city in the North Bay region of the Bay Area, and named the most diverse small town in America (2022)
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Vallejo
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City in Gauteng province and important for South Africa's manufacturing industry
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Vereeniging
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California city that forms an urban area with Hesperia and Apple Valley
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Victorville
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Popularly known as Pucela, this city is the de facto capital of Castile and León autonomous community
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Valladolid
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Commune in Yvelines department home to a world-famous Palace
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Versailles
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Capital of Los Ríos region and hit by the 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake
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Valdivia
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Largest city in Veneto region and setting of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
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Verona
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Largest Baltic city, and home to a UNESCO inscribed Old Town
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Vilnius
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This commune in Drôme department is known as France's "Gateway to the South"
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Valence
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The largest and bloodiest battle of World War II took place in this city, then known as Stalingrad
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Volgograd
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Capital of Cesar department lying in a valley between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Serranía del Perijá mountain ranges
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Valledupar
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St. Peter's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel are located in this city
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Vatican City
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City on the Jutland peninsula, and Denmark's ninth largest city
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Vejle
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