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Based on the clues, can you guess these Asian cities which start with each letter of the alphabet?
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First submittedSeptember 25, 2013
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Hint
City
A
Where the Taj Mahal is located
Agra
B
Capital written as กรุงเทพมหานคร in its own language
Bangkok
C
Largest city in Sri Lanka
Colombo
D
Where Emirates Airline is based
Dubai
E
Israeli resort city on the Gulf of Aqaba, an offshoot of the Red Sea
Eilat
F
Largest city on the island of Kyushu
Fukuoka
G
Together with nearby cities such as Shenzhen and Dongguan, it constitutes the world's most populous urban area
Guangzhou
H
Named for a Vietnamese leader
Ho Chi Minh City
I
U.S. forces landed near here in 1950, leading to the recapture of Seoul
Incheon
J
Capital of Indonesia
Jakarta
K
City whose Petronas Towers were once the tallest buildings in the world
Kuala Lumpur
L
Where the Dalai Lama lived before fleeing to India
Lhasa
M
Former Portuguese colony in China
Macau
N
Struck by an atomic bomb in 1945
Nagasaki
O
Where takoyaki (octopus balls) were invented in 1935
Osaka
P
Where Kim Jong-un lives
Pyongyang
Q
City in Iran that is a major pilgrimage site for Shia Muslims (hint: its name has only three letters)
Qom
R
Administrative center of the Palestinian Authority
Ramallah
S
Known as the "Lion City"
Singapore
T
City whose U.S. embassy was raided in 1979
Tehran
U
In Mongolian, its name means "Red Hero"
Ulaanbaatar
V
Ganges holy city also called Benares
Varanasi
W
Formed by the consolidation of Wuchang, Hankou, and Hanyang in 1927
Wuhan
X
Megacity on the Chinese side of the Strait of Taiwan
Xiamen
Y
Largest city in Myanmar, formerly known as Rangoon
Yangon
Z
City on the Yellow River where the Shang dynasty built a walled city c. 1500 BC
Zhengzhou
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36 Comments
rgc1600
+4
Level 74
Nov 20, 2013
Chinese city names keep changing to make them more authentic, at least that's the way it seems in English. No way to figure out what's what anymore.
Jiaozira
+15
Level 72
May 7, 2016
They changed around twenty years ago to match the more accurate pinyin system of writing Chinese in English letters.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Apr 19, 2026
I have to say it's still not super accurate. I'm not sure why they use X for the "sh" sound for instance.

Or Zhengzhou. The first syllable sounds like "Jung" and the second syllable sounds like "Joe".

If they just spelled it Jungjoe, then English speakers could get kinda close. But instead Zhengzhou and there's literally zero chance.

RedPenguinLol
+6
Level 87
Apr 20, 2026
It's because there are already other sounds that are represented by "sh", "j", and "u". For instance, the "sha" in Shanghai is pronounced differently from the "xia" in Xiamen, but that distinction doesn't really exist in English. Pinyin wasn't designed with only English speakers in mind, but also for use by Chinese people, who would be very confused by the standard English practice of assigning multiple pronunciations to the same letters or syllables. Rightfully so, as English spelling is a complete mess. That being said, I do think they went a little off the rails for iu (iou) and ui (uei), where dropping the middle letter makes it impossible to intuit.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Apr 20, 2026
Fair enough. If its for Chinese speakers, then I guess it makes sense. For English speakers, it is not very useful unless you were to spend a lot of time studying it.

You actively have to fight against how words "should" sound.

stromae
+1
Level 70
May 19, 2026
That's how other languages work... Nobody speaks other languages or names their cities just so that English speakers or Americans can know how to pronounce it... i mean we can say the same thing about French, who has a million letters in words that are somehow all silent. It's not designed for you to pronounce or spell or whatever. A very American take indeed, but after being on your site for 12 years, I don't expect anything less.
ander217
+4
Level 73
Dec 19, 2016
I always just type ngzhou and put whatever letter is needed at the beginning, trying different vowels, and if that doesn't work, then eliminate the "g" and try again. I first tried zangzhous and then zengzhou and I got credit for that one. Gungzhou, Hangzhou, Tengzhou, Wengzhou, Changzhou, Yangzhou, Wenzhou, Quanzhou, Lanzhou, etc.
Cooldrive
+1
Level 64
Feb 2, 2021
Wowzhwers!
ForgingIron
+4
Level 31
Nov 20, 2013
You should do quizzes like these for all the continents.
ruudsje
+2
Level 68
Nov 20, 2013
Good one, quite hard because of the spelling, lenient enough though.
kitshef
+2
Level 88
May 13, 2014
Not lenient enough for some of us Guangzu and Fukujima, for example, not accepted.
pkerr116
+1
Level 71
Feb 1, 2021
I typed Fukujima at first as well.
M40A3
+1
Level 67
May 19, 2026
Maybe because those just aren't correct lmao I guess you could argue Guangzu as just a horrendous misspelling of Guangzhou, however, you clearly confused Fukuoka with Fukushima (or maybe Iwo Jima? or both lmao) which is on the complete other side of the country. That's just not correct. I know the questions/answers to these quizzes change so maybe the answer used to be Fukushima but in that case you still just mashed Fukushima together with Iwo Jima which again just isn't correct. That's not a misspelling.
Sly67
+1
Level 77
Mar 7, 2014
could you accept teheran and lhassa ?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Oct 24, 2016
Okay
Neptune777
+1
Level 71
Aug 15, 2016
Missed only Z.
BrunoLP
+1
Level 78
Dec 20, 2016
I typed Zhangzhou instead of Zhengzhou :(
maethowie
+1
Level 68
Apr 21, 2018
Missed Beijing. *facepalm*
QatariFerrari
+3
Level 87
Dec 23, 2018
Too Sinocentric!!
introvertigo
+1
Level 43
Mar 4, 2019
Easy!
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 78
Sep 5, 2019
Got all ten that less than 60% of people get, but missed 2/16 that are gotten by 60% of people or more. Suspicious......
daybaek
+1
Level 46
Dec 6, 2019
i put in wuhan as a hunch and it was right
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 87
Jan 11, 2020
Please accept Zingo for Zhengzhou.
ananjon
+1
Level 66
Jul 23, 2020
All correct
DaveH
+2
Level 47
Feb 1, 2021
I'm always fascinated by "Ho Chi Minh City" as a quiz answer as NO ONE in the southern part of Vietnam, let alone in the city itself, calls it anything other than Saigon. You can't even find a tee shirt which references Ho Chi Minh City.
ing
+1
Level 73
Feb 2, 2021
Zhengzhou is really obscure. I'd think a better Z would be "Province north of Fujian". It's a whole province!
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Apr 19, 2026
Obscure? It has a population of 12.6 million and is arguably the birthplace of Chinese civilization.
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Feb 3, 2021
When you have a go and guess Zhenzhou... then see the correct answer at the end.
cocachiantos
+2
Level 75
Aug 19, 2024
Indonesia's new capital city is Nusantara
Algarve
+3
Level 70
Jan 2, 2025
No, it is not (yet)
dshyx6
+1
Level 71
Apr 19, 2026
Wuhan is formed by Hankou, Wuchang and Hanyang. HANYANG，not HANYAN.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Apr 19, 2026
Fixed
cuendillar
+1
Level 72
Apr 20, 2026
I kinda overthought some answers here - like actually sounding out the Thai script (Krung Thep Maha Nakhon) instead of just guessing the obvious B city in that country and then weirdly coming up with Okayama before Osaka as a Japanese city with O.
skintyalfia
+2
Level 58
Apr 20, 2026
great quiz, need more representation from the Stan countries though.
Xtrordinary
+2
Level 75
Apr 22, 2026
They could've named it Wuhanhan
LooserFromIndia
+1
Level 51
May 19, 2026
Jeez couldn't spell lhasa and zhengzhou🤦‍♂️
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