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Asian Geography By Letter - S

Can you guess these Asian geographical answers that start with the letter S?
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Last updated: December 12, 2016
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First submittedJanuary 22, 2014
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Clue
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"The Teardrop of India"
Sri Lanka
Country with a belligerent
northern neighbor
South Korea
Capital of the above
Seoul
Where chewing gum is banned
Singapore
Ancient trading route from
China to Europe
Silk Road
Vast, frigid region of Eastern Russia
Siberia
One of two countries that
border Lebanon
Syria
Former name of Ho Chi Minh City
Saigon
Island where you'd find orangutans
Sumatra
Southwestern Chinese province
known for spicy cuisine
Sichuan
Pakistan, India, and
Bangladesh collectively
Indian
Subcontinent
Clue
Answer
Capital of Yemen
Sana'a
City to Hong Kong's immediate north
Shenzhen
The Maluku islands of Indonesia;
known for nutmeg, clove, and mace
Spice Islands
Indonesian island once called Celebes
Sulawesi
Country with vast oil reserves
Saudi Arabia
Home to the Pudong skyline
Shanghai
Sea bordered by China, Vietnam,
and Philippines
South China Sea
Mangrove region of Bengal that is
home to many tigers
Sundarbans
The vast Eurasian grasslands
Steppe
Largest city on Hokkaido
Sapporo
Currency of Israel
Shekel
23 Comments
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Level 76
Oct 13, 2014
Shizuan, Shisuan, Sitsuan .. I can't spell that for the life of me! Shengsen is the other one I got trouble with.
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Level 51
Dec 2, 2017
I know how you feel mate. I had sachuan and sundaban. Please have mercy Quizmaster!
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Level 90
Dec 8, 2018
Awesome that certain countries keep changing their place names insisting that it's so foreigners pronounce it "correctly" by using an irrational sequence of letters.
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Level 76
Aug 10, 2021
Why can't everybody copy the rational sequence of letters that make up the words of the written English language?
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Level 65
Aug 29, 2024
I don't know if you're joking or are you so narcissistic
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Level 80
Mar 8, 2020
What is 'Shengsen'?
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Level 59
Aug 20, 2020
Probably Shenzhen, if I had to guess.
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Level 81
Jan 7, 2015
Managed to spell the Chinese region but missed the Bengali one. Don't recall hearing of that one before.
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Level 94
Jan 7, 2015
Must be too early in the morning. I Tried Sanya (and various spellings) for a full minute before I realized my mind had jumped to the wrong island.
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Level 66
Jan 8, 2015
I accidentally typed in "swagon" instead of "Saigon", then wondered why it didn't work
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Level 51
Jul 23, 2015
That's the part of the city that has a lot of swag. :P
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Level 44
Aug 10, 2021
lol
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Level 23
Feb 26, 2024
lol
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Level 38
Aug 10, 2021
Indian subcontinent also consists of Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Maldives. 1
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Level 48
Aug 10, 2021
True
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Level 59
Aug 10, 2021
Currency has nothing to do with Geography in my opinion
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Level 66
Aug 17, 2021
Economic geography is the subfield of human geography which studies economic activity...
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Level 53
Aug 10, 2021
i remember sulawesi island because it means unfrozen water or molten water in finnish :)
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Level 72
Jul 12, 2024
Interesting! :)

Edit did some looking around. Found lots of interesting things. But one I thought I'd mention is that just "sula" has a wide variety of meaning in different languages, very interesting to see. (I have come across this more often when meandering through wiktionary, and I always think, if you name something, a child, a company, whatever, be very sure to check if it doesn't mean something weird in another language :) )

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Level 72
Aug 10, 2021
I got both Syria and Saudi Arabia from guessing the belligerent Northern neighbor clue, and Sulawesi from guessing the orangutan clue.
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Level 16
Aug 15, 2021
chewing gum isn’t banned in singapore. you just can’t SELL it.
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Level 86
Jun 9, 2022
I think you can get a prescription for it too
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Level 65
Mar 5, 2024
do you get it when you have no jawline