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Post by Quintus Fabius on Oct 10, 2016 21:00:46 GMT
Adapted from NS.
"A very simple game: post a place name with the last letter of the previous."
-- San Lumen, The OP of the NS Geography Game
Try to use the most common trasliteration in English, e.g. Kiev instead of Kyiv, Guangzhou instead of Canton
And historical places use their modern name.
If you wish, tell a bit about the place you write.
I'll start.
Staronizhestebliyevskaya
(It's a place in Russia, and one of the longest placenames in the world)
Addendum 1: Please use
/skip
for non-game stuff, or just put your non-game words after the game part.
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Post by Kaleg Nar on Oct 10, 2016 21:06:59 GMT
Aachen
A center of learning from the days of Charlemagne. Now in Germany.
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Post by Quintus Fabius on Oct 11, 2016 1:46:26 GMT
Frederick the Great, this is what I mean. Naples. Originally Neapolis, a city founded by the ancient Greeks, it was and is onne of the most important Italian cities.
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Post by Desophaeus on Oct 11, 2016 2:45:50 GMT
Scapa Flow
Site of a famous early naval clash between British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy, and also where the Germans sucessfully scuttled a high percentage of their ships at the end of WW1 to prevent the British from taking them.
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Post by Frederick the Great on Oct 11, 2016 6:29:23 GMT
Scapa Flow Site of a famous early naval clash between British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy, and also where the Germans sucessfully scuttled a high percentage of their ships at the end of WW1 to prevent the British from taking them. Wagga Wagga (please let's get to L I have a place name that starts with that I really wanna use) Wagga Wagga is an inland Australian city and is important millitaryly, transportly and agriculturally (according to Wikipedia) |
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Post by Quintus Fabius on Oct 11, 2016 16:37:27 GMT
Almaty
Largest city in Kazakhstan and a major historical city. Used to be Kazakhstan's capital.
Also seen in WC3.
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Post by Desophaeus on Oct 11, 2016 16:41:11 GMT
Yavin IV, the location of the secret rebel base! Just kidding, you guys  Yalta, the resort city on the shore of Black Sea. The town came to worldwide attention in 1945 when the Yalta Conference between the "Big Three" powers - the Soviet Union, the United States and the United Kingdom - was held at the Livadia Palace. |
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Post by Quintus Fabius on Oct 11, 2016 16:46:47 GMT
Ardabil A large city in NW Iran. Existing from the time of the Achaemenid Empire, it has been an important city both economically and Historically. Frederick the Great, happy now? |
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Post by Napoleon Bonaparte on Oct 11, 2016 20:24:57 GMT
Karachi.
Been around since Alexander the Great.
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Post by Desophaeus on Oct 11, 2016 20:33:09 GMT
Karachi. Been around since Alexander the Great. Karachi starts with a K, not a L. The previous place ends with a L, so you're supposed to post a place that starts with that letter. |
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Post by Frederick the Great on Oct 11, 2016 20:34:09 GMT
Ardabil A large city in NW Iran. Existing from the time of the Achaemenid Empire, it has been an important city both economically and Historically. Frederick the Great, happy now? Yes very happy thank you  Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch It's a town in Wales. |
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Post by Desophaeus on Oct 11, 2016 21:01:29 GMT
Honolulu - beautiful city, good spot for a vacation in Hawaii.
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Post by Frederick the Great on Oct 11, 2016 21:09:20 GMT
Ulster. I believe it's a city in Ireland.
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Post by Quintus Fabius on Oct 11, 2016 21:19:18 GMT
Ulster. I believe it's a city in Ireland. A province, but acceptable as I said placenames. Ravenna. A historical city in NE Italy, it used to be the capital of the Western Roman empire for a while because of its defensibility (it was situated around a swamp at the time; now the swamps and its port have been filled in), and then the capital of the Ostrogothic Kingdom. |
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Post by Stonewall Jackson on Oct 11, 2016 21:45:02 GMT
Anchorage. Biggest city in Alaska, accounting for almost half of Alaska's total population.
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