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Five Letter Geography #3

Can you guess these geographic answers that are only five letters long?
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First submittedJune 8, 2014
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One of four "countries" of the UK
Wales
Name for that country in its native language
Cymru
Land of the pharaohs
Egypt
Portugal's second biggest city
Porto
Landform formed when a river meets the sea
Delta
One of India's two official languages
Hindi
Country that is more than 4000 kilometers
long but only about 200 kilometers wide
Chile
Italian fashion capital
Milan
U.S. state closest to Africa, distance-wise
Maine
Capital city starting with Q
Quito
Language of the Netherlands
Dutch
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City famous for South Beach
Miami
Capital of Bangladesh
Dhaka
Capital of Western Australia
Perth
Biggest city in Yorkshire
Leeds
Home to the world's tallest building
Dubai
Capital of South Korea
Seoul
Capital near the site of ancient Carthage
Tunis
World's second largest religion
Islam
River on Germany's western border
Rhine
American site of witch trials in 1692
Salem
Israeli desert
Negev
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Level 62
Jul 21, 2014
According to Wikipedia Sheffield is the biggest city in Yorkshire with 513.324 people and Leeds the second biggest city with 440.954 people living there.
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Level 45
Sep 11, 2014
Leeds, 750k+

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_population

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Level ∞
Jul 12, 2016
British population numbers are weird. Let's not overthink it. Leeds fits. It has five letters. The answer is fine. Remember, the "city" of London only has a population of a few thousand if we're going to be super technical.
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Level 29
Dec 23, 2017
I live in leeds - the city is not really that huge however it has a lot of villages that fall under the leeds post code which means its bigger
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Level 77
May 21, 2019
I lived 25 years in Sheffield. It's not as big as Leeds.
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Level 59
Oct 29, 2021
Post codes are nothing to do with city boundaries, they are used for efficient delivery of post, no more than that.
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Level 36
Oct 29, 2021
Sheffield is not bigger than Leeds. Source:lived in both and a proper Yorkshireman. Al nut thi if tha gets in ma face again
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Level 83
Sep 11, 2014
95% knew Wales, but less than a quarter know how to say it in Welsh. I find that contrast amusing.
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Level 65
Jun 27, 2017
Simply said: Coyuznik, that was a fail of a comment.
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Level 88
Sep 6, 2018
100% know "China" in English. Maybe ½% know 中国. Probably a few percent around here know Zhōngguó. China's a subject of general conversation 1,000 times than Wales. I'm sure there's some humor there.
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Level 77
May 21, 2019
Given that (at a rough guess) one sixth of the World's population are Chinese, it seems highly unlikely that only 0.5% of the World's population know how to spell "China" in Mandarin.
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Level 66
Aug 9, 2019
I think he meant half of the percantage, 50%. Either way. He is talking about "around here" and not out there the big scary world that excist outside of the computer screen ;)
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Level 59
Oct 29, 2021
Why is that amusing?
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Level 40
Apr 3, 2022
I'm not sure
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Level 63
Sep 11, 2014
Sheffield is bigger than Leeds in both area and population
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Level 71
Apr 27, 2017
Leeds 751k Sheffield 551k. Leeds wins by 200k
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Level 74
Jan 22, 2019
Nor is Sheffield even bigger in area: 213 square miles vs 142 square miles
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Level 62
Jun 30, 2020
Bradford is a distinct city, even if it has joined the Leeds conurbation
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Level ∞
May 16, 2023
All this discussion just shows that British city boundaries are hopelessly convoluted and make little sense. Furthermore, British government agencies often don't have decent public data and sometimes provide contradictory information. There's no hope in making sense of any of it.

That said, Leeds is the only answer that has 5 letters which can be plausibly considered.

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Level 75
Sep 11, 2014
This one was difficult for me, but that just means I'm learning new things. Thanks, QM!
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Level 47
Sep 11, 2014
I missed Islam because I had misread "religion" to "region". Shame on me.
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Level 30
Dec 12, 2014
Region could work as well. China, India. ;p
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Level 66
Sep 11, 2014
"Landform formed when a river meets the sea" - Mouth?
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Level 53
Sep 13, 2014
I don't think a "mouth" is considered a landform, but it's a good thought.
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Level 19
Sep 11, 2014
If you play Age of Empires you get a free answer :)
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Level 44
Sep 15, 2014
Is it that Tunis thing?
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Level 30
Dec 12, 2014
Age of Empires is one of my favourite games, and I have no idea which answer to this quiz TeuKi is referencing.
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Level 62
Apr 7, 2017
Tatars. One of the groups/races/whatever in AoE. Super fun game -- Huns, Goths, Charlemagne, Tatars, Trebuchets... I learned a lot from it
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Level 56
Apr 27, 2017
Wait a second, when did AoE teach you about Tatars? I've never seen them in the game.
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Level 91
Mar 7, 2017
Nice quiz, thanks.
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Level 37
May 1, 2017
How is a Israeli desert to do with geography
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Level ∞
May 1, 2017
Mmmm. Tasty Israeli desert.
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Level 89
Oct 29, 2021
Just don't take it with you when you're walking in the dessert because it will melt very quickly.
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Level 68
Jan 29, 2021
Know a good place for a negev? Or baklava?
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Level 51
Oct 29, 2021
its physical geography
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Level 66
Aug 9, 2019
I typed chili like 6 times ( maybe more...) I couldnt understand what was wrong and was sure it had to be it. Is(n't) that spelling usually accepted? Otherwise it would ve clicked with me if not the first time, then the 2nd time.

Or something in my mind suddenly broke haha. I have never had any issues with chile on a quize before (and just now I typed chili again, so really feel like it is normally accepted)

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Level 59
Oct 29, 2021
Considering in both English and Spanish the name of the country is spelled Chile, I'm not sure chili should be accepted. I've never seen chili used as an variation of Chile. Didn't it occur to you that if typing 'chili' after a few times didn't work, then you should try some other spelling?
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Level 72
Dec 28, 2021
Always great when we see this in the comments… someone having a pop at someone about spelling, and they almost always manage to spell something wrong. It’s buteiful…
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Level 35
Nov 7, 2023
in Dutch we spell Chile as Chili :)
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Level 82
Oct 30, 2023
Did you know that real chile isn't made with beans?
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Level 60
Sep 2, 2020
30 seconds left and I suddenly realise why I can only get alternating answers. I should read the description and see it's not a chain quiz :)
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Level 35
Nov 14, 2021
I completely misunderstood that 2nd question. I thought the awnser was a synonym of exonym.
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Level 62
Jan 7, 2022
Amazing that "Maine" was the one to get me.
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Level 68
Aug 9, 2023
For the river meeting the sea, I tried "mouth" multiple times without it to work, and not all rivers meet the sea as a delta, the formulation kinda implies that it is always the case