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Four Letter Place Names #2

Based on the hints, guess these place names that are only four letters long.
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Last updated: February 15, 2019
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First submittedOctober 7, 2013
Times taken32,039
Rating4.00
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One of the Great Lakes
Erie
Mongolian desert
Gobi
Country ruled by an ayatollah
Iran
"The Biggest Little City in the World"
Reno
U.S. Pacific island territory
Guam
Mountain visible from Portland, Oregon
Hood
City of Homer's "Iliad"
Troy
Most populous Hawaiian island
Oahu
Third biggest city in France
Lyon
Capital of Norway
Oslo
Second biggest city in Ireland
Cork
Clue
Answer
Capital of Ukraine
Kiev
Walled city of northern England
York
Home state to eight U.S. presidents
Ohio
Roman name for France and surrounding areas
Gaul
California wine valley
Napa
Roman spa town of England
Bath
New Zealand mountain also called Aoraki
Cook
It's next to Benin
Togo
"Strip" of Palestinian territory
Gaza
Sicilian volcano
Etna
Cologne, in German
Köln
kalbahamut
+4
Level 81
Jan 28, 2014
I missed three mountains but got everything else- guess I need to brush up on my mountain trivia.
bogomir
+2
Level 48
Jan 28, 2014
No Cuba? I missed that
stylus
+1
Level 56
Sep 21, 2019
it's in Four Letter Place Names #1
Geomath1
+1
Level 34
Jan 28, 2014
Could not Wake be accepted as an island territory?
OneMoreDown
+1
Level 53
Jan 29, 2014
Good call, but perhaps because it has no indigenous inhabitants?
skillmaster9000
+1
Level 55
Oct 19, 2015
I think it is technically Wake Island.
Jerry928
+1
Level 74
Jun 9, 2016
It's also disputed - the Marshall Islands claim Wake as well.
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Jan 25, 2015
If I lived in Portland, Oregon I would have got 100%.
Bdubz
+1
Level 44
Jul 12, 2019
I live in Chicago and have never been to Portland but I got that one.
ChipOtley
+1
Level 76
Dec 23, 2015
too euro-centric
prdoz
+5
Level 72
Jun 11, 2016
9 questions out of 22 about Europe and 7 about the US, 2 of which are pretty obscure if you aren't American - Reno and Ohio. I'm not sure why you feel this is "Euro-Centric"
scott4real
+5
Level 64
Jan 24, 2018
Too Portland-centric for me. That being said, complaining about Reno is fine. Ohio though? There are only 3 US states with 4 letters.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 71
Nov 9, 2020
No.
triviaolivia
+6
Level 58
Dec 27, 2015
Anyone else try "Jerry" for "it's next to Benin"?

(Then tried "Jeri" to stick to 4 letters. Oh, ignorance, you are delicious.)

WanHuangdi
+1
Level 74
Sep 20, 2019
I think that “Ben In Jerry” would be a far different company than the current incarnation.
Yossarian
+2
Level 65
Feb 22, 2016
Very disappointed that Doom is not accepted for the Kiwi Mountain
GrandMo
+1
Level 73
Jun 9, 2016
Had the clue read "It's native name is Ngaruahoe," I would totally be with you.
jimitek
+1
Level 59
Sep 30, 2016
Mt Cook is Aoraki, in the Sth Is. Ngaruahoe is Ngaruahoe, in the Nth Is.
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 65
Mar 25, 2019
Ngauruhoe.
Hominka
+1
Level 76
Apr 3, 2016
guatemala --- er -- got 'em all with 2:51 to go!
georgekotz
+2
Level 71
Jun 2, 2016
"Biggest little city"? That's weird... Is there a reason for this nickname?
ander217
+2
Level 78
Jun 9, 2016
There's an arch built over a street in downtown Reno, and someone submitted that slogan as the winning entry in a contest to come up with a city slogan to be painted on the arch. (It makes one wonder what the losing slogans were.)
tom88
+3
Level 67
Jun 9, 2016
"Reno, That other city in Nevada!"
Thorvald
+1
Level 60
Jun 14, 2016
Far better clue for Reno would have been "R.E.M.'s song "All The Way to...""
TheodoreE45
+1
Level 78
Dec 19, 2018
RENO FOREVER!
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Nov 17, 2019
I have heard of reno but I dont think many people not from the US know that description. If it was other city in nevada I think I would ve gotten it.
Elan
+1
Level 62
Jun 9, 2016
All great crossword puzzle answers...
Tomtrific
+3
Level 74
Dec 18, 2018
Wouldn't the Roman (Latin) name for France be Gallia?
Relox84
+1
Level 67
Sep 20, 2020
Yes. In fact, while "Gaul" (in French "Gaule") is the usual translation of the Latin word "Gallia", the two are actually etymologically unrelated: the former comes from a Germanic root that referred to 'foreign' (eg non germanic) people, and also gave words like Wales and Wallachia. I think the hint ought to be changed a bit.
DeeB
+3
Level 48
Mar 29, 2019
Too many American ones. There's a whole world out there, chaps.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Nov 17, 2019
The only bad clue was reno imo. This quiz didn't feel unbalanced at all (which indeed isnt always the case).

As long as it is questions people outside of the US (or whatever country the question is about) have a chance of getting it is fine.

Koult45
+1
Level 49
Nov 9, 2020
I'm surprised so many people got Koln! The only reason I know that is because I took German in college. Did 57% of people take German in college, or are they just smarter than me?

By the way, the reason I marked this comment: the Reno question is, in my opinion, very bad and should be replaced. Or at least, the hint should be changed to something that is not a tourist slogan.

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