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European Geography By Letter - A

Can you guess these European geographical answers that start with the letter A?
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Last updated: December 17, 2019
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First submittedMay 20, 2013
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Clue
Answer
Capital of Greece
Athens
Sea between Italy and the Balkans
Adriatic
Southern region of Spain
Andalusia
Highest mountain range in
Western Europe
Alps
Landlocked country located
mostly in the above
Austria
Capital of the Netherlands
Amsterdam
Western border of Europe, known
as "the pond" to some
Atlantic
Portuguese volcanic islands located
in the above
Azores
Country in the Pyrenees
Andorra
Largest city in Flanders
Antwerp
Clue
Answer
Denmark's second largest city
Aarhus
Nazi concentration camp in Poland
Auschwitz
Southernmost region of Portugal
Algarve
Scotland's "Granite City"
Aberdeen
Sea between Greece and Turkey
Aegean
Majority Muslim country
Albania
Capital of Corsica
Ajaccio
French city once home to the Papacy
Avignon
Largest island in Wales
Anglesey
Historical French region that borders
Germany and Lorraine
Alsace
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Level 71
Apr 9, 2014
It's not Anglesey it's actually Ynys Mon:)
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Level 56
Apr 9, 2014
In Welsh it is Ynys Mon, in English it is Anglesey and considering this is an English quiz where all other answers are anglicized, one would gather that the correct answer for this quiz question is Anglesey.
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Level 80
Oct 29, 2016
Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl wheb galon...
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Level 79
Oct 3, 2017
Yma o hyd
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Level 66
Sep 19, 2019
I guess you missed the smiley @donny, and manofeyes? No need for the lecture
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Level 78
Jul 15, 2020
So why not have 'English name for Largest Welsh island'?

Would that please everyone?

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Level 45
Mar 17, 2023
Then you'll have angry Shqiptari
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Level 70
Apr 8, 2021
qui est faba
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Level 67
Apr 9, 2021
well to be fair, if all the answers on english jetpunk quizes were anglified, then on "largest cities in india" wed have bombay, calcutta, madras, etc
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Level 38
Feb 10, 2023
":)"
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Level 70
May 12, 2019
... or just cut out all Welsh from the site entirely and replace it with 13th century Danish which - by comparison - makes more sense.
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Level 76
Apr 9, 2014
Capital of Corsica - good question.
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Level 42
Mar 20, 2024
this added no value to the conversation.
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Level 76
Apr 9, 2014
"Majority Muslim country" should be made more specific. Azerbaijan and Algeris are also Islamic countries
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Level 86
Apr 9, 2014
"European geography"
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Level 74
Sep 24, 2016
Damn! I was wondering why it wouldn't accept Afghanistan ... forgot what the quiz was half about
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Level 76
Sep 24, 2016
2 years later - I have no idea why I made this comment
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Level 66
Sep 25, 2016
Hahaha
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Level 71
Nov 7, 2016
Because your a glutton for punishment.
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Level 44
Apr 1, 2017
I just realized, one of the "countries" that you named was a capital city.
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Level 79
Oct 3, 2017
Possibly it was at about 9 in the evening on a Friday. That's when I make my least profound comments of the week - though that's not how it seems at the time...
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Level 79
Mar 20, 2019
@Malbaby you're :)
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Level 89
Jan 1, 2020
It's good to be :)
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Level 37
Dec 7, 2017
However, they are not in Europe.
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Level 60
May 22, 2020
Algeria is a majority Muslim country, not Algiers, which is the capital of Algeria.
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Level 83
Apr 9, 2014
They may be 'Islamic countries' but they're not in Europe!
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Level 21
Apr 9, 2014
You should accept Ynys Mon for Anglesey ;)
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Level 92
Apr 9, 2014
What part of 'Starts with the letter A' is so difficult here?
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Level 77
May 14, 2014
2 minutes ago took a quiz with Avignon and still couldn't remember it now!
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Level 81
Sep 26, 2016
I hear the bridge is nice
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Level 66
Mar 12, 2015
I thought the 2nd biggest city in Denmark was Aalborg.
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Level 71
Mar 13, 2015
Aalborg is the 4th largest city in Denmark. Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense are the three largest.
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Level 44
Jun 3, 2017
I didn't even know Denmark had 4 cities :O
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Level 43
Apr 16, 2020
There are also many other cities in Denmark.
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Level 79
Apr 5, 2021
Denmark has 1 city with more than a million people, 3 cities with between 100,000 and 1 million people, and 71 cities with between 10,000 and 100,000 people.
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Level 25
Feb 10, 2023
I kept trying it but didn't know why it wasnt working!
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Level 72
Jan 8, 2016
wouldn't Afghanistan be a majority muslim country that starts with "A"??
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Level 47
Jan 8, 2016
Yes. Yes it would.
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Level 60
Jan 30, 2016
Sure, along with many others. However, only one of them is in Europe.
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Level 41
Apr 17, 2016
Afghanistan is Islam majority
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Level 73
May 3, 2016
But is that country on the European continent?
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Level 48
Sep 24, 2016
"the pond" was a pretty confusing clue about the Atlantic(Unless there is some sort of reference I'm missing here)
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Level 92
Sep 24, 2016
It may be more of an American reference than international. For example, when I was working for a French company, we would characterize a trip to Paris as going "across the pond".
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Level 74
Sep 24, 2016
In the UK we refer to America as being "across the pond"
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Level 67
Dec 29, 2016
It's a fair enough clue.
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Level 68
Apr 1, 2017
I figured it out. But here in NZ, over the pond refers to Australia...
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Level 69
Aug 16, 2020
More commonly, Australia and NZ are referred to as being "over the ditch" from each other, but also sometimes "over the pond".
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Level 63
Sep 26, 2016
That's... unlucky... I got Aarhus but missed the freaking Alps.
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Level 74
Sep 26, 2016
All together now... sur le pont d'Avignon, on y danse, on y danse, sur le pont d'Avignon, on y danse tous en rond.
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Level 19
Sep 26, 2016
Interesting Questions!
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Level 30
Jan 15, 2017
It took me three minutes to spell avignon
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Level 70
May 12, 2019
If France really wanted to do to something for the environment, they'd start spelling their words the way they're pronounced and save countless of trees that get milled into paper. Instead they focus on "practical solutions" like a nuclear energy and tell me things like "please stop writing here. this is a bread shop."
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Level 70
Jul 18, 2020
As a French person myself I'd agree, but 'Avignon' is actually spelled phonetically.
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Level 62
Sep 9, 2020
Ah yes because English pronounciation makes so much sense...
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Level 43
Nov 30, 2021
Could say the same with English as well..
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Level 69
Jan 18, 2017
For more than a year, now, Alsace has not been a region. It was merged with Lorraine and Champagne-Ardenne to form Grand-Est back on 1st January, 2016.

Perhaps make the question about a former region, or replace it completely.

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Level 68
Jan 1, 2020
Strangely I didn't get any points for this featured quiz, one of the 5 first ones of 2020...
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Level 65
Apr 3, 2020
I knew Auschwitz, but couldn't spell it...
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Level 60
Jul 1, 2020
I don't know why I always type Andalusia instead of Andulasia
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Level 75
Jan 7, 2021
?
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Level 78
Jul 15, 2020
Bit awkward that a European geography quiz requires a lot of American knowledge. Is there no way to ask about the Atlantic without reference to what lies on the other side of "The Pond"? Namely, the USA.

For the rest of this discussion, see the quiz entitled European Geography by Letter - P.

;D

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Level 59
Aug 26, 2020
I don't see any question that requires any American knowledge at all, so I'm not sure what you're talking about.
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Level 62
Sep 9, 2020
I think he means that in most, if not all of Europe, no one refers to the Atlantic as 'the Pont'. I'd never heard that in my life.
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Level 78
Nov 20, 2020
Kind of. I mean that the question is framed in a way that (obliquely) references America. I was ironically referring to this pointless argument here: https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/6121/european-geography-by-letter-p
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Level 57
Dec 8, 2021
Azores in Europe?
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Level 72
Feb 27, 2022
I mean, in a way islands are by definition not exactly "in" continents, and one could certainly argue that they're closer to Africa... but they're part of a European country and unlike the Canaries and Madeira they aren't particularly close to Africa either, so it seems fair enough.
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Level 49
Jul 29, 2022
please accept Açores (portuguese spelling) for Azores
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Level 71
Feb 10, 2023
Yay. Shoot-out to Avignon my home city !
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Level 34
Feb 10, 2023
Damn it, couldn’t spell “Auschwitz” correctly.
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Level 63
Feb 13, 2023
Couldn’t remember Algarves, kept trying Algraves.