Six Letter Geography #1

Can you guess these geographic answers that are only six letters long?

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Last updated: November 15, 2014

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First submitted	June 12, 2014
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Description	Answer
Capital of Greece	Athens
Biggest U.S. state by land area	Alaska
Most populous city in Australia	Sydney
Country astride the Dardanelles	Turkey
Mediterranean island nation	Cyprus
World's oldest and deepest lake	Baikal
Capital of England	London
Its full name is the Republic of China	Taiwan
National animal of Canada	Beaver
European country neutral in WWII	Sweden
Canadian province	Quebec
Currency of Indonesia	Rupiah

Description	Answer
World's second-longest river	Amazon
Largest Portuguese-speaking country	Brazil
Largest city in Kazakhstan	Almaty
Famous Central American canal	Panama
EU's longest river	Danube
Baltic republic	Latvia
Country surrounded by Senegal	Gambia
Capital of the above	Banjul
Capital of Colombia	Bogota
Largest city in New England	Boston
Capital of Ireland	Dublin
Longest river in South Africa	Orange

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Level 74

Oct 24, 2014

Balltic country - well, Russia, Sweden, and Poland are also on the Baltic . . .

just sayin'

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Level ∞

Oct 24, 2014

Changed to "Baltic republic", a term that generally means Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.

Level 42

Jan 8, 2017

Besides, Sweden is really part of Scandinavia

Level 67

Apr 22, 2019

They border the baltic sea but arent generally called the baltics right (atleast that is what i would say, havent checked to be sure)

Level 58

May 19, 2021

You're correct. Am Swedish, we've never considered ourselves Baltic by any means and are culturally not close to the Baltic states. We're Scandinavians.

Level 68

May 19, 2021

Germany is also on the Baltic sea, yet I've never heard it called a "Baltic country".

Level 44

Nov 1, 2014

The Orange River is also known as the Gariep River which is also six letters. It should count as well.

Level 55

Nov 14, 2014

Will now accept Gariep and also Groote - another name for the river.

Level 30

Dec 12, 2014

Erikthev wins the internet

Level 67

Apr 22, 2019

Groot(e) rivier just means big river. So (wouldnt it be) sort of a nick name. Ofcourse over time in some instances the description of something becomes the real name. But since it allready has a name. (It might just be when living near london calling it the big city, cause it is the biggest around)

Level 80

Sep 15, 2022

That's really no different from the Rio Grande which also means big river. I guess people just really aren't that creative.

Level 71

Dec 15, 2014

Also Oranje.

Level 41

Mar 11, 2015

oranje

Level 84

Dec 12, 2014

Tried Oranje for Orange, I think it should be accepted.

Level 41

Dec 12, 2014

It should

Level 66

Dec 12, 2014

I was writing "Bosto..." and the quiz finished. Also missed Rupiah and Orange.

Level 44

Dec 12, 2014

100% with 2:25 left. WOOHOO!!!

Level 23

Jan 9, 2016

for one of Canada's national animals, I just thought of Justin Bieber who is from Canada and Bieber sounds like beaver. easy

Level 74

Jan 8, 2017

Bieber means Beaver in German!

Level 74

May 7, 2019

But its spelled Biber

Level 79

Nov 23, 2019

No it's not - it's Biber.

Level 62

Jun 2, 2020

*Biber

Level 71

Feb 1, 2016

IN WW2 - Sweden provided Nazi Germany with iron ore, steel, etc. which assisted Nazi armaments and nullified the UK blockade against Nazi Germany......... not quite neutral.

Level 65

Feb 22, 2016

if you're going off neutral countries selling to warring countries then none in Europe were really neutral, Sweden sold a lot of raw materials to Germany, Ireland sold a lot of food stuffs to Britain, Switzerland bankrolled half the third Reich and the Netherlands tried to be neutral but Germany just didn't get that memo, Sweden was officially neutral though but was just trying to make a quick buck!

Level 78

May 19, 2021

I like your description of what happened to the Netherlands. Apparently the Germans weren't fluent in Dutch.

Sweden also basically had the choice of being neutral and selling Germany material or ending up like Norway and having the German military come and visit. Most of Germany's neighbors (Poland, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, France) have found out the hard way that the German military are not good visitors.

Level 76

Jan 8, 2017

the river called also oranje

Level 80

Jan 8, 2017

How about capital of Croatia?

Level 65

Mar 1, 2020

Zagreb.

Level 75

May 14, 2021

There are many many many capitals with 6 letters!

Level 68

Jan 8, 2017

It took me long enough to learn all the capital cities of the -stan countries, and just when I thought "YUS! Astana", I find out I need to learn more names of cities...

Level 82

Jan 8, 2017

Almaty used to be the capital.

Level 81

Aug 11, 2021

Unfortunately Nur-Sultan is more than 6 letters

Level 45

Jan 11, 2017

I got beaver wrong!!!!!!!!!

Level 19

Nov 6, 2017

What is the meaning of "capital of the above"?

Level 67

Feb 19, 2020

Capital of the previous answer

Level 45

Nov 16, 2018

So thats where Almaty from Civ 5 is.....ok

Level 60

Apr 20, 2019

I would like to contest The Gambia's inclusion in this quiz. The Gambia is the official name of the country and that is more than 6 letters. Thanks! Great quiz, too, I like it!

Level 78

May 19, 2021

Bolivia is officially 'The Plurinational State of Bolivia,' the UK is 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,' and North Korea is 'the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.'

Level 77

May 20, 2021

Except literally no one says "The Bolivia". The Gambia is very common. But then again, so is The Ukraine and no one would balk at Ukraine being labelled as 7 letters.

Level 70

Apr 21, 2019

My knowledge of Swedish history is basically:

Vikings >> something in the middle >> Today

Level 90

Apr 21, 2019

Mine is:

Vikings>>>>>>>ABBA>>Today

Level 67

Feb 19, 2020

Or vikings, lots of metalbands, today. (Im too lazy for the >> atm..)

Level 82

May 19, 2021

You know writing that extra bit at the end took a lot more effort than hitting >>> a few times, right?

Level 65

Jul 3, 2019

THAT'S ME!!! XD

Level 71

May 24, 2020

The Amazon is not second longest because of a recent discovery in Peru Almaty is called nursultan now so you might wanna tweak the clue

Level ∞

Feb 22, 2021

Almaty is still called Almaty.

Level 68

May 19, 2021

Without punctuation, this reads as if Almaty was now called Nursultan because of a recent discovery in Peru, which is just weird.

Level 72

May 19, 2021

Astana was renamed Nur Sultan. Although Almaty has lost its place as the capital, the name has not changed

Level 66

Feb 26, 2021

"European country neutral in WWII" could be Turkey, which was the only reason I answered the previous question with Turkey as the answer. Now Jetpunk considers all of Turkey to be Asian, but that doesn't eliminate it as an actual possible answer.

Level 69

May 19, 2021

Turkey wasn't neutral in WWII. They declared war on the Axis in February, 1945. No Turkish troops saw combat, however.

Level 68

May 19, 2021

So, not neutral - just useless.

Level 78

May 19, 2021

So, like WWI again for them. They were more of a hinderance to Germany than a help in WWI.

Level 30

May 19, 2021

The longest river in Europe is Volga, not Danube