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Capital Cities Matching Countries By Last Letter

Name the capital cities for which the last letters of the names (in English) match the last letters of their corresponding country names. Spelling counts!
Not included: Mexico City, Kuwait City, Luxembourg City, Panama City, Jersey City, Sin City, Paradise City, or Circuit City.
Quiz by mightythor
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Last updated: November 11, 2023
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First submittedSeptember 11, 2014
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Continent
Country
Capital
Africa
Nigeria
Abuja
Ghana
Accra
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Eritrea
Asmara
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau
Djibouti
Djibouti
Tanzania
Dodoma
Zimbabwe
Harare
Uganda
Kampala
Angola
Luanda
Zambia
Lusaka
Liberia
Monrovia
Mauritius
Port Louis
South Africa
Pretoria
Sao Tome and Príncipe
Sao Tome
Asia
Jordan
Amman
Indonesia
Jakarta
Singapore
Singapore
Iran
Tehran
Continent
Country
Capital
Europe
Andorra
Andorra la Vella
Slovakia
Bratislava
Slovenia
Ljubljana
Monaco
Monaco
Latvia
Riga
San Marino
San Marino
Bulgaria
Sofia
Albania
Tirana
Malta
Valletta
Vatican City
Vatican City
Austria
Vienna
North America
Cuba
Havana
Nicaragua
Managua
Canada
Ottawa
El Salvador
San Salvador
Oceania
Samoa
Apia
Australia
Canberra
Tonga
Nukuʻalofa
South America
Colombia
Bogota
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Level 66
Feb 12, 2021
Now, there is a version with hints.
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Level 76
Sep 12, 2014
No South America?
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Level 66
Sep 12, 2014
I was going to say there aren't any, but I missed one. Thanks.
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Level 66
Dec 14, 2014
Only missed Bissau and Kampala. Nice quizz!
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Level 76
Dec 19, 2014
Made with 0:20 left - cool quiz!
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Level 23
Jan 24, 2015
what about canada? The capital of canada is ottawa, hence them both ending in a
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Level 66
Jan 24, 2015
It's there.
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Level 73
Jan 21, 2018
I don't believe Luxembourg should be here. The capital is Luxembourg city
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Level 80
Feb 26, 2018
Some believe, and some know.
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Level 66
Feb 26, 2018
Fair point. Updated.
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Level 76
Mar 2, 2020
On this site, Luxembourg (without city) is standard. So I would add it again.
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Level 74
Jul 21, 2019
What about Slovakia and Bratislava?
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Level 66
Jul 24, 2019
It's there.
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Level 52
Jul 31, 2019
How about Mexico?
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Level 66
Aug 16, 2019
Mexico City ends in Y.
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Level 49
Sep 5, 2019
Difficult but fun!
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Level 60
Dec 1, 2019
The actual capital of Kazakhstan is called Nur-Sultan, so...
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Level 66
Dec 2, 2019
Thanks.
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Level 55
Apr 15, 2020
The dropdown menu's URLs link to the preview of the quiz...which only you can see...not the actual quiz itself.
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Level 66
Apr 26, 2020
I am not seeing the behavior.

Shoot me a message on reddit.

Maybe you can show me what is happening.

Username is mightierthor.

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Level 55
Apr 19, 2021
Nvm, it's working now
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Level 60
Aug 20, 2020
I believe Sri Lanka should be there
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Level 66
Aug 20, 2020
Sri Lanka ends in "a". Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte ends in "e".
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Level 60
Feb 12, 2021
what about Angola?
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Level 66
Feb 12, 2021
It's in there.

Remember you are entering the capital, not the country.

Maybe I should adjust the colors to remind people of that.

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Level 64
Apr 19, 2021
Aka "the rhyme quiz"

Nicely thought out

Thanks!

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Level 70
Apr 23, 2021
More time would be great
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Level 60
Jul 1, 2021
Nice quiz! My only nitpick is that Luxembourg is like some other capitals you included that I won't name; it doesn't have 'City' at the end as stated in the caveat, at least not to my knowledge.
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Level 78
Apr 11, 2022
Missing: BishkeK - capital of Kyrgyzstan
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Level 70
Apr 13, 2022
kyrgyzstan would have to end in k for that
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Level 54
Nov 10, 2022
Kazakhstan's capital no longer ends with an N (Astana)
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Level 66
Nov 11, 2022
I wish they'd make up their minds.
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Level 88
Nov 13, 2022
Bankruptcy and Circuit City both end in Y.
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Level 56
Feb 26, 2024
portugal????