South Downs Scrabble Club

PLACES OR RIVERS (G—L)

 

GALILEE – region of N. Israel
GAMBIA – country on the coast of West Africa
GARRYOWEN – locality in the Irish city of Limerick – well known for rugby
GARTH – several villages/localities around Britain
GENEVA – a Swiss canton, city and lake
GENOA – historic city of NW Italy
GOLGOTHA – another name for CALVARY
GOOSEY – village in Oxfordshire, near Wantage
GOSPORT – town on Portsmouth harbour, south part of Hampshire
GREECE – country of South-Eastern Europe
GREENY – found on the Orkney Islands
GRUYERE – district in Switzerland, well known for its cheese
GUERNSEY – the second largest Channel Island
HACKNEY – area of E London
HADES – one hell of a place
HAMBURG – a city and port found in Northern Germany
HASSOCKS – small town in West Sussex
HASTINGS – battle site of King Harold’s defeat
HAUGH – localitiy near Milnrow, Greater Manchester
HAVERING – borough of Greater London
HAYLE – place in Cornwall, near St. Ives
HOLLAND – part of the Netherlands and locality adjoining Oxted, Surrey
HOY – second largest of the Orkney Islands
HYTHE – cinque port and Kent resort
ILIUM – an alternative name for the city of Troy
INLANDS - locality near Southbourne, West Sussex
JAPAN – country in North-east Asia
JAVA – a large Indonesian island in the Malay archipelago
JERSEY – the largest of the Channel Islands
JODHPUR – city in Western India
JORDAN – river and country of South-west Asia
KASHMIR – disputed region between Pakistan and India
KELLY – hamlet of Devon, south-east of Launceston
KELVIN – river in Strathclyde region
KENNET – district of Wiltshire
KENT – a county of eastern England
kERSEY – Suffolk village near Hadley
KITCHENER – a city in Ontario, southern Canada
KLONDIKE – a river and region in Yukon that had rich gold deposits
KREMLIN – citadel or fortress within Russian cities
KRYPTON – home planet of Superman
KURGAN – a city in central Russia
kYLE – North Yorkshire river that flows into the River Ouse
LABRADOR – northeastern part of the Canadian mainland
LANA – locality of Devon near Holsworthy
LANGLEY – frequent name of places in Great Britain
LAVER – river rising on Dallowgill moor, North Yorkshire
LESBOS –  an alternative name of the Aegean island of Levbos
LETHE – the river of oblivion in Hades
LEVANT – the Eastern Mediterranean region
LEWIS – largest island of the Outer Hebrides
LIEGE – industrial city of Belgium
LIMA – capital of Peru
LIONEL – village on north of Lewis, Western Isles
LOGAN – village near Cumnock, East Ayrshire
LOGIE – village west of Leuchars, Fife
LOME – capital and the chief port of Togo, located on the Gulf of Guinea
LOVAT – alternative name for the River Ouzel
LUCERNE – a Swiss tourist centre

 

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