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PLACES OR RIVERS (S—Z)

SANTOS – Brazilian port located SE of Sao Paulo
SARGASSO – sea surrounding the Bermuda Is. European eels spawn here
SARK – one of the Channel Islands
SAXONY – historical territories of Germany
SEALYHAM – locality south of Fishguard, Dyfed
SEINE – river that flows through Paris
SHANGHAI – city port and municipality of China
SODOM – a depraved city mentioned in the Bible (Genesis)
SOHO – a seedy area of London
SOLFERINO – town in Lombardy, Italy – site of nearby battle in 1859
SOMERSET – county in the west of England
SPAIN – European country on the Iberian peninsula
SPEEDWELL – district of Bristol, east of city centre
STEPNEY – district in the borough of Tower Hamlets, London
STROUD – villlage of Hampshire and town in Gloucestershire
SUMATRA – an island of Greater Sunda, Indonesia
SURAT – city in W. India – site of East India Company’s first trading post
SURREY – a county of southern England
TAMWORTH – district and town of Staffordshire
TANAGRA – a town in ancient Boeotia
TANGIER – inner district of Taunton
TARA – palace and coronation site of many Irish kings
TARSUS – city in Icel province, south-eastern Turkey
TELFORD – new town of Shropshire
TEXAS – the Lone Star State in the USA
THORPE - common name for villages in the north of England
TIFFIN – seat of Seneca county, north-central Ohio
TILBURY – a large container port in Essex
TOLEDO – city in central Spain on the river Tagus, also city in NW Ohio
TONGA – Polynesian country in the south-west Pacific
TRIPOLI – major cities of Libya and Lebanon
TRITON – the largest of Neptune’s moons
TROY – ancient city of Asia Minor, site of Trojan War
TUPELO – city, seat of Lee county in NE Mississippi
TWEED – river rising in Scotland at Tweed’s Well
TYNE – a river in the north of England
ULSTER – Northern Ireland
VALENCIA – autonomous region of eastern Spain, and a Venezuelan city
VENUS – the sister planet of Earth
VICHY – town of France famous for it’s spa
VIKING – sea area and weather region
VICTORIA – an Australian state, also the capital of the Seychelles
VOLTA – an African lake and river
WALES – country of Britain and the UK
WALLSEND – town near Newcastle situated at the end of Hadrian’s Wall
WANTAGE – Oxfordshire town, birthplace of King Alfred
WAPPING – in borough of Tower Hamlets, London
WARSAW – the capital of Poland, on the River Vistula
WATCHET – a port on the Bristol Channel
WATERLOO – small town in central Belgium. Major battle fought nearby
WELLING – locality in borough of Bexley, London
WIGAN – a town in Greater Manchester, NW England
WIGHT – island, sea area and weather region
WITNEY – town in Oxfordshire
WOLDS – a series of hills in England
WOODBINE – Dyfed locality near Haversfordwest
WOOMERA – Australian missile and rocket launch site
WORCESTER – cathedral city on the River Severn
WORTHING – town in West Sussex
YALE – an Ivy League university in New Haven, Connecticut
YORK – ancient city of England
ZAIRE – country in Africa
ZANTE— the Greek island of Zákinthos
ZOUK – trendy spot in Singapore

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