Place Names Word Game (6)

[joyshirley]

Sydney, Australia

 

[frogalone]

Tucson, AZ

 

[joyshirley]

United States

 

[WOFFED]

Viroqua, Wisconsin

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[frogalone]

Whitehall, OH

 

[WOFFED]

Xayaburi, Laos​

The Thai developer of the US$ 3.5 billion Xayaburi hydropower dam (10% completed) says construction has prompted concerns from Cambodia and Vietnam that it will damage the ecology and livlihood of the region. The report argues that a fish-pass system will be included in the dam that will permit "passage in up and downstream directions for all breeds of river fish. Its width is large enough to accommodate passage also of big fish. The fish will be attracted
by the flows created by the system; they will follow them and swim in upstream direction."​

Others have argued that the impact of the dam on the Mekong River has not been sufficiently studied,
especially given limited knowledge of the way various species of fish may interact with a fish-pass system.​

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[frogalone]

Yellow Pine, Idaho

 

[WOFFED]

ZIMBABWE
A 100-trillion-dollar bill, it turns out, is worth about $5.​

That's the going rate for Zimbabwe's highest denomination note, the biggest ever produced for legal tender—and a national symbol of monetary policy run amok. At one point in 2009, a hundred-trillion-dollar bill couldn't buy a bus ticket in the capital of Harare.

But since then the value of the Zimbabwe dollar has soared. Not in Zimbabwe, where the currency has been abandoned, but on eBay. The notes are a hot commodity among currency collectors and novelty buyers, fetching 15 times what they were officially worth in circulation.

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[Handmaid for Jesus]

Atlanta Georgia

 

[amadeus2]

Braman, Oklahoma

 

[frogalone]

Columbus, OH

 

[iamabcg]

Dayton , OH

 

[frogalone]

Erie, PA

 

[joyshirley]

Fife, Scotland

 

[WOFFED]

Gothenberg (Go:teborg), Sweden​

Discover Gothenburg - YouTube​

Lonely Planet picks Gothenburg as one of the hottest and best value destinations for 2013. The guidebook giant recommends the characteristic neighbourhood Haga, the art space Röda Sten and the southern archipelago, among other things.

Each year Lonely Planet publishes a prestigious Best in Travel guide listing the hottest travel trends. In the 2013 edition you find Gothenburg, along with cities like Rio de Janeiro and countries like Slovenia and Cambodia, in the category Best Value Destinations.

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[joyshirley]

Helsinki

 

[servant of Merciful Love]

Ipswich, MA

 

[amadeus2]

Jamestown

 

[servant of Merciful Love]

Kingston, MA

 

[frogalone]

London, OH