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Test your knowledge of world cities with this letter quiz. Choose a letter and aim for the highest population among the 50K+ cities that start with that letter.

Do abbreviations or alternate spellings count?

Yes. Most quizzes allow common abbreviations, alternate spellings, and short forms. Try typing just the first few letters — if it matches, it will autofill.

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World All Cities By First Letter – Choose Letter

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First choose any letter – then try to achieve the highest population among the 50K+ World cities beginning with that letter. Quiz is not timed.

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Europe All Cities By First Letter – Choose Letter | US All Cities By First Letter – Choose Letter
UK Largest 1K+ Cities By First Letter – Choose Letter | France Largest Cities By First Letter – Choose Letter

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Lotte

4 months ago

Tracking country completion doesn’t seem to be working right now.

Lotte

4 months ago

Reply to Lotte

Probably double tracking some things, I have gotten all 5m+ cities with an A, but it shows just 4/8

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darin

4 months ago

Reply to Lotte

Hmm I would reload the quiz – there are only 4 cities of 5M+ with an A and that’s what it’s showing on my side.

kofferbooknew

9 months ago

How is the capital of Oman spelt in this quiz?

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darin

9 months ago

Reply to kofferbooknew

Muscat city proper is actually under 50K. The urban area is much larger, but my city quizzes use city proper.

jdtrue63

1 year ago

You really need to accept more alternate spellings.

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darin

1 year ago

Reply to jdtrue63

Let me know which to add and I’ll try to include them.

jdtrue63

1 year ago

Reply to darin

Every letter has several cities with alternate spellings. One example is Hosakote. Google maps and Wikipedia spell this as Hoskote. The only place I find it spelled with an a is in my missed answers on this quiz. There are too many to list for every letter of the alphabet.

Joelle

1 year ago

Reply to darin

I’ve tried Dhashta Hawlir/Desta Hewlere/Desti Hewler/Dashty Hawler/Bnaslawa/Bensalawah/Binesillawe and none of them work for the 58,214 city in Iraq.

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darin

1 year ago

Reply to Joelle

Fixed – under Dhashta Hawlir now.

Joelle

1 year ago

Reply to darin

Thank you!!! What was it under before? And what was Daretu? I still have the quiz open with only those two cities remaining so I don’t want to refresh it haha.