1. Dacca
2. Dachau
- a Nazi concentration camp (1933 - 45) in the German state of Bavaria
3. Dagestan
- a self-governing republic in SW Russia, on the shore of the Caspian Sea; capital Makhachkala
4. Dahomey
- former name for Benin
5. Dakar
- the capital of the African country of Senegal
6. Dallas
- a city and centre of the oil industry in the US state of Texas.
7. Damascus
- the capital of Syria
8. Danube
- a river which rises in the Black Forest in SW Germany and flows about 2,850 km through
Austria, Hungary, and Serbiathen forming the border between Bulgaria and Romania before
reaching the Black Sea.
- It is the second-longest river in Europe.
9. Dardanelles
- a narrow strait between Europe and Asiatic Turkey, linking the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean
Sea.
10. Dar es Salaam
- the chief port and former capital of Tanzania
11. Darling River
- a river of SE Australia which rises in the Great Dividing Range and flows south-westward to
join the Murray River.
12. Dartmoor
- a moorland district and national park in Devon
13. Darwin
- the capital of Northern Territory, Australia
14. Dead Sea
- a salt lake in the Jordan valley, on the Israel-Jordan border.
- At 400 m below sea level, it is the lowest point in the world.
15. Death Valley
- a desert basin below sea level in SE California and SW Nevada, the hottest and driest part of
North America.
16. Dee
- a river in NE Scotland, which rises in the Grampian Mountains and flows into the North Sea at
Aberdeen.
17. Dehra Dun
- a city in northern India, capital of the state of Uttaranchal.
18. Delaware
- a state of the US on the Atlantic coast; capital, Dover.
19. Delhi
- an old city in India, now part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
20. Delphi
- the seat of the Delphic Oracle and one of the most important religious sanctuaries of ancient
Greece, on the slopes of Mount Parnassus.
21. Denali
- Mount McKinley
22. Denbighshire
- a county of North Wales; administrative centre, Ruthin
23. Denmark
- a Scandinavian country which consists of the greater part of the Jutland peninsula and several
neighbouring islands, between the North Sea and the Baltic; capital, Copenhagen.
24. Denver
- the capital of the US state of Colorado
25. Derbyshire
- a county of north central England; county town, Matlock.
26. Derry
27. Detroit
- a major industrial city and Great Lakes port in the US state of Michigan
28. Devil's Island
- a rocky island off the coast of Frenc Guiana, used as a French prison colony (1852-1953)
29. Devon
- a county of SW England; county town, Exeter.
30. Dhaka
- the capital of Bangladesh
31. Dieppe
- a channel port in northern France
32. Dijon
- an industrial city in east central France
33. District of Columbia
- a federal district of the US, extending over the same area as the capital city of Washington.
34. Djakarta
35. Djibouti
- a country on the NE coast of Africa; capital, Djibouti
36. Dnieper
- a river of eastern Europe, rising in Russia west of Moscow and flowing southwards through
Ukraine to the Black Sea.
37. Dodecaese
- a group of twelve Greek islands in the SE Aegean.
38. Dodoma
- the capital of Tanzania
39. Doha
- the capital of Qatar
40. Dolomite Mountains
- a range of the Alps in northern Italy
41. Dominica
- an island in the Caribbean, the largest of the Windward Islands; capital, Roseau
42. Dominican Republic
- a country in the Caribbean occupying the eastern part of the island of Hispaniola; capital, Santo
Domingo.
43. Don
- a river in Russia which rises near Tula, south-east of Moscow, and flows generally south to the
Sea of Azov.
44. Doncaster
- an industrial town and unitary council in northern England.
45. Donegal
- a county in the extreme north-west of the Republic of Ireland; capital, Lifford.
46. Dordogne
- a river of western France which rises in the Auvergne and flows westwards to meet the River
Garonne and form the Gironde estuary north of Bordeaux.
47. Dorset
- a county of SW England; county town, Dorchester
48. Douglas
- the capital of the Isle of Man
49. Douro
- a river of the Iberian peninsula, rising in central Spain and flowing west through Portugal to the
Atlantic Ocean near Oporto.
50. Dover
- a ferry port in Kent, on the coast of the English Channel
51. Down
- one of the Six counties of Northern Ireland; chief town, Downpatrick
52. Downing Street
- a street in Westminster, London. No. 10 is the official residence of the Prime Minister; No.11 is
the home of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
53. Dresden
- a city in eastern Germany, the capital of Saxony.
- It was almost totally destroyed by Allied bombing in 1945.
54. Dubai
- a member state of the United Arab Emirates; capital, Dubai
55. Dublin
- the capital city of the Republic of Ireland.
- Irish name Baile Atha Cliath
56. Dublin
- a county of the Republic of Ireland; county town, Dublin
57. Dubrovnik
- a port and resort on the Adriatic coast of Croatia
58. Dumfries and Galloway
- a council area in SW Scotland; administrative centre, Dumfries.
59. Dunbartonshire
- a former county of west central Scotland, on the Clyde, divided into East Dunbartonshire and
West Dunbartonshire council areas.
60. Dundee
- a city in eastern Scotland, on the north side of the Tay estuary
61. Dunedin
- a city and port in the South Island, New Zealand.
62. Dunkirk
- a port in northern France, scene of the evacuation of 335,000 Allied troops by ships and small
boats in 1940.
63. Dun Laoghaire
- a ferry port and resort town in the Republic of Ireland, near Dublin
64. Dunnet Head
- a headland on the north coast of Scotland, between Thurso and John o'Groats.
- It is the most northerly point on the British mainland.
65. Durban
- a port and resort in South Africa, on the coast of KwaZulu-Natal
66. Durham
- a county of NE England; county town, Durham
67. Dushanbe
- the capital of the Asian republic of Tajikistan
68. Dusseldorf
- an industrial city of NW Germany, on the Rhine, capital of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
69. Dutch East Indies
- former name for Indonesia
70. Dutch Guiana
- former name for Suriname
(Sources, Oxford English Dictonary)
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