Capital Cities for Hangman 🌐

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A one-line clue for every answer, easy to hard. They're the same clues the game's 💡 Hint shows, so you can read them out when you run your own game.

Paris

Capital of France on the River Seine, home of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre.

Rome

Capital of Italy, full of ancient sites such as the Colosseum and the Forum.

Oslo

Capital of Norway, founded at the end of the Viking Age at the northern tip of a fjord.

Lima

Capital of Peru, on the Pacific coast, first founded under the name City of Kings.

Cairo

Capital of Egypt near the Nile Delta, part of the largest urban area in Africa and the Arab world.

Tokyo

Capital of Japan on the island of Honshu, home to the Skytree, the world's tallest tower.

Dublin

Capital of Ireland, built on a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey.

Madrid

Capital of Spain, in the middle of the Iberian Peninsula, home to the Prado Museum.

Lisbon

Capital of Portugal on the River Tagus, and one of the oldest cities in the world.

Berlin

Capital and largest city of Germany, where the famous Brandenburg Gate stands.

Vienna

Capital of Austria on the River Danube, once home to Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.

Athens

Capital of Greece, one of the world's oldest cities, home to the ancient Acropolis.

London

Capital of England, on the River Thames, home to Tower Bridge.

Seoul

Capital of South Korea, home to the Five Grand Palaces built by the Joseon dynasty.

Beijing

Capital of China, home to the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace.

Rabat

Capital of Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean, at the mouth of the Bou Regreg river.

Doha

Capital of Qatar on the Gulf coast, and a host city of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Havana

Capital of Cuba and the country's main port, whose old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Quito

Capital of Ecuador, one of the world's highest capitals, in an Andes valley below a volcano.

Baku

Capital of Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea, the lowest-lying national capital in the world.

Brussels

Capital of Belgium, famous for waffles and chocolate, and home to the Atomium.

Helsinki

Capital of Finland on the Gulf of Finland, with an island sea fortress listed by UNESCO.

Warsaw

Capital of Poland on the river Vistula, whose rebuilt Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Budapest

Capital of Hungary on the River Danube, known as the spa capital of Europe.

Canberra

Capital of Australia, chosen as a compromise between Sydney and Melbourne.

Ottawa

Capital of Canada, in the province of Ontario, where two rivers meet.

Nairobi

Capital of Kenya, the only capital city in the world with a national park inside it.

Jakarta

Capital of Indonesia, on the north-west coast of the island of Java, facing the Java Sea.

Bangkok

Capital of Thailand, in the Chao Phraya River delta, where the Grand Palace stands.

Santiago

Capital of Chile, in a valley between the Andes and the coastal range, beside the Mapocho River.

Stockholm

Capital of Sweden, spread across fourteen islands where a lake flows into the Baltic Sea.

Reykjavik

Capital of Iceland, the world's most northern capital of an independent country, heated by volcanic hot water.

New Delhi

Capital of India, planned by the British architects Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker.

Buenos Aires

Capital of Argentina on the Río de la Plata, known for its European-style architecture.

Prague

Capital of the Czech Republic on the Vltava River, famous for Charles Bridge and its castle.

Amsterdam

Capital of the Netherlands, nicknamed the Venice of the North for its many canals.

Edinburgh

Capital of Scotland on the Firth of Forth, with a castle on a rock and a giant arts festival.

Cardiff

Capital and largest city of Wales, with the Wales Millennium Centre arts complex on its bay.

Belfast

Capital of Northern Ireland on the river Lagan, whose shipyard built the Titanic.

Hanoi

Capital of Vietnam, named Thăng Long, meaning "ascending dragon", when it became the capital in 1010.

Copenhagen

Capital of Denmark, home to Tivoli Gardens and the Little Mermaid statue.

Bratislava

Capital of Slovakia on the Danube, the only national capital that borders two other countries.

Ljubljana

Capital of Slovenia, whose symbol is a dragon, shown on the city coat of arms and on a bridge.

Ulaanbaatar

Capital of Mongolia, on the Tuul River, and the coldest capital city in the world.

Antananarivo

Capital of Madagascar, set high in the centre of the island, the highest capital of any island country.

Ouagadougou

Capital of Burkina Faso, host of a Pan-African film festival and an international arts and crafts fair.

Kathmandu

Capital of Nepal, in a valley in the centre of the country and a gateway to the Himalayas.

Bucharest

Capital and largest city of Romania, standing on the River Dâmbovița in the south-east of the country.

Montevideo

Capital of Uruguay, on the country's southern coast beside the Río de la Plata.

Wellington

Capital of New Zealand, the world's most southern national capital and its windiest city.

Tegucigalpa

Capital of Honduras, in a highland valley surrounded by mountains, beside its sister city.

Nicosia

Capital of Cyprus, lived in for over 5,500 years, and the EU's most south-easterly capital.

Kuala Lumpur

Capital of Malaysia and its most populous city, home to the Petronas Twin Towers.

Addis Ababa

Capital of Ethiopia and the highest capital in Africa, whose site was chosen by Empress Taytu.

Port Moresby

Capital of Papua New Guinea, on the shores of the Coral Sea.

Kinshasa

Capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, facing another capital across the Congo River.

Tashkent

Capital of Uzbekistan, the most populous city in Central Asia and once part of the Silk Road.

Bishkek

Capital of Kyrgyzstan, near the Kazakh border, at the foot of a range of the Tian Shan mountains.

Ashgabat

Capital of Turkmenistan, between a desert and mountains, famous for its many white marble buildings.

Dushanbe

Capital of Tajikistan, whose name means Monday, after a big market held there every Monday.