Capitals name game

Originally Posted by hankhavelock

Oh sorry... sure... I mean continue with the LAST letter of the capital. I said "Jakarta", so a right answer would be "Amsterdam". Sorry... regarding other countries lesser states... well, ok... why not?

Well, here's a new one:

Mogadishu (Somalia)

i think the capital of holad is the hague though i am not sure.

[hankhavelock]

Originally Posted by rhythmic delivery

i think the capital of holad is the hague though i am not sure.

The Hague is the actual seat of government, but, somewhat anomalously, not the official capital of the Netherlands, a role set aside by the Dutch constitution for Amsterdam (from Wikipedia).

Amsterdam is the capital of Holland

[hankhavelock]

Nairobi (Kenya)

[ila]

Originally Posted by hankhavelock

Nairobi (Kenya)

Islamabad (Pakistan)

[hankhavelock]

Dakar (Senegal)

[ila]

Rome or Roma (Italy)

[hankhavelock]

Hmmm... should we not stick to the English version of the name, or what? What do you think?

Edingburgh (Scotland)
Andorra la Vella (Andorra)

adiss ababa, ethiopia

[ila]

Originally Posted by rhythmic delivery

i think the capital of holad is the hague though i am not sure.

You're right, The Hague in English and in Dutch I think it's spelled den Haag. (For all the Dutch on the site please correct my spelling).

[hankhavelock]

Originally Posted by ila

You're right, The Hague in English and in Dutch I think it's spelled den Haag. (For all the Dutch on the site please correct my spelling).

The Hague in English and den Haag in Dutch - still the capital of Holland is Amsterdam.

We came to:

Nairobi (Kenya)

[adrian]

Originally Posted by ila

You're right, The Hague in English and in Dutch I think it's spelled den Haag. (For all the Dutch on the site please correct my spelling).

Yes, you spelled Den Haag correctly.
The reason that Den Haag is not the capital of Holland is because a king was once crowned in Amsterdam, in the 18th century I believe. And the constitution prescribed that kings should be crowned in the capital city.
So they changed Amsterdam to capital then.
But the entire governement is seated in Den Haag still.

[fionahavelock]

interesting... but kinda confusing.. what is the last city?
is it adiss ababa, amman, or new delhi?

[GeForce]

Originally Posted by fionahavelock

interesting... but kinda confusing.. what is the last city?
is it adiss ababa, amman, or new delhi?

Wow! We're officially the most well traveled forum on the net!! hehehe
So many tangents! ... I'm with Fiona, where are we right now? I took a wrong turn at Albuquerque! :P

What is the last answer ?

[ila]

This thread started getting off track after post #23. The last correct answer in post #23 was Edinburgh (Scotland). The next answer should be a capital city starting with "H" To not muddy the waters again (as I did at one point) the capitals, as Hank pointed out, should use the English spelling. This is, after all, a site that uses English as the main language.

Over to you, forum members. Any capital starting with the letter "H"

[liesjeversteven]

Originally Posted by ila

You're right, The Hague in English and in Dutch I think it's spelled den Haag. (For all the Dutch on the site please correct my spelling).

Correct, it's Den Haag, or alternatively called 's-Gravenhage