Let's compile a ist of all geographic/geopolitical entities whose names contain at least 3 letters A and no other vowels.
Include states (like Alabama), rivers (Angara), mountains (Ararat), cities (Larnaca) etc.
Your entries must appear in reliable dictionary/atlas/database.
(In reply to
Rivers in the U.S. -- computer findings by Charlie)
Kandahar Afghanistan
Jalalabad Afghanistan
Annaba Algeria
Batna Algeria
Béjaïa Algeria
Béchar Algeria
Médéa Algeria
Saïda Algeria
La Plata Argentina
Salta Argentina
BahÃa Blanca Argentina
Paraná Argentina
Ganja Azerbaijan
Manama Bahrain
Dhaka Bangladesh
Nawabganj Bangladesh
Pabna Bangladesh
La Paz Bolivia
Pará Brazil
Pará Brazil
Pará Brazil
Paraná Brazil
Araras Brazil
Bagé Brazil
Barra Mansa Brazil
Pará Brazil
ParaÃba Brazil
Paraná Brazil
Castanhal Brazil
Pará Brazil
Paraná Brazil
Paraná Brazil
Paraná Brazil
Franca Brazil
Paraná Brazil
Gravataà Brazil
Jaú Brazil
ParaÃba Brazil
Paraná Brazil
Macaé Brazil
Macapá Brazil
Amapá Brazil
Magé Brazil
Marabá Brazil
Pará Brazil
Maracanaú Brazil
Paraná Brazil
Natal Brazil
Palmas Brazil
Paraná Brazil
ParnaÃba Brazil
Paraná Brazil
Paraná Brazil
Sabará Brazil
ParaÃba Brazil
Santarém Brazil
Pará Brazil
Paraná Brazil
Paraná Brazil
Varna Bulgaria
Battambang Cambodia
Laval Canada
Markham Canada
Ajax Canada
Sarh Chad
Kananga Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mbandaka Democratic Republic of the Congo
Baraka Democratic Republic of the Congo
Havana Cuba
Matanzas Cuba
Santa Clara Cuba
Larnaca Cyprus
Banà Dominican Republic
Machala Ecuador
Manta Ecuador
Manabà Ecuador
Manabà Ecuador
Bata Equatorial Guinea
Asmara Eritrea
Amhara Ethiopia
Adama Ethiopia
Hawassa Ethiopia
SNNPR Ethiopia
Amhara Ethiopia
Amhara Ethiopia
SNNPR Ethiopia
SNNPR Ethiopia
SNNPR Ethiopia
Harar Ethiopia
Harar Ethiopia
SNNPR Ethiopia
Amhara Ethiopia
Amhara Ethiopia
Vantaa Finland
Accra Ghana
Kankan Guinea
Mashhad Iran
Karaj Iran
Fars Iran
Ahvaz Iran
Rasht Iran
Arak Iran
Hamadan Iran
Bandar Abbas Iran
Qazv?n Iran
Zanjan Iran
Zanjan Iran
Sanandaj Iran
Malard Iran
Kashan Iran
Mazandaran Iran
Najafabad Iran
Mazandaran Iran
Mazandaran Iran
Abadan Iran
Pakdasht Iran
Mazandaran Iran
Gharchak Iran
Hamadan Iran
Mahshahr Iran
Rafsanjan Iran
Mahabad Iran
Marvdasht Iran
Fars Iran
Marand Iran
Fars Iran
Kamal Shahr Iran
Nazarabad Iran
Bam Iran
Fasa Iran
Fars Iran
Malé Maldives
Rafah Palestine
Malakal South Sudan
Ashgabat Turkmenistan
Kampala Uganda
Dallas United States
Atlanta United States
Kansas United States
Tampa United States
Santa Ana United States
Alaska United States
Garland United States
Alabama United States
Alabama United States
Arkansas United States
Alabama United States
Alabama United States
Kansas United States
Kansas United States
Savannah United States
Kansas United States
Kansas United States
Santa Clara United States
Arvada United States
Carlsbad United States
Namangan Uzbekistan
Namangan Uzbekistan
Karakalpakstan Uzbekistan
Samarkand Uzbekistan
Samarqand Uzbekistan
Karakalpakstan Uzbekistan
Sana'a Yemen
Sana'a Yemen
Dhamar Yemen
Dhamar Yemen
Kasama Zambia
Please pardon the duplications, foreign characters, unprinted characters, and resulting misalignments.
Open "worldcities.txt" For Input As #1
Do
Line Input #1, l$
DoEvents
If InStr(l, "Afghanistan") > 0 Then
xx = xx
End If
If Left(l, 5) = "<h2><" Then
ix1 = InStr(7, l, ">")
If ix1 > 0 Then
ix2 = InStr(ix1 + 1, l, "<"): If ix2 = 0 Then ix2 = Len(RTrim(l)) + 1
country$ = Mid(l, ix1 + 1, ix2 - ix1 - 1)
xx = xx
End If
ElseIf Left(l, 5) = "<td><" Then
ix1 = InStr(7, l, ">")
If ix1 > 0 Then
ix2 = InStr(ix1 + 1, l, "<"): If ix2 = 0 Then ix2 = Len(RTrim(l)) + 1
city$ = Mid(l, ix1 + 1, ix2 - ix1 - 1)
good = 1
For i = 1 To Len(city)
If InStr("eiouyEIOUY", Mid(city, i, 1)) > 0 Then good = 0: Exit For
Next
If good Then
If LTrim(city) > "" Then
If Left(city, 1) >= "A" Then
Text1.Text = Text1.Text & Left(city + Space(20), 20) & " " & country & crlf
End If
End If
End If
End If
End If
Loop Until EOF(1)
Close 1
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Posted by Charlie
on 2019-04-17 20:33:34 |