I define a real word as a word (not an abbreviation) in the English dictionary, not capitalized. Multiple word cities qualify if all words are real words. Cities don't need to be named after word(s).
a mythical bird of great beauty fabled to live 500 or 600 years in the Arabian wilderness
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a strong or fortified place occupied by troops and usually surrounded by walls, ditches, and other defensive works / good or important enough to justify
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a dessert of many varieties, served hot or cold and commonly made by lining a mold with cake or bread and filling it with fruit, whipped cream, custard, or gelatin.
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having considerable linear extent in space / expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore
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a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and mexico.
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(of cigars) of medium color and strength / issues of water from the earth, taking the form, on the surface, of a small stream or standing as a pool or small lake
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a luminous atmospheric phenomenon appearing as streamers or bands of light sometimes visible in the night sky in northern or southern regions of the earth
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a bank of a river
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that portion of a harbor or area outside a harbor suitable for anchoring or in which ships are permitted to anchor
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any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae
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pertaining to eyeglasses that do not contain a curvature for correcting vision defects
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close-fitting, knitted sweater or shirt / large or important town
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a person who makes or sells candles and sometimes other items of tallow or wax, as soap
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a wand used by a conductor / any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips
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a wreath or festoon of flowers, leaves, or other material, worn for ornament or as an honor or hung on something as a decoration
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the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetomotive force, equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns. Abbreviation: Gi
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youngsters
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capable of moving or being moved readily
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small in size / large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like
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impressive in size, appearance, or general effect / parts of a river where the current runs very swiftly
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impressive in size, appearance, or general effect / parts of a river where the current runs very swiftly
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impressive in size, appearance, or general effect / parts of a river where the current runs very swiftly
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impressive in size, appearance, or general effect / parts of a river where the current runs very swiftly
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impressive in size, appearance, or general effect / parts of a river where the current runs very swiftly
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impressive in size, appearance, or general effect / parts of a river where the current runs very swiftly
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impressive in size, appearance, or general effect / parts of a river where the current runs very swiftly
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impressive in size, appearance, or general effect / parts of a river where the current runs very swiftly