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Ancient cities with 5 letters
These are the five-letter ancient cities in Icillion: 17 names, from “Akkad” to “Utica”.
Ancient cities with 5 letters
- Akkad
- Aksum
- Ashur
- Capua
- Caral
- Copan
- Cusco
- Eridu
- Gades
- Meroe
- Ostia
- Petra
- Sidon
- Tanis
- Tikal
- Tomis
- Utica
About this list
- 17 of the 95 ancient cities have exactly 5 letters (18%).
- Most start with C (4), A (3) and T (3).
- Only names of one word are counted, and only their letters: spaces, hyphens and apostrophes are not.
Quick answers
- What are some five-letter ancient cities?
- 17 of the 95 ancient cities in Icillion have exactly 5 letters, for example Petra, Sidon and Cusco.
- Which five-letter ancient cities start with C?
- C is the most common first letter here, with 4 names, such as Capua, Caral, Copan and Cusco.
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