Around the Globe: GEOGRAPHIC PALINDROMES from the OLD WORLD

WORDPLAY post #68.
A continuation of post #65 - "Geographic Palindromes from the New World"

Alphabetic Lists of Directed Palindromes.
EDITOR: Giorgio Coniglio, December, 2016. 

 A portion of this material was originally posted on "Giorgio's Ukable Parodies", included in the blogpost "Canalindromes", and transferred to this blog February, 2017. 
In the current formulation, palindromes dealing with geographic placenames from Europe, Asia and Africa have been separated and highlighted on this post. Contributions are a mix of phrases drawn from standard lists and those concocted by the author. A few late additions were gleaned from an Atlantic Monthly contest in 1996.

Interested readers might also like to review post #15: Canalindromes

EUROPE

ABERDEEN
Need re bar -- Aberdeen. 

ALPS

Splat! Icily licit Alps.

Plan okra, park on Alp.

ANGLIA

A man, a pail, gnat - Anglia (Panama).

BARCELONA
An olé, crab - Barcelona.
A man, a pan, olé! crab - Barcelona (Panama).

BERGERAC
Care, grebe -- Bergerac

BERLIN
Nil rebel -- E. Berlin.
Nil rebuff. "FU!", Berlin. 

BOSNIA
Bosnia gasps again; sob!
A man, a pain, sob! - Bosnia (Panama)

BULGARIA
Air, a glub - Bulgaria.
A man, a pair; a glub - Bulgaria (Panama)

EIRE (Ireland)

Eire ere Erie.

ELBA

Elba? Odd, doable.
Able was I ere I saw Elba.

Passable was I ere I saw Elba's sap.
Elba pluck? Culpable.

FINLAND (Suomi)
I mouse, "Suomi".
If I mouse - Suomi (FI) 

GENEVA
Even, e.g., Genève

GENOA
A one-grab bar: Genoa.
A one-gnome lemon: Genoa.
A-one grammar! Genoa.

ITALY

Wonders in Italy. Latin is red now.
Tessa's in Italy. Latin is asset.

LESBOS
Sob! Sell Lesbos.
Sob! Seldom sup. My loss! - Olympus, (mod.) Lesbos 
                        [mod. = abbrev. for modern]
Oh! Pa's a sapho.

LONDON 

No ‘D’; no ‘L’ – London.

No ‘D’; no ‘L’; dwell lewd – London.
No 'D'; no 'L'; 
No 'D'; no 'L'; no 'N' - London.
No 'D'; no 'L'; no 'O' on London.
No 'D'; no 'L'; no 'ON -- London.
No 'D'; no 'L' nor 'O' --N. London.
No 'D'; no 'L'; noon - London.
No 'D'; no L'; no lost solon - London
No 'D'; no 'L'; no darn radon - London 

Nod! no 'L' - London.
Nod! no 'L'; no 'N' - London.
Nod! No loo - London.
Pardon no London rap.
Nod! No lama London.
Nod! No lava, London.
No 'D'; no 'L'; no DNA. Land on London!

MALAGA
A gal @Malaga.
A gal, a melon, olé - Malaga
A gal, a motto - Malaga.
A gall, a mall, all @ Malaga.
Sea-gall, a motto - Malaga (ES)

OSLO
Olson in Oslo.
Olson nixes sex in N. Oslo.

OXFORD
Dr of 'X': Oxford.

PARIS

Sir, a pat à Paris.
Sir, a pal à la Paris.
I'm at Paris, non? Si, rapt ami.
Sir, a pate, feta - Paris.
Sir, a pinup pun I - Paris.
Sir, a plan, a canal - Paris. 
Sir, a plan, if final - Paris.
Sir, a pain, a mania - Paris.
Sir, a prod, odor - Paris.
Sir - a plan, a cat, a hat, a canal - Paris 

PIRAEUS

Sue, a ripoff! - O, Piraeus.

PISA

As I pee, sir, I see Pisa.
As I plan a canal - Pisa
"Gulp a sip". Pisa plug.

POLAND
DNA lop -- Poland.

POTSDAM
Potsdam - a mad stop.

PRAHA (Prague)
Praha - a harp.
Praha (Prague) EU - "Garp", a harp.

PRISTINA (Kosovo)
A nit, sir - Pristina.

RAVENNA

Anne, vary: Ravenna.

RIGA
A girl?  - Riga.
A girl, a pal - Riga.
A girl-ape, pal - Riga.
A girl, a potato, pal - Riga.
A girl, a plan, a canal, pal - Riga.
A girl, a plate et al. - Riga
A girl at a fee? Fatal - Riga. 
A girl, a penal lane, pal - Riga.  
A girl, an act at canal - Riga.
A girl, an act - Riga Canal.
A girl, a rock, cola, a lock, coral - Riga.
A girl, a tot, a boob, a total - Riga.
A girlo ate late - petal et al.
A girl ate plate, metal petal - Riga.
A girl ate late plate, metal petal et al. - Riga.

ROMANIA

A man, a pain, amor - Romania (Panama).
Romania -- pain, amor.

ROME

Amore - Roma.

A man, a pasta, amore  - Roma ('at's-a Panama!)

RUSSIA
No! Site be Russia, is sure. Bet is on!

SIENNA

Anne; I stay a day at Sienna.

SPARTA
Sparta's one rule: Lure no satraps.

STRATFORD
Dr. of tarts -- Stratford.
No van, O Dr. of tarts -- Stratford-on-Avon.

TOLEDO
Geode? Lots - Toledo, e.g.

VENICE
Re Venezia: maize, never!

VIENNA
Anne, I vote more cars race Rome-to-Vienna.

WALES
Wales, oppose law.

WARSAW
Warsaw was raw.
On Warsaw dock, cod was raw, no?
DNA lop was raw - Warsaw, Poland.

YORK
"Not new, York", Roy went on.



ASIA, AFRICA

CEYLON
No lye, Cele! - Ceylon.

DAGESTAN
Dagestan -- gnats! Egad!

HANOI
Onion, ah! Hanoi, no.

INDIA
Aid? Nix India [see also Indiana, USA] 
A man, a paid 'Nix!' - India (Panama).

IRAN
a) Iran, Ari. b) No evil Shahs live on.

IRAQ
a) Iraq, Ari. b) No Shah, son. 

ISRAEL
Bar clears: Israel, crab.
Golan analog.

JAPAN
Now in a pajama, Japan. I won!

LAOS
So, Al. Solo gigolos - Laos. 

NIGER
Niger diva avid re gin.

OMAN
Live, Oman! At naught th’ Guantanamo evil.

RABAT
Rabat! Ah, what a bar.

SAHARA
Poor Dara has Sahara droop.
A rah!, a shah - Sahara.

SAIGON
Edit, "No GI as a Saigon tide."

SOMALIA

De Lesseps
Architect of the Suez canal

A man, a pail, Amos - Somalia (Panama)
Ail, Amos. Raft. Is it far? - Somalia.
Ail, Amos - Somalia.

SUEZ

God sees Suez; Zeus sees dog.   
Zeus sees Suez.
Suez - deL. led. Zeus!
Mirth craze us! Suez arch-trim. 
A man, a plan: A.C., Zeus! - Suez Canal (Panama).

SYRIA
No Syria fairy, son.
No Syria dairy, son. 

TANGIERS
Bard's reign at Tangiers  - drab!

TEL AVIV
Viva Lett at Tel Aviv!
Viva Lethe, eh? Tel Aviv.

TOGO
O, go to Togo!

TUNIS
Tunis - Pepsi nut.