Capital that was home to the world's tallest building before the Burj Khalifa Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TAIPEI Capital that was home to the world's tallest building before the Burj Khalifa (6) New York Times Feb 17, 2019
10% DUBAI Home of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building (5)
8% FLOORS Burj Khalifa has 163 (6) The Atlantic Feb 4, 2026
8% BURJ ____ Khalifa, tallest building in the world (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jun 27, 2025
8% KHALIFA *Burj ___, tallest building in the world (7)
7% NEPAL Home of eight of the world's ten tallest mountains (5) Wall Street Journal Jan 22, 2026
7% BIG Like blue whales and the Burj Khalifa (3) New York Times Mini Jan 10, 2026
7% UAE Home to the Burj Khalifa, for short (3) New York Times Feb 25, 2025
7% ASIA Home to the world's tallest building (4) USA Today Oct 5, 2021
6% PITT PA university with the tallest academic building in the U.S. (4) USA Today Jan 31, 2026

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