The oldest (national) capital city in the world Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue The oldest (national) capital city in the world last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is DAMASCUS.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DAMASCUS The oldest (national) capital city in the world (8) The Times Specialist Sunday Jun 25, 2023
7% SANTIAGO Capital city (8) The Times Sunday Concise May 3, 2026
6% JAPAN Asian nation; capital Tokyo (5) (5) Mirror Quiz May 24, 2026
6% QATAR Host nation of the 2022 Fifa World Cup (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic May 22, 2026
6% ATLANTA City with the world's busiest airport (7) LA Times Daily May 12, 2026
6% NEWYORK City of the United Nations headquarters (7) The Times Concise May 9, 2026
6% KYIV National capital that's home to Mykhailivska Square (4) New York Times May 8, 2026
6% DOHA Qatar's capital city (4) USA Today May 4, 2026
6% HANOI World capital on the Red River (5) USA Today May 1, 2026
6% HELSINKI Finland's capital city (8) The Times Concise Apr 28, 2026

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