A to Z game

[LITO]

TARN is a 380km long river in the south of France which ends in the Garonne river

[philgelico]

River Ugie ( Scotland - ) in Stottish Gaëlic : Uisge Ùigidh .
Here on a painting from 1909, near of Ravenscraig Castle, Peterhead.

[vermeer]

Ventura, California, USA



Starting at a height of 279 meters it flows in the Pacific Ocean in 27 kilometers.

[erasmuston]

Ventura, California, USA



Starting at a height of 279 meters it flows in the Pacific Ocean in 27 kilometers.

Not exactly in Europe

[erasmuston]

Voer
The Voer (-Dutch, in French: Fouron) is a small river in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is a right-bank tributary to the river Meuse.

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[Phinac]

Waal 82km



Completely Dutch river; main stream of Rhine. Ends at Gorinchem to continue as Boven-Merwede

Waal at Erlecom

[laurentina]

there seems to be no european river with X
but the old part of the Rhein near Xanten is called
Xantener Altrhein - today it's more a lake then a river

[philgelico]

Yser ( / small river ) , also named IJser ( 78km, 46.1km in , 31.9km in )
here in Esquelbecq, :

[Phinac]

Zwarte Water (Black Water) 19km



Completely Dutch river in province Overijssel from Zwolle to Zwarte Meer (Black Lake). Name has propably to do with border and not with the colour black.

Here the river with a view at Hasselt.

[vermeer]

So what is the next category?

[Phinac]

I don't know if this topic has already been used; but anyway

Nicknames for politicians (not shortened names or initials) with possibly explanation
eg. Iron Lady - Margaret Thatcher - Hard negotiator okay
JFK - John F. Kennedy not okay (only initials)

Who will post the first one?

[LArdennais]

(the) Austrian Oak Arnold Schwarzenegger, actual Governor of California State, born in Thal (Styria, Austria).

[laurentina]

Baby Doc - Jean-Claude Duvalier, Dictator of Haiti 1971-1986. 'Baby Doc' because his father - also dictator - was called 'Papa Doc'

[Phinac]

Il Cavaliere - Silvio Berlusconi (Italy) - as he received Ordine al Merito del Lavoro in 1977

According to wikipedia

[laurentina]

Dubya, George W. Bush, based on a Texas pronunciation of "W" (according to Wikipedia)