CITIES OF THE WORLD - 6 letters

[gertrudedogs]

SEND TWO TO A NORTH AMERICAN CITY. (if it's Ottawa, surely the clue should read "two at a North American City".

[Calibax]

You're right. that would fit the anagram but the clue doesn't

[factor-fiction]

Maybe they wanted OTTOWA- it seems to be a common misspelling.
Even Buckingham Palace officials can't spell it:
http://www.buckingham...day-with-a-nation/530

There are numerous other examples:
http://www.world-clim...canada-north-america/
http://www.google.co....Pdz5myCw&ved=0CGQQsAQ

[costacurta]

Well I never. We were always taught at school that the capital of Canada was Ottowa. Maybe Ottowa was the English derivation of Ottawa?