[Grammar] Which or what?

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Will17

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Hello!

First, I would like to say thank you for helping me.

Second, here is my question: in the following which is better "what" or "which", please?

-Which/What is the ugliest city you know?

Thank you
Will
 

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Hello!

First, I would like to say thank you for helping me.

Second, here is my question: in the following which is better "what" or "which", please?

-Which/What is the ugliest city you know?

Thank you
Will

If you had a list of cities and you were to choose one of them, for example,

"Tokyo, Islamabad, New York, I don't know which is the most beautiful".

Else, you would say, "What is the most beautiful city around the world".
 

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Either one.

"Which" is usually used for when there are limited choices, and "cities you know" limits the choices. However, there are so many chocies that "What" works too.
 

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Which, I think. And if you have to select from a list then Which of these.... You can also say ''Name the ugliest city.''


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