diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b151fbd5..d9a588d1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@
     "morgan": "1.7.0",
     "pelias-categories": "1.1.0",
     "pelias-config": "2.3.1",
-    "pelias-labels": "1.5.0",
+    "pelias-labels": "1.5.1",
     "pelias-logger": "0.1.0",
     "pelias-model": "4.3.0",
     "pelias-query": "8.9.0",
-    "pelias-text-analyzer": "1.5.0",
+    "pelias-text-analyzer": "1.6.0",
     "stats-lite": "2.0.3",
     "through2": "2.0.1"
   },
diff --git a/query/search.js b/query/search.js
index 945276e9..41e5775f 100644
--- a/query/search.js
+++ b/query/search.js
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ function generateQuery( clean ){
 }
 
 function getQuery(vs) {
-  if (hasStreet(vs) || isCityStateOnlyWithOptionalCountry(vs)) {
+  if (hasStreet(vs) || isCityStateOnlyWithOptionalCountry(vs) || isCityCountryOnly(vs)) {
     return {
       type: 'fallback',
       body: fallbackQuery.render(vs)
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ function hasStreet(vs) {
 }
 
 function isCityStateOnlyWithOptionalCountry(vs) {
-  var isSet = function(layer) {
-    return vs.isset('input:' + layer);
+  var isSet = (layer) => {
+    return vs.isset(`input:${layer}`);
   };
 
   var allowedFields = ['locality', 'region'];
@@ -150,4 +150,18 @@ function isCityStateOnlyWithOptionalCountry(vs) {
 
 }
 
+function isCityCountryOnly(vs) {
+  var isSet = (layer) => {
+    return vs.isset(`input:${layer}`);
+  };
+
+  var allowedFields = ['locality', 'country'];
+  var disallowedFields = ['query', 'category', 'housenumber', 'street',
+                          'neighbourhood', 'borough', 'postcode', 'county', 'region'];
+
+  return allowedFields.every(isSet) &&
+        !disallowedFields.some(isSet);
+
+}
+
 module.exports = generateQuery;
diff --git a/sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis.js b/sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis.js
index 788132ec..04ffeb34 100644
--- a/sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis.js
+++ b/sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis.js
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 const _ = require('lodash');
 
-const fields = ['address', 'neighbourhood', 'borough', 'city', 'county',
-  'state', 'postalcode', 'country'];
+const fields = {
+  'address': 'address',
+  'neighbourhood': 'neighbourhood',
+  'borough': 'borough',
+  'locality': 'city',
+  'county': 'county',
+  'region': 'state',
+  'postalcode': 'postalcode',
+  'country': 'country'
+};
 
 function normalizeWhitespaceToSingleSpace(val) {
   return _.replace(_.trim(val), /\s+/g, ' ');
@@ -18,9 +26,9 @@ function sanitize( raw, clean ){
   const messages = { errors: [], warnings: [] };
 
   // collect all the valid values into a single object
-  clean.parsed_text = fields.reduce( (o, f) => {
+  clean.parsed_text = Object.keys(fields).reduce( (o, f) => {
     if (_.isString(raw[f]) && !_.isEmpty(_.trim(raw[f]))) {
-      o[f] = normalizeWhitespaceToSingleSpace(raw[f]);
+      o[fields[f]] = normalizeWhitespaceToSingleSpace(raw[f]);
     }
 
     return o;
@@ -32,7 +40,7 @@ function sanitize( raw, clean ){
   }
   else if (_.isEmpty(Object.keys(clean.parsed_text))) {
     messages.errors.push(
-      `at least one of the following fields is required: ${fields.join(', ')}`);
+      `at least one of the following fields is required: ${Object.keys(fields).join(', ')}`);
   }
 
   return messages;
diff --git a/sanitizer/search.js b/sanitizer/search.js
index 53a6b57c..450f6b62 100644
--- a/sanitizer/search.js
+++ b/sanitizer/search.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ var sanitizeAll = require('../sanitizer/sanitizeAll'),
       quattroshapes_deprecation: require('../sanitizer/_deprecate_quattroshapes'),
       singleScalarParameters: require('../sanitizer/_single_scalar_parameters'),
       text: require('../sanitizer/_text'),
+      iso2_to_iso3: require('../sanitizer/_iso2_to_iso3'),
       size: require('../sanitizer/_size')(/* use defaults*/),
       layers: require('../sanitizer/_targets')('layers', type_mapping.layer_mapping),
       sources: require('../sanitizer/_targets')('sources', type_mapping.source_mapping),
diff --git a/test/unit/query/search.js b/test/unit/query/search.js
index f16a79ae..1f312d0d 100644
--- a/test/unit/query/search.js
+++ b/test/unit/query/search.js
@@ -447,6 +447,164 @@ module.exports.tests.city_state = function(test, common) {
 
 };
 
+module.exports.tests.city_country = function(test, common) {
+  test('only city and country set should return query', function(t) {
+    var clean = {
+      parsed_text: {
+        'city': 'city value',
+        'country': 'country value'
+      }
+    };
+
+    var query = generate(clean);
+
+    t.notEqual(query, undefined, 'should not have returned undefined');
+    t.end();
+
+  });
+
+  test('city-only should return undefined', function(t) {
+    var clean = {
+      parsed_text: {
+        city: 'city value'
+      }
+    };
+
+    var query = generate(clean);
+
+    t.equals(query, undefined, 'should have returned undefined');
+    t.end();
+
+  });
+
+  test('country-only should return undefined', function(t) {
+    var clean = {
+      parsed_text: {
+        country: 'country value'
+      }
+    };
+
+    var query = generate(clean);
+
+    t.equals(query, undefined, 'should have returned undefined');
+    t.end();
+
+  });
+
+  test('city/country with query should return undefined', function(t) {
+    var clean = {
+      parsed_text: {
+        city: 'city value',
+        country: 'country value',
+        query: 'query value'
+      }
+    };
+
+    var query = generate(clean);
+
+    t.equals(query, undefined, 'should have returned undefined');
+    t.end();
+
+  });
+
+  test('city/country with category should return undefined', function(t) {
+    var clean = {
+      parsed_text: {
+        city: 'city value',
+        country: 'country value',
+        category: 'category value'
+      }
+    };
+
+    var query = generate(clean);
+
+    t.equals(query, undefined, 'should have returned undefined');
+    t.end();
+
+  });
+
+  test('city/country with number should return undefined', function(t) {
+    var clean = {
+      parsed_text: {
+        city: 'city value',
+        country: 'country value',
+        number: 'number value'
+      }
+    };
+
+    var query = generate(clean);
+
+    t.equals(query, undefined, 'should have returned undefined');
+    t.end();
+
+  });
+
+  test('city/country with neighbourhood should return undefined', function(t) {
+    var clean = {
+      parsed_text: {
+        city: 'city value',
+        country: 'country value',
+        neighbourhood: 'neighbourhood value'
+      }
+    };
+
+    var query = generate(clean);
+
+    t.equals(query, undefined, 'should have returned undefined');
+    t.end();
+
+  });
+
+  test('city/country with borough should return undefined', function(t) {
+    var clean = {
+      parsed_text: {
+        city: 'city value',
+        country: 'country value',
+        borough: 'borough value'
+      }
+    };
+
+    var query = generate(clean);
+
+    t.equals(query, undefined, 'should have returned undefined');
+    t.end();
+
+  });
+
+  test('city/country with postalcode should return undefined', function(t) {
+    var clean = {
+      parsed_text: {
+        city: 'city value',
+        country: 'country value',
+        postalcode: 'postalcode value'
+      }
+    };
+
+    var query = generate(clean);
+
+    t.equals(query, undefined, 'should have returned undefined');
+    t.end();
+
+  });
+
+  test('city/country with county should return undefined', function(t) {
+    var clean = {
+      parsed_text: {
+        city: 'city value',
+        country: 'country value',
+        county: 'county value'
+      }
+    };
+
+    var query = generate(clean);
+
+    t.equals(query, undefined, 'should have returned undefined');
+    t.end();
+
+  });
+
+};
+
 module.exports.all = function (tape, common) {
   function test(name, testFunction) {
     return tape('search query ' + name, testFunction);
diff --git a/test/unit/sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis.js b/test/unit/sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis.js
index d137ad49..20f05fc0 100644
--- a/test/unit/sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis.js
+++ b/test/unit/sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis.js
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ module.exports.tests.text_parser = function(test, common) {
       address: ' \t address \t value \t ',
       neighbourhood: ' \t neighbourhood \t value \t ',
       borough: ' \t borough \t value \t ',
-      city: ' \t city \t value \t ',
+      locality: ' \t locality \t value \t ',
       county: ' \t county \t value \t ',
-      state: ' \t state \t value \t ',
+      region: ' \t region \t value \t ',
       postalcode: ' \t postalcode \t value \t ',
       country: ' \t country \t value \t '
     };
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ module.exports.tests.text_parser = function(test, common) {
         address: 'address value',
         neighbourhood: 'neighbourhood value',
         borough: 'borough value',
-        city: 'city value',
+        city: 'locality value',
         county: 'county value',
-        state: 'state value',
+        state: 'region value',
         postalcode: 'postalcode value',
         country: 'country value'
       }
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ module.exports.tests.text_parser = function(test, common) {
       address: getInvalidValue(),
       neighbourhood: getInvalidValue(),
       borough: getInvalidValue(),
-      city: getInvalidValue(),
+      locality: getInvalidValue(),
       county: getInvalidValue(),
-      state: getInvalidValue(),
+      region: getInvalidValue(),
       postalcode: getInvalidValue(),
       country: getInvalidValue()
     };
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ module.exports.tests.text_parser = function(test, common) {
 
     t.deepEquals(clean, expected_clean);
     t.deepEquals(messages.errors, ['at least one of the following fields is required: ' +
-      'address, neighbourhood, borough, city, county, state, postalcode, country'], 'no errors');
+      'address, neighbourhood, borough, locality, county, region, postalcode, country'], 'no errors');
     t.deepEquals(messages.warnings, [], 'no warnings');
     t.end();
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ module.exports.tests.text_parser = function(test, common) {
 
     t.deepEquals(clean, expected_clean);
     t.deepEquals(messages.errors, ['at least one of the following fields is required: ' +
-      'address, neighbourhood, borough, city, county, state, postalcode, country'], 'no errors');
+      'address, neighbourhood, borough, locality, county, region, postalcode, country'], 'no errors');
     t.deepEquals(messages.warnings, [], 'no warnings');
     t.end();
 
diff --git a/test/unit/sanitizer/search.js b/test/unit/sanitizer/search.js
index b656d943..fa60e58a 100644
--- a/test/unit/sanitizer/search.js
+++ b/test/unit/sanitizer/search.js
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ module.exports.tests.sanitize = function(test, common) {
         called_sanitizers.push('_text');
         return { errors: [], warnings: [] };
       },
+      '../sanitizer/_iso2_to_iso3': function() {
+        called_sanitizers.push('_iso2_to_iso3');
+        return { errors: [], warnings: [] };
+      },
       '../sanitizer/_size': function() {
         if (arguments.length === 0) {
           return function() {
@@ -81,6 +85,7 @@ module.exports.tests.sanitize = function(test, common) {
       '_deprecate_quattroshapes',
       '_single_scalar_parameters',
       '_text',
+      '_iso2_to_iso3',
       '_size',
       '_targets/layers',
       '_targets/sources',