| Origin | City |
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| This city's name is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Simhapuram' meaning 'Lion City.' | |
| This city is named after the Parisii tribe. | |
| This Asian city was named after Mai Kolachi, an old fisher woman who settled near the delta of the Indus River to start a new community. | |
| This city's name comes from the Arabic al-Qāhira, meaning 'The Victorious.' | |
| From a Serbian word meaning, 'white city.' | |
| This city's name comes from the nearby Moskva River, with the city's name meaning 'the city by the Moskva River.' | |
| This Oceanic capital takes its name from the more noted name of Arthur Wellesley, most famous for his defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. | |
| Named after Athena, the goddess of wisdom. | |
| This European city's name comes from the ancient Greek word meaning 'wisdom.' | |
| This city is named for the British Home Secretary Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney. | |
| The name of this city is believed to come from the ancient Veneti people who inhabited the region in the 10th century BC. | |
| This city was named after a local Taino chief named Habaguanex. | |
| Originally named Edo, meaning estuary, this major city's name was changed to a word meaning 'eastern capital' when it became the imperial capital in 1868. | |
| This city's name is dervied from the Arabic word al-Jazā’ir which translates to 'The Islands' A reference to four islands that laid off the city's coasts. | |
| The name of this major Asian city comes from the Old Javanese word for 'victorious deed' or 'complete victory.' | |
| This Middle Eastern city comes from an Arabic word, meaning 'the sticky tree.' | |
| This city was originally called the Spanish for 'Holy Mary of the Fair Winds.' eventually, it ended up shortened to the Spanish for 'fair winds.' | |
| This city's name comes from the Chinese for 'northern capital.' | |
| This African city comes from a Greek word meaning 'the three cities' | |
| The name of this Asian city is believed to come from a Phoenician word meaning 'fountain.' | |
