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This city's name means 'muddy confluence' in Malay | |
This city's name was dervied from a Persian word meaning 'modern.' | |
This Asian's capital name is believed to come from the French pronunciation of its local name, Viang-Chiang, meaning 'City of Sandalwood.' | |
The name of this major city derives from a medievial Greek phrase meaning 'To the City.' | |
This city is named after the Parisii tribe. | |
Named after Athena, the goddess of wisdom. | |
The name of this city comes from the Turkish saray ovası, meaning the field around saray. | |
The name of this Asian city is believed to come from a Phoenician word meaning 'fountain.' | |
The name of this English city originates from a combination its ancient Roman name Mamucium, and the Old English ceaster or town. | |
This city's name comes from the old Slavic for 'ford.' | |
This African city comes from a Greek word meaning 'the three cities' | |
The name of this major Asian city comes from the Old Javanese word for 'victorious deed' or 'complete victory.' | |
The Latinized name of this North African city comes from the Portuguese for 'white house.' | |
This city's name comes from the Arabic al-Qāhira, meaning 'The Victorious.' | |
From the Chinese for 'northern Taiwan.' | |
This American city's name comes from the French word for 'strait.' | |
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.' | |
The name is thought to derive from a Kyrgyz word for a churn used to make kumis, the Kyrgyz national drink. | |
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 derived from the Sanskrit word 'Simhapuram' meaning 'Lion City.' | |
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