Names of Asian cities in different languages
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This is a list of cities in Asia
that have several different names in different languages, including former (e.g. colonial) names. Many cities have different names in different languages. Some cities have also undergone name changes
for political or other reasons.
This article does not offer any opinion about what the "original", "official", "real" or "correct" name of any city is or was. Cities are listed alphabetically by their current best-known name in English. The English version is followed by variants in other languages, in alphabetical order by name, and then by any historical variants and former names.
Foreign names that are the same as their English equivalents may be listed, to provide an answer to the question "What is that name in...?".
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
that have several different names in different languages, including former (e.g. colonial) names. Many cities have different names in different languages. Some cities have also undergone name changes
Geographical renaming
Geographical renaming is the changing of the name of a geographical feature or area. This can range from the uncontroversial change of a street name to a highly disputed change to the name of a country. Some names are changed locally but the new names are not recognised by other countries,...
for political or other reasons.
This article does not offer any opinion about what the "original", "official", "real" or "correct" name of any city is or was. Cities are listed alphabetically by their current best-known name in English. The English version is followed by variants in other languages, in alphabetical order by name, and then by any historical variants and former names.
Foreign names that are the same as their English equivalents may be listed, to provide an answer to the question "What is that name in...?".
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| Aleppo Aleppo Aleppo is the largest city in Syria and the capital of Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Syrian governorate. With an official population of 2,301,570 , expanding to over 2.5 million in the metropolitan area, it is also one of the largest cities in the Levant... |
Alep (Catalan*, Croatian*, French*, Romanian*, Slovene*), Alep - Алеп (Serbian)*, Alepas (Lithuanian)*, Alepo (Basque*, Esperanto*, Galician*, Spanish*), Ālèpō - 阿勒颇 [simplified] 阿勒頗 [traditional] (Chinese)*, Alepo or Haleba (Latvian)*, Alepo or Ḩalab (Estonian)*, Alepo or Aleppo (Portuguese)*, Aleppo (Breton*, Czech*, Danish*, Dutch*, Finnish*, German*, Indonesian*, Italian*, Norwegian [Bokmål]*, Polish*, Swedish*, Welsh*), Aleppó (Hungarian)*, Aleppo - Алеппо or Khaleb - Халеб (Russian*, Ukrainian*), Aleppu (Sicilian)*, Alippu (Inuktitut), Allepo - 알레포 (Korean)*, Areppo - アレッポ (Japanese)*, Ash-Shahbā’ (lit., "the gray one") - الشهباء (Arabic [rare]), Beroea (Latin)*, Chalépio(n) - Χαλέπιο(ν) (Greek), Hadad / Halab (Syriac), Halab (Uzbek), Ḥalab - حلب (Arabic*, Ottoman Turkish), Halab - Ҳалаб (Tajik)*, H̱aleb - חַלֶבּ / H̱āleb - חאלב / ארם צובה Aram Zoba - (Hebrew)*, Halep - Հալեպ (Armenian)*, Halep (Turkish)*, Heleb (Kurdish)*, Hələb (Azeri), Vérria - Βέρροια (Hellenistic & Byzantine Greek), ალეპო (Georgian), హాలెప్పో (Telugu), अलेप्पो (Marathi) |
| Almaty Almaty Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500... |
Ālā-Mùtú - 阿拉木圖 (traditional characters) 阿拉木图 (simplified characters) (Chinese), Alma Ata (Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Interlingua, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian [as Алма Ата], Sicilian, Slovak, Slovene, Turkish), Almata (Latvian, Lithuanian), Ałma Ata (Polish), Almatë (Albanian), Olma-Ota (Uzbek) Almati (Catalan, Galician, Hungarian), Almatı (Crimean Tatar, Finnish), Almato (Esperanto), Almatõ (Estonian), Алматы - Almaty (Kazakh), Álma-Áty - Άλμα-Άτυ (Greek), Armatii (Inuktitut), Arumatui - アルマトゥイ (Japanese), ალმა-ათა / ალმატი (Georgian), अलमती (Marathi), ఎల్మాటీ (Telugu) Former names: Viernyi (former name, e.g. in French) |
| Amman Amman Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost... |
Amã (Portuguese), Aman (Novial, Slovene), Аман - Aman (Serbian) Amán (Galician), Amàn (Haitian Creole), Amanas (Lithuanian), Amano (Esperanto), Amans (Samogitian), Амман - Amman (Russian), Amman (Inuktitut), Amman - アンマン (Japanese), Ammán (Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, Spanish), ‘Ammān (Estonian), عمان - Ammān (Arabic), Ammāna (Latvian), Philadelphia (Latin), Philadélpheia - Φιλαδέλφεια (Greek [archaic]), Rabbat Ammon - רבת עמון (Hebrew), 安曼(Chinese), ამანი (Georgian), అమ్మాన్ (Telugu), अम्मान (Marathi) |
| Ankara Ankara Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million.... |
Ángyra - Άγκυρα (Greek), Ancara (Galician, Portuguese), Ancyra (Latin), Angora (former English, former Italian, former Romanian, former French), Ankara - Անկարա (Armenian), Ankara - Анкара (Russian, Serbian), Aqqara/Atqara (Inuktitut), Ankara - アンカラ (Japanese), Ankaro (Esperanto), Anqara (Azeri, Uzbek), Anqara - أنقرة (Arabic), Enqere (Kurdish), 安卡拉 (Chinese), ანკარა (Georgian), అంకారా (Telugu) |
| Antioch Antioch Antioch on the Orontes was an ancient city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. It is near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey.Founded near the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals, Antioch eventually rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the... |
Antakya (Turkish)*, Antioche (French)*, Antiochia (Hungarian*, Interlingua, Latin, Slovak), Antiochia or Antiochia/Antioch/Antiochien am Orontes (German)*, Antiochia or Antiochia di Siria (Italian)*, Antiochia or Antiochia Syryjska (Polish)*, Antiochia or Antiochia vid Orontes (Swedish)*, Antióchia - Αντιόχεια (Greek), Antióchia i epí Dáfni - Αντιόχεια η επί Δάφνη / Antióchia i epí Oróntu - Αντιόχεια η επί Ορόντου / Antióchia i Megáli - Αντιόχεια η Μεγάλη (extended names in Greek), Antioxiya, Antakya (Azeri), Antiochie (Czech)*, Antiochië (Dutch)*, Antioch-on-the-Orontes (extended name in English), Antiohia (Romanian), Antiokia (Indonesian, Danish*, Finnish*), Anniukkia (Inuktitut), Antiokia - アンティオキア (Japanese), Antioquia (Catalan), Antioquía (Spanish)*, Antióquia (Portuguese)*, Antiohija (Croatian, Bosnian), Antiohija - Антиохија (Macedonian, Serbian*), ანტიოქია (Georgian), ఏంటియోక్ (Telugu) |
| Ashkhabad | Ašchabád (Czech, Slovak), Aschchabad, Aschgabad or Aschgabat (German), Ašgabat (Finnish), Aşgabat or Aşkabat (Turkish), Asgabate (Portuguese), Ashkhabad - Ашхабад (Russian), Aşhabad (Italian, Montenegrin, Romanian), Ašhabad - Ашхабад (Macedonian, Serbian), Ašhabada (Latvian), Ashgabat (Turkmen), Asiqhapaati (Inuktitut), Ashigabādo - アシガバード (Japanese), Ashxobod (Uzbek), Asjchabad (Dutch), Aşqabad (Azeri), Aszchabad (Polish), Išq Ābād (Arabic), აშხაბადი / აშგაბატი (Georgian), عشق آباد (Persian), అస్కాబాద్ (Telugu) |
| Astana Astana Astana , formerly known as Akmola , Tselinograd and Akmolinsk , is the capital and second largest city of Kazakhstan, with an officially estimated population of 708,794 as of 1 August 2010... |
Akmola (variant in Finnish), Ostona (Uzbek), Akmola (variant in Russian), Akmoła (former Polish), Aqmola (former Kazakh), Astana - Астана (Kazakh, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian, Turkish, Azeri), Tselinograd (former Russian), Astanà (Catalan), Astaná (Spanish), Asutana/Aqsana/Angmulaq (Inuktitut), Asutana - アスタナ (Japanese), ასტანა (Georgian), అస్తానా (Telugu) |
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| Bandung Bandung Bandung is the capital of West Java province in Indonesia, and the country's third largest city, and 2nd largest metropolitan area in Indonesia, with a population of 7.4 million in 2007. Located 768 metres above sea level, approximately 140 km southeast of Jakarta, Bandung has cooler... |
Bandon - バンドン (Japanese), Bandhung (Javanese), Bandung, Бандунг (Cyrillic Script), Bandungas (Lithuanian), Bandungo (Esperanto), Bandunj - باندونج (Arabic), Wànlóng - 萬隆 (Mandarin Chinese) |
| Bangalore Bangalore Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and... |
Bangarōru - バンガロール (Japanese), ბენგალორი (Georgian), બેંગલોર (Gujarati), बंगलौर (Hindi [traditional]), बेंगलूरु (Hindi [phonetic transcription of Kannada name]), ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು (Kannada), 뱅갈로(Korean), ബാംഗ്ലൂര് (Malayalam), बंगळूर (Marathi), பெங்களூர் (Tamil), బెంగుళూరు (Telugu), بنگلور (Urdu) |
| Bangkok Bangkok Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom... |
Bancác (Irish), Bangóg - Μπανγκόγκ (Greek), Banguecoque or Bangkok (Portuguese), Băng Cốc (Vietnamese), Bankoku - バンコク (Japanese), Krung Thep Maha Nakhon - กรุงเทพมหานคร (Thai), Màngǔ - 曼谷 (Mandarin Chinese), ბანგკოკი (Georgian), 방콕 (Korean), బేంగ్కాక్ (Telugu) |
| Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... |
Bắc Kinh (Vietnamese), Baekging (Zhuang), Bākgìng - 北京 (Cantonese), Bākpìhng - 北平 (Cantonese [archaic]), Beežin - Бээжин / Bejžin - Бэйжин (Mongolian), Běijīng - 北京 (Chinese), Beijing - 베이징 (Korean [modern]), Beijing (Romanian), Běipíng - 北平 (Chinese [archaic, also alternate in Taiwan]), Béising / Péicing (Irish), Bêjing - པེ་ཅིང (Tibetan), Béyjing - بېيجىڭ / Бейҗиң (Uighur), Bukgyeong - 북경 / 北京 (Korean [former]), Pak-kiaⁿ - 北京 (Minnan, Taiwanese), Pechino (Italian), Pechinum (Latin), Pecin / Beijing (Welsh), Pékin (French), Pekin - 北京 / ペキン (Japanese), Pekin (Polish, Turkish, former Romanian), Pekin - Пекин (former Romanian, Russian), Pekín (Spanish), Peking (Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Slovenian, Swedish), Peking - Пекинг (Serbian), Pekíno - Πεκίνο (Greek), Pequim (Portuguese), Pequín (Catalan), პეკინი (Georgian), బేజింగ్ (Telugu), ปักกิ่ง (Thai) |
| Beirut Beirut Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan... |
Beyrouth (French), Bayrūt - بيروت (Arabic, Urdu, Persian), Virytós - Βηρυτός (Greek), Beyrut - Բեյրութ (Armenian), Beiroet (Afrikaans, Dutch), Bejrút (Czech, Hungarian), Bejrut - Бейрут (Russian, Belarussian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian), Beyrut (Turkish) |
| Bengkulu City Bengkulu City Bengkulu is a city on the west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. With a population of 340,000 , the city is the capital and largest city of Bengkulu province.-History:... |
Bangka Hulu (Indonesian [archaic], Malay [archaic]), Bencoolen (former English colonial name), Benkoelen (Dutch), Benkuru - ベンクル (Japanese), Kota Bengkulu (Indonesian, Malay), బెంగ్కూళు నగరం (Telugu) |
| Bishkek Bishkek Bishkek , formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and the largest city of Kyrgyzstan.Bishkek is also the administrative centre of Chuy Province which surrounds the city, even though the city itself is not part of the province but rather a province-level unit of Kyrgyzstan.The name is thought to... |
Bichkek (French), Bischkek (German), Bishukeku - ビシュケク (Japanese), Bisjkek (Dutch), Biškek (Croatian, Finnish, Slovenian), Biškek - Бишкек (Macedonian, Serbian), Bişkek (Romanian, Turkish), Biškeka (Latvian), Biškekas (Lithuanian), Biszkek (Polish), Bixkek (Catalan), బిష్కెక్ (Telugu), ბიშკეკი (Georgian); Frunze (former name) |
| Bukhara Bukhara Bukhara , from the Soghdian βuxārak , is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest city, it has a population of 263,400 . The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time... |
Boechara (Dutch), Boxārā - بُخارا (Persian), Buchara (Italian), Buhara (Finnish, Turkish, Turkmen), Buhara - ブハラ (Japanese), Buhara - Бухара (Serbian), Buhhaara (Estonian), Bujara (Spanish), Bukharà (Catalan), Bukhara - Бұхара (Kazakh), Bukhara - Бухара (Russian), Bukhoro - Бухоро (Tajik), Buxara (Azeri), Buxoro (Uzbek), ბუხარა (Georgian), బుఖారా (Telugu) |
| Bursa Bursa, Turkey Bursa is a city in northwestern Turkey and the seat of Bursa Province. The metropolitan area in the entire Bursa province had a population of 2.6 million as of 2010, making the city fourth most populous in Turkey. The city is equally one of the most industrialized metropolitan centers in the... |
Boersa (Dutch), Brousse (former French), Bursa (Azeri, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Macedonian, Romanian, Turkish), Bursa - בורסה (Hebrew), Bursa - Бурса (Serbian), Burusa - ブルサ (Japanese), Proúsa - Προύσα (Greek), Prusa (Latin), ბურსა (Georgian), బుర్సా (Telugu) |
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| Cairo Cairo Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life... |
القاهرة - Al-Qāhirah (Arabic), El Cairo (Spanish), Il Cairo (Italian), El Caire (Catalan), Kairo (Esperanto, Finnish, German, Serbian [as Каиро], Swedish), Kairo - カイロ (Japanese), Kairó (Hungarian), Le Caire (French), ქაირო (Georgian), Каир (Russian), Kahire (Turkish),Kaherah (Malay),Қаһіра(Kazakh) |
| Chengdu Chengdu Chengdu , formerly transliterated Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. It holds sub-provincial administrative status... |
成都 - Chéngdu (Chinese), Seito - 成都 {せいと} (Japanese), 成都 (성도) - Seongdo (Korean), Thành Đô (Vietnamese), చెంగ్డు (Telugu), Chingdū - چېڭدۇ/чеңду (Uighur) |
| Chennai Chennai Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India... |
Chennnai - チェンナイ (Japanese), Madras (former name), Madràs (alternate in Catalan), Μάδρας (Greek), Mədrəs (alternate in Azeri), চেন্নাই (Bengali), ચેન્નઈ (Gujarati), चेन्नई (Hindi, Marathi), ಚೆನ್ನೈ (Kannada), சென்னை (Tamil), చెన్న పట్టణం (Telugu), మద్రాసు (former name in Telugu), چنئی (Urdu) |
| Chittagong Chittagong Chittagong ) is a city in southeastern Bangladesh and the capital of an eponymous district and division. Built on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the city is home to Bangladesh's busiest seaport and has a population of over 4.5 million, making it the second largest city in the country.A trading... |
Chittagon - チッタゴン (Japanese), Chottogram - চট্টগ্রাম (Bengali), చిట్టాగోంగ్ (Telugu) |
| Chongqing Chongqing Chongqing is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities of China. Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities , and the only such municipality in inland China.The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the... |
重慶 - Chóngqìng (Chinese), Jūkei - 重慶 {じゅうけい} -(Japanese), 重慶 (중경) - Chunggyeong (Korean), چۇڭچىڭ/ чуңчиң - Chungqing (Dutch) - Chūngchīng (Uighur) - Trùng Khánh (Vietnamese), చోంగ్కింగ్ (Telugu) |
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| Damascus Damascus Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major... |
Dimašq - دمشق / Ash-Shām - الشام / Jilliq - جلق (Arabic), Şam (Kurdish, Crimean Tatar, Turkish), Δαμασκός (Greek), Dımeşk (obsolete Turkish), Damaskos - Դամասկոս, Šam - Շամ (Armenian), Dəməşq, Şam (Azeri), Damas (French), Dammeseq - דַּמֶּשֶׂק (Hebrew), Damask - Дамаск (Russian, Bulgarian), Dimaşq˙ (Chechen), ¯Sam - Щам (Kabardian [Circassian]), Damesek (Karaim), Damasc (Catalan, Romanian), Damasco (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese), Damascus (Dutch, Latin, Welsh), Damasko (Esperanto), Damaskus (Danish, Estonian, German, Indonesia, Norwegian), Damask - Дамаск (Albanian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian), Damaszkusz (Hungarian), Damašek (Czech), Damaszek (Polish), Damaskos (Finnish, Northern Lapp), Damaisc (Irish), Dimshek (Somali), Dameski (Swahili), Damashƙa (Hausa), Damaxk - دهمهشق (Uighur), Dàmǎshìgé - 大馬士革 (Chinese), Dàmǎshìgé - 大马士革 (Simplified Chinese), Damasukasu - ダマスカス (Japanese), Damaseukuseu - 다마스쿠스 (Korean), Damsyik (Malay), Dameshk - দামেস্ক (Bengali), დამასკო (Georgian) |
| Da Nang Da Nang Đà Nẵng , occasionally Danang, is a major port city in the South Central Coast of Vietnam, on the coast of the South China Sea at the mouth of the Han River. It is the commercial and educational center of Central Vietnam; its well-sheltered, easily accessible port and its location on the path of... |
Đà Nẵng (Vietnamese), Danan - ダナン (Japanese), Tourane (French [former]), Xiàngǎng - 峴港 (traditional characters) 岘港 (simplified characters) (Mandarin Chinese). |
| Dhaka Dhaka Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city... |
ঢাকা (Bengali), ढाका (Hindi, Marathi), ڈھاکا (Urdu), ઢાકા (Gujarati), Dacca (former English name until 1982, Italian, former Romanian, Spanish, alternate in Catalan), Dákǎ 達卡 (traditional characters) 达卡 (simplified characters) (Mandarin Chinese), Dakka - Дакка (Russian), Dakka - ダッカ (Japanese), Dəkkə (Azeri), Daca (Portuguese), დაკა (Georgian) |
| Dushanbe Dushanbe -Economy:Coal, lead, and arsenic are mined nearby in the cities of Nurek and Kulob allowing for the industrialization of Dushanbe. The Nurek Dam, the world's highest as of 2008, generates 95% of Tajikistan's electricity, and another dam, the Roghun Dam, is planned on the Vakhsh River... |
Doesjanbe (Dutch), Douchanbé (French), Dušanbe - Душанбе (Croatian, Finnish, Latvian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Tajik), 'Duŝanbeo (Esperanto), Duixanbe (Catalan), Dušanbė (Lithuanian), Duşanbe (Romanian, Turkish), Düşənbə (Azeri), Dūšānbī (Arabic), Duschanbe (German), Dushambe - ドゥシャンベ (Japanese), Dusjanbe (Swedish), Duszanbe (Polish), დუშანბე (Georgian); Hissar (former name); Stalinabad (former name) |
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| Erzurum Erzurum Erzurum is a city in Turkey. It is the largest city, the capital of Erzurum Province. The city is situated 1757 meters above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 361,235 in the 2000 census. .Erzurum, known as "The Rock" in NATO code, served as NATO's southeastern-most air force post during the... |
Eruzurumu - エルズルム (Japanese) also written as Erzerum or Erzeroum in some texts until the early 20th century, formerly known as Arzen Erzurum Province Erzurum Province is a Province of Turkey, in the Eastern Anatolia Region of the country. It is bordered by the provinces of Kars and Ağrı to the east, Muş and Bingöl to the south, Erzincan and Bayburt to the west, Rize and Artvin to the north and Ardahan to the northeast. The provincial capital is... during the Roman Roman Empire The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean.... period, Theodosiopolis (after Theodosius I Theodosius I Theodosius I , also known as Theodosius the Great, was Roman Emperor from 379 to 395. Theodosius was the last emperor to rule over both the eastern and the western halves of the Roman Empire. During his reign, the Goths secured control of Illyricum after the Gothic War, establishing their homeland... ) during the Byzantine Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire during the periods of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, centred on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania to its inhabitants and neighbours, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State... period and Karin Karin Karin is a common feminine given name in various Germanic languages , and in some French-speaking areas, as well as Japanese... (Կարին) in Armenian Armenian language The Armenian language is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people. It is the official language of the Republic of Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The language is also widely spoken by Armenian communities in the Armenian diaspora... (hence Karnu-kalaki, კარნუ-ქალაქი, of the medieval Georgians Georgians The Georgians are an ethnic group that have originated in Georgia, where they constitute a majority of the population. Large Georgian communities are also present throughout Russia, European Union, United States, and South America.... ) |
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| Faisalabad Faisalabad Faisalabad , formerly known as Lyallpur, is the third largest metropolis in Pakistan, the second largest in the province of Punjab after Lahore, and a major industrial center in the heart of Pakistan. Before the foundation of the city in 1880, the area was very thinly populated. The population has... |
Faisarābādo - ファイサラーバード (Japanese), Lyallpur (Former colonial name changed to Faisalabad in 1977),فیصل آباد (Urdu) |
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| Guangzhou Guangzhou Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port... |
Canton (English [alternate], Catalan, French, Welsh, Italian, Romanian, Spanish), Cantão (Portuguese), Gwóngjàu - 广州 / 廣州 (Cantonese), Gwangju - 광주 {廣州} (Korean), Guǎngzhōu - 广州 / 廣州 (Mandarin Chinese), Kńg-chiu - 广州 / 廣州 (Minnan / Taiwanese), Guōng-ciŭ - 广州 / 廣州 (Mindong), Gvangjcouh (Zhuang), Kanton / Guangzhou (German), Kanton (Dutch, Finnish, Polish, Turkish), Καντόνα - Kantona (Greek), Kōshū - 広州 {こうしゅう} (Japanese), Quảng Châu (Vietnamese), กวางเจา (Thai), გუანჯოუ, კანტონი (Georgian) |
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| Haifa Haifa Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher... |
Caifa / Caiphas (former medieval crusader names, Italian), Haïfa (French), Haifa - ハイファ (Japanese), Haifa (Spanish), Hajfa (Polish), Ħayfā - حيفا (Arabic), Hayfa (Turkish), Ħêphāh - חיפה (Hebrew), Sycaminon / Sykaminos (other names [archaic]), ჰაიფა (Georgian), హైఫా (Telugu) |
| Hebron Hebron Hebron , is located in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judean Mountains, it lies 930 meters above sea level. It is the largest city in the West Bank and home to around 165,000 Palestinians, and over 500 Jewish settlers concentrated in and around the old quarter... |
Chevrón(a) - Χεβρών(α) (Greek), Ħeḇrōn - חֶבְרוֹן (Hebrew) Hebrón (Spanish), Heburon - ヘブロン (Japanese), Al-Khalīl - الخليل (Arabic), ჰებრონი (Georgian), హెబ్రోన్ (Telugu), El-Halil (Turkish) |
| Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam... |
Gajeong - 嘉定 (Korean, precolonial), Gia Ðịnh - 嘉定 (Vietnamese, precolonial), Hōchimin - ホーチミン (Japanese), Ho Chi Minhin kaupunki (Finnish), Ho Chi Minh-Stad (Dutch), Hošiminas (Lithuanian), Ho Si Min Város (Hungarian), Ho Și Min (Romanian), Ho Tsji Ming-Stad (former Dutch), Hú Zhì Míng Shì - 胡志明市 (Chinese, post-unification), Jiādìng - 嘉定 (Classical Chinese Classical Chinese Classical Chinese or Literary Chinese is a traditional style of written Chinese based on the grammar and vocabulary of ancient Chinese, making it different from any modern spoken form of Chinese... ), Katei - 嘉定 (Japanese, precolonial), Prey Nokor (Khmer), Saigon (former name in English, Catalan, Italian, former Romanian), Saigón (Spanish), Sài Gòn (Vietnamese, pre-unification), Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh (Vietnamese), Xī Gòng - 西貢 (Chinese, pre-unification), ჰო ში მინი (Georgian), హో చీ మిన్హ్ నగరం (Telugu), సైగోన్ (Telugu, precolonial) |
| Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour... |
Chongk Kongk - Χονγκ Κονγκ (Greek), Heung Gong - 香港 (Cantonese), Hiong-káng - 香港 (Minnan, Taiwanese), Hong Cong (Irish), Hongkong (in old English texts, Finnish), Honkon - ホンコン / 香港 (Japanese), Hương Cảng or Hồng Công (Vietnamese), Hyanghang - 향항 / 香港 (Korean), Victoria (obsolete, colonial name of the city on the north shore of Hong Kong Island), Xianggang - 香港 (Mandarin Chinese), ჰონგ კონგი (Georgian), 홍콩 (Korean alternate), హాంగ్ కాంగ్ (Telugu), ฮ่องกง (Thai) |
| Hyderabad | Haiderabādo - ハイデラバード (Japanese), ჰაიდარაბადი (Georgian), हैदराबाद (Hindi), ಹೇದರಾಬಾದ್ (Kannada), हैदराबाद (Marathi), ஹேதராபாத் (Tamil), హైదరాబాదు (Telugu), حیدر آباد (Urdu) |
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| Irkutsk Irkutsk Irkutsk is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, one of the largest cities in Siberia. Population: .-History:In 1652, Ivan Pokhabov built a zimovye near the site of Irkutsk for gold trading and for the collection of fur taxes from the Buryats. In 1661, Yakov Pokhabov... |
Erhüü - Эрхүү (Buryat and Mongolian), Irkutsk - Иркутск (Russian), Irkuțk (Romanian), Irukūtsuku - イルクーツク (Japanese), Yìěrkùcīkè - 伊爾庫茨克 (traditional characters) 伊尔库茨克 (simplified characters) (Chinese), Irkuck (Polish), ირკუტსკი (Georgian). |
| Iskenderun Iskenderun İskenderun is a city and urban district in the province of Hatay on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. The current mayor is Yusuf Hamit Civelek .-Names:... |
Alexandrië (Dutch), Alejandría (Spanish), Aleksandretta (Polish), Alessandretta (Italian), Alexandreta (Portuguese), Alexandretta (variant in English, German), Alexandrétta - Αλεξανδρέττα (Greek), Alexandria - Αλεξάνδρια (Greek), Alexandrette (variant in French, German), Iskandarūn - إسكندرون (Arabic), (al-)Iskandariya (former Arabic), İskenderiye (Turkish until 1939), İskenderun (Turkish), İsgəndərun (Azeri), Scanderoon (former variant in English), Aleksandrija(Montenegrin), Alexandria (Romanian), Isukenderun - イスケンデルン (Japanese), ისქანდერუნი (Georgian). |
| Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... |
Estambul (Spanish), Stambul (former Romanian), Țarigrad (former Romanian) Konstantinopel (Swedish),Ыстамбұл(Kazakh) |
| Izmir Izmir Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey... |
Esmirna (Catalan, Portuguese, Spanish), İzmir (Turkish, Azeri), Izmir - Измир (Dutch, Finnish Romanian, Russian, Serbian), Izmira (Latvian), Izumiru - イズミル (Japanese), Smirna (former Serbian, former Romanian), Smirne (Italian), Σμύρνη / Smýrni (Greek), Smyrna (variant in English), იზმირი (Georgian), Զմիւռնիա or Իզմիր (Armenian /Zmyurnia or Izmiř/) |
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| Jakarta Jakarta Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre... |
Batavia (Dutch colonial name), Betawi (former colonial name, Malay, Indonesian), Sunda Kelapa (original native name), Cakarta (Turkish), Djakarta (Dutch alternate, French, German, Romanian), Dzhakarta - Джакарта (Russian), Džakarta (Croatian, Serbian), Dżakarta (Polish), Dzsakarta (Hungarian), Giacarta (Italian), Iacárta (Irish), Jacarta (Portuguese), Jakaruta - ジャカルタ (Japanese), Jagatara - ジャガタラ (Japanese [archaic]), Τζακάρτα (Greek), ჯაკარტა (Georgian), Yakarta (Spanish) |
| Jericho Jericho Jericho ; is a city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories. It is the capital of the Jericho Governorate and has a population of more than 20,000. Situated well below sea level on an east-west route north of the Dead Sea, Jericho is the lowest permanently... |
Arīħa, أريحا (Arabic) Yerīħo, יְרִיחוֹ (Hebrew) Jericó (Catalan, Spanish), Gerico (Italian), Ireachó (Irish), Ierihon (Romanian), Jeriko (Finnish), Jerycho (Polish), იერიქონი (Georgian), Ιεριχώ (Iericho) (Greek), Eriha, Ceriko (Turkish), Yeriko - イェリコ (Japanese), 예리코 (Korean) |
| Jeddah Jeddah Jeddah, Jiddah, Jidda, or Jedda is a city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest sea port on the Red Sea, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh. The... |
جدّة - Jiddah (Arabic), Cidde (Turkish), Dschidda (German), Djedda (Dutch), Djeddah (French), Jedda (Spanish, Finnish), Jedda/Jidda - ジェッダ/ジッダ (Japanese), Gedda (Italian), Gidda (Catalan), Jidá (Portuguese), Ciddə (Azeri), Dżudda (Polish), Džida (Lithuanian), Yidda (Spanish var.), ჯედა (Georgian) |
| Jerusalem | Baitul Maqdis (Malays), Єрусалим (Ukrainian), Erusaremu - エルサレム (Japanese), Gerusalemme (Italian), Hierusalem (Latin), Iarúsailéim (Irish), Ierusalim (Romanian), Ierusalím - Ιερουσαλήμ or Ierosólima - Ιεροσόλυμα (Greek), Ierusalimi - იერუსალიმი (Georgian), Ierusalim - Иерусалим (Russian), Jerozolima (Polish), Jerusalem (Catalan, Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish), Jerúsalem, Jórsalir or Jórsalaborg (Icelandic), Jerusalém (Portuguese), Jerusalén (Spanish), Jeruusalemm (Estonian), Jerusalim - Јерусалим (Serbian), Jeruzalem (Croatian, Dutch, Polish (old), Slovak, Slovene), Jeruzalém (Czech), Giêrusalem (Vietnamese)', Giê-ru-xa-lem (former Vietnamese), Jeruzalė (Lithuanian), Jeruzāleme (Latvian), JeruzsálemIW (Hungarian), Jérusalem (French), Kudüs (Turkish), al-Quds - القُدس / القـُدْس (Arabic), Qüds / Yerusəlim (Azeri), Yerusalam (Indonesian) Yərušaláyim - יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Hebrew), Yərûšəlem - יְרוּשְׁלֶם (Aramaic), Kudüs (Turkish), Quddus (Uzbek), እየሩሳሌም (Amharic), Yēlùsālěng - 耶路撒冷IW (Mandarin Chinese), Yerusaghem - Երուսաղեմ (Armenian), Yerushalayim - יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Hebrew), Yerusallem - 예루살렘 (Korean), اورشلیم (Persian) Former names: Jorsal (Old Norse) |
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| Karachi Karachi Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million... |
Karachi - カラチ (Japanese), Karaçi (Turkish), Karaczi (Polish), Kəraçi (Azeri), ყარაჩი (Georgian), ڪراچي (Sindhi), كراچى (Urdu) Former name: Kolachi (early 19th century name) |
| Kayseri Kayseri Kayseri is a large and industrialized city in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It is the seat of Kayseri Province. The city of Kayseri, as defined by the boundaries of Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality, is structurally composed of five metropolitan districts, the two core districts of Kocasinan and... |
Caesarea (Latin), Kaiseri - カイセリ (Japanese), Kayseri (Turkish), Qeysəriyyə (Azeri) Former names: Cäsarea (German), Caesarea (English), Cesarea (Italian), Kaisáreia - Καισάρεια (Greek), Mazaca (ancient name in Latin), Mazaka (ancient name in Greek) |
| Kermanshah Kermanshah Kermanshah is a city in and the capital of Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 784,602, in 198,117 families.The overwhelming majority of Kermanshahi people are Shi'a Muslims... |
Kermanšah (Finnish), Kirmanşah (Turkish), Kirmaşan (Kurdish), کرمانشاه (Persian) |
| Kolkata Kolkata Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India... |
Calcuta (Catalan, Romanian, Spanish), Calcúta (Irish), Calcutá (Portuguese), Calcutta (Danish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish), Kalkoúta - Καλκούτα (Greek), Kalkuta (Serbian, Polish), Kalküta (Turkish), Kalkutta (Finnish,German), Kal'kutta - Калькутта (Russian), Kəlküttə (Azeri), Korukata - コルカタ (Japanese), কলকাতা / কলিকাতা (Bengali), კალკუტა (Georgian), कोलकाता (Hindi, current), कलकत्ता (Hindi, traditional), കൊല്ക്കത്ത (Malayalam), கொல்கத்தா (Tamil) Former name: Calcutta (English, French) |
| Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu , formerly known as Jesselton, is the capital of Sabah state in East Malaysia. It is also the capital of the West Coast Division of Sabah. The city is located on the northwest coast of Borneo facing the South China Sea. The Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park lies on one side and Mount... |
Kotakinabaru - コタキナバル (Japanese) Former names: Api (colonial Japanese name), Api-Api (former Malay), Jesselton (colonial English name), Yabi - 亚庇 (former Chinese) |
| Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million... |
Jilongpo - 吉隆坡 (Mandarin Chinese), Kouala Loumpou (Créole), Kúala Lúmpúr (Icelandic), Kuala-Lumpur - Куала-Лумпур (Russian, Ukrainian), Kuala-Lumpuro (Esperanto), Kuararumpūru - クアラルンプール (Japanese), Kvala Lumpūras (Lithuanian), კუალა ლუმპური (Georgian) |
| Kyoto Kyoto is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:... |
Gyeongdo - 경도 {京都} (Korean), Gyoto - 교토 (Korean), Jīng Dū - 京都 (Mandarin Chinese), Kioto (Afrikaans, Basque, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, Polish, Spanish), Kijotas (Lithuanian), Quioto (Galician, Portuguese) |
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| Lahore Lahore Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a... |
لاہور (Urdu), लाहौर-यात्रा (Hindi), ლაჰორი (Georgian), Λαχώρης (Greek), ละฮ อร์ (Thai), לאַכאָ (Yiddish), Лахор (Ukrainian), లాహోర్ (Telugu), ಲಾಹೋರ್ (Kannada), Լահոր (Armenian), Láhaur (Slovak), લાહોર (Gujrati), 拉合尔 (Simple Chinese), 拉合爾 (Traditional Chinese), Láhaur (Czech), Лахоре (Macedonian), Лахоре (Russian), Lahore (English, French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, Dutch, Danish, German, Croatian, Irish), लहोरे (Nepali), ラホール (Japanese), 라호르 (Korean) |
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| Macau Macau Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China... |
Aomen - 澳门 (Mandarin Chinese, Simplified), Maa Gau - 馬交 (Cantonese, Traditional, informal), Macao (Italian, Finnish, French, Romanian, Spanish), Macau (Dutch, English, German, Portuguese), Makao - マカオ / 澳門 (Japanese), Makao (Polish, Serbian, Turkish), O Mun - 澳門 (Cantonese, Traditional), Omun - 오문 / 澳門 (Korean), მაკაო (Georgian), 마카오 (Korean alternate) |
| Makassar Makassar Makassar, is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the largest city on Sulawesi Island. From 1971 to 1999, the city was named Ujung Pandang, after a precolonial fort in the city, and the two names are often used interchangeably... |
Macassar (Portuguese, English variant), Makasar (Dutch, Polish, Norwegian var.), Makasaras (Lithuanian), Makassaru - マカッサル (Japanese), Ujungpandang (former Indonesian), Ujung Pandang (former Malay), Wàngjiāxī - 望加锡 (Chinese, Simplified) |
| Malacca Malacca Town Most tourist attractions are concentrated in its small city centre which encompasses Jonker Walk which houses Malacca's traditional Chinatown that exhibits Peranakan architecture. A Famosa Fort, St. Paul Hill are among the tourist attractions located in the Bandar Hilir, old city area. There are... |
Malaca (Portuguese, Spanish), Malacca (Italian), Malakka (Dutch, German, Polish), Mâ-la̍k-kah - 麻六甲 (Minnan Chinese / Taiwanese), Malaqa - ملقا (Arabic), Marakka - マラッカ (Japanese), Melaka (Finnish, Malay, Indonesian), მალაკა (Georgian) |
| Manila Manila Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,... |
Mainile (Irish), Manila (Basque, Catalan, Cebuano, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Ilokano, Indonesian, Italian, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese, Waray), Manila - Манила (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian), Maníla (Icelandic), Mǎnílā - 马尼拉 (Mandarin Chinese, Simplified), Má-nî-la (Minnan Chinese), Manilha (Portuguese alternate), Manilla (Dutch, English alternate, German alternate), Manille (French), Manilo (Esperanto), Manira - マニラ (Japanese), Maynilà (Tagalog, with diacritics), Mênila - ম্যানিলা (Bengali), Menila (Kapampangan), مانيلا (Arabic), მანილა (Georgian), מנילה (Hebrew), 마닐라 (Korean), فیلیپین (Persian), மணிலா (Tamil), มะนิลา (Thai), مانىل (Uyghur) |
| Mecca Mecca Mecca is a city in the Hijaz and the capital of Makkah province in Saudi Arabia. The city is located inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of above sea level... |
al Makka al Mukarramah - مكة المكرمة (Arabic, full name), Makka (Uzbek), Makkah (Malay), La Meca (Catalan, Spanish), Meca (Portuguese), La Mecca (Italian), Mecca (Romanian), La Mecque (French), Meice (Irish), Meka (Croatian, Serbian, Slovene), Mekka (Basque, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish), Mekka - メッカ (Japanese), Mekka - Мекка (Russian), Mekkah (Indonesian), Mekah (Malays), Məkkə (Azeri), Mekke (Turkish), Môkka - মক্কা (Bengali), მექა (Georgian) |
| Medina Medina Medina , or ; also transliterated as Madinah, or madinat al-nabi "the city of the prophet") is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, and... |
al Madina al Munawwarah - المدينة المنورة (Arabic, full name), Madina (Uzbek), Мadinah (Indonesian, Malay), Medina - Медина (Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese), Al-Medina - אל-מדינה (Hebrew), Medina - メディナ (Japanese), Medina - Медина (Russian, Serbian), Mədinə (Azeri), Médine (French), Medine (Turkish) Medyna (Polish), Meidíne (Irish), Modina - মদিনা (Bengali), მედინა (Georgian) |
| Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million... |
Bombai (Catalan), Bombaim (Portuguese), Bombaj (Polish), Bombay (English [former and variant], French, Italian, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish), Mumbai - মুম্বাই (Assamese, Bengali), Mumbai - ムンバイ (Japanese), Vomvái - Βομβάη (Greek), 孟買 (Chinese), मुंबई (Hindi, Marathi), ბომბეი / მუმბაი (Georgian), મુંબઈ (Gujarati), ಮುಂಬೈ (Kannada), 뭄바이 (Korean), मुम्बई (Nepali), ਮੁਮਬਏ (Panjabi), மும்பை (Tamil) |
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| Nablus Nablus Nablus is a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank, approximately north of Jerusalem, with a population of 126,132. Located in a strategic position between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, it is the capital of the Nablus Governorate and a Palestinian commercial and cultural center.Founded by the... |
Nāblūs (Arabic), Nabloes (Dutch), Naburusu - ナブルス (Japanese), Naplouse (French), Nablus (English,Italian, German, Turkish), Nablus - Наблус (Russian), Shkhem - שכם (Hebrew), ნაბლუსი (Georgian) |
| New Delhi New Delhi New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is... |
नई दिल्ली (Hindi), نئی دلی (Urdu), ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ (Panjabi), নয়া দিল্লী / নতুন দিল্লী (Bengali), புது தில்லி (Tamil), 新德里 (Chinese), Nueva Delhi (Spanish) Neu-delhi (German alternate), Nieuw-Delhi (Dutch alternate), Nuova Delhi (Italian), Yeni Dehli (Azeri,Turkish), Nyu-Deli - Нью-Дели (Russian), Nju Delhi (Serbian), Nova Delhi (Catalan, Portuguese), Új-Delhi (Hungarian), Nowe Delhi (Polish), Νέο Δελχί(Greek), Dellium Novum (Latin) Deilí Nua (Irish), დელი (Georgian), Nova Délhi (Portuguese), नवी दिल्ली (marathi), Nyūderī - ニューデリー (Japanese) |
| Nicosia Nicosia Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line... |
Lefkosía - Λευκωσία (Greek), Nicosia (Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish), Nicósia (Portuguese), Nicosie (French), Nikosia / Lefkosia (Finnish), Nikoshia - ニコシア (Japanese), Nikosia (German), Nikosija (Latvian, Russian, Ukrainian), Nikosio (Esperanto), Nikozija (Lithuanian, Serbian), Nikozja (Polish), Nīqūsiyā (Arabic), Lefkoşe or Lefkoşa (Turkish), ნიქოზია (Georgian) |
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| Osaka Osaka is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe... |
Dàbǎn - 大阪 (Chinese), Ōsaka - 大阪 {おおさか} (Japanese), Osaka - 오사카 (Korean), Daepan - 大阪{대판} (former Korean), Ozaka - Οζάκα (Greek), ოსაკა (Georgian), Osaca (Portuguese) |
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| Palembang Palembang Palembang is the capital city of the South Sumatra province in Indonesia. Palembang is one of the oldest cities in Indonesia, and has a history of being a capital of a maritime empire. Located on the Musi River banks on the east coast of southern Sumatra island, it has an area of 400.61 square... |
Balimbanj - باليمبانج (Arabic), Jùgǎng - 巨港 (Mandarin Chinese), Kī-káng / Kū-káng - 巨港 (Hokkien/Taiwanese), Palembang, Палембанг (Russian, Serbian, other languages using Cyrillic script), Palembangas (Lithuanian), Pelembang (Malay, Indonesian, colloquial speech) |
| Peshawar Peshawar Peshawar is the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the administrative center and central economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan.... |
Báishāwǎ - 白沙瓦 [traditional and simplified characters] (Mandarin Chinese)*, Báixiàwǎ - 白夏瓦 [traditional and simplified characters] (alternative Mandarin Chinese)*, Paśāvar - پشاور (Urdu [standard])*, Pe̍h-sa-óa - 白沙瓦 (Hokkien/Taiwanese), Peśāvar - પેશાવર (Gujarati), Peśāvar - पेशावर (Hindi*, Marathi*), Pešavar - Пешавар (Russian), Peṣāvar - பெஷாவர் (Tamil)*, Peṣāvar - పెషావర్ (Telugu), Peśavāru - ޕެޝަވާރު (Dhivehi), Peşaver (Turkish)*, Pēšāwar - پیشاور (Dari), Peśāwar - پشاور (Urdu [local form]), Pĕṣhāvar - പെഷാവര് (Malayalam), Peshāvar - [Shahmukhi script]* /ਪੇਸ਼ਾਵਰ [Gurmukhi script]* (Punjabi alternative), Péshawar - پېشاۋار (Uyghur)*, Peshāwaru - ペシャーワル (Japanese)*, Peshoyār - পেশোয়ার (Bengali)*, Pesyawareu - 페샤와르 *, Pētwā - เปศวาร์ [pèːt waː] (Thai)*, Pex̌awar - پېښور (Pashto)*, Pişavar (Azeri), Pišâvar - پیشاور (Persian)*, Pišāwar - بشاور (Arabic)*, Pishāvar - [Shahmukhi script]* / ਪਿਸ਼ਾਵਰ [Gurmukhi script] (Punjabi), Pišor - پِشور (Hindko) |
| Pyongyang Pyongyang Pyongyang is the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea, and the largest city in the country. Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River and, according to preliminary results from the 2008 population census, has a population of 3,255,388. The city was... |
Bình Nhưỡng (Vietnamese), Byawnyāngh - بيونيانغ (Arabic), Pêng-jióng - 平壤 (Hokkien/Taiwanese), Phenian (Romanian, Polish obsolete), Phenjan (Hungarian), Píngrǎng - 平壌 (Chinese), Pjongjang (Finnish, Polish, Serbian), Pjöngjang (German), Pkhyenyan - Пхеньян (Russian), Pkheniani - ფხენიანი (Georgian), Pyeongyang/P'yŏngyang - 평양/平壤 (Korean), Pyongyang (Danish, Dutch, English, French, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish), Pyon'yan - 平壌 {ピョンヤン} (Japanese) |
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| Sahiwal Sahiwal Sahiwal is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the administrative centre of Sahiwal District and Sahiwal Division. Sahiwal is approximately 180 km from the major city Lahore and is the city between Lahore and Multan... |
Montgomery (Former colonial name changed to Sahiwal in 1966), ساہیوال (Urdu) |
| Samarkand Samarkand Although a Persian-speaking region, it was not united politically with Iran most of the times between the disintegration of the Seleucid Empire and the Arab conquest . In the 6th century it was within the domain of the Turkic kingdom of the Göktürks.At the start of the 8th century Samarkand came... |
Samarcand (old Romanian), Samarcanda (Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Samarcande (French), Samarkand - Самарканд (Dutch, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish), Samarkanda (Polish), Semerkant (Turkish), Samarkandas (Lithuanian), Samarkándhi - Σαμαρκάνδη (Greek), Səmərqənd (Azeri), Samarqand (Uzbek, Estonian), Samarukando - サマルカンド (Japanese), Szamarkand (Hungarian), সমরখন্দ (Bengali), სამარყანდი (Georgian), سمرقند (Persian), సమర్ఖండ్ (Telugu) |
| Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... |
Gyeongseong - 경성 - 京城 (Korean [archaic]), Hànchéng - 漢城 (traditional characters) 汉城 (simplified characters) (Mandarin Chinese [recently superseded by Shǒu’ěr 首爾]), Hanseong - 한성 - 漢城 (Korean [archaic]), Hàn-siâⁿ - 漢城 (Taiwanese [Hokkien]), Hansung (English [archaic]), Hán Thành (Vietnamese), Hanyang - 한양 - 漢陽 (Korean variant [archaic]), Jīngchéng - 京城 (Chinese [archaic]), Keijo (English [archaic]), Kanjō - 漢城 {かんじょう} (Japanese [archaic]), Keijō - 京城 {けいじょう} (Japanese [archaic]), Seul (Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Turkish, Azeri) - Seul/ Сеул (Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian, Serbian), Seulum (Latin), Seulo (Esperanto), Seula (Latvian), Seoel (Dutch), Seoul - 서울 (Korean), Séoul (French), Seúl (Spanish), Seül (Catalan), Σεούλ (Greek), Seulas (Lithuanian), Shǒu’ěr - 首爾 (traditional characters) 首尔 (simplified characters) (Mandarin Chinese), Soul (Czech, Finnish, Slovak), Söul (Swedish, Estonian), Souru - ソウル (Japanese), Szöul (Hungarian), Xơ-un (Vietnamese), სეული (Georgian), กรุงโซล (Thai), సీయోల్ (Telugu) |
| Shusha Shusha Shusha , also known as Shushi is a town in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the South Caucasus. It has been under the control of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic since its capture in 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War... |
Şuşa (Azeri, Romanian, Turkish), Choucha (French), Schuscha (German), Shusha (Dutch), Scusca (Italian), Shushá (Spanish), Szusza (Polish), Shoshā - شوشا (Persian), Şuşî - شوشی (Kurdish), Shushi - Շուշի (Armenian), Shusha - შუშა (Georgian), Shusha - Шуша (Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Serbian), Sousá - Σουσά (Greek), Shusha - שושאַ (Yiddish), Shusha - שושה (Hebrew), Shushā - ﺷﻮﺸﺎ (Arabic), Shushā - ܫܫܐ (Syriac) |
| Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... |
Cingapura (Brazilian Portuguese), Shingapōru - シンガポール (Japanese), Shōnan - 昭南 (Japanese [colonial name]), Singapour (French), Singapoúri - Σινγκαπούρη (Greek), Singapur (Catalan, Polish, Spanish, Turkish), Singapur - Сингапур (Russian, Serbian), Singapūra (Latvian), Singapura (Malay, Indonesian, Portuguese), Singeapór (Irish), Sin-ka-pho - 新加坡 (Minnan/Taiwanese), Szingapúr (Hungarian), Temasek (Malay, Indonesian [archaic]), Xīnjiāpō - 新加坡 (Chinese), სინგაპური (Georgian), सिंगपुरः (Sanskrit), సింగపూర్ (Telugu) |
| Surabaya Surabaya Surabaya is Indonesia's second-largest city with a population of over 2.7 million , and the capital of the province of East Java... |
Sìshuǐ - 泗水 (Mandarin Chinese), Soerabaja (Dutch), Surabaia (Portuguese), Surabaja (Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish), Surabajo (Esperanto), Surabaya - سورابايا (Arabic), スラバヤ (Japanese), Сурабая (Russian), Suroboyo (spoken Javanese) |
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| Tashkent Tashkent Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan and of the Tashkent Province. The officially registered population of the city in 2008 was about 2.2 million. Unofficial sources estimate the actual population may be as much as 4.45 million.-Early Islamic History:... |
Tachkent (French), Taschkent (German), Tashkent - (Russian, Ukrainian), Tashqand (Arabic), Tasjkent (Dutch, Swedish, Danish), Taskéndi - Τασκένδη (Greek), Daşkənd (Azeri), Taskent (Hungarian, Italian), Taszkent / Taszkient (Polish), Taškenta (Latvian), Taškent (Finnish, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian), Taşkent (Romanian, Turkish), Taškentas (Lithuanian),Toshkent (Estonian, Uzbek), তাশখন্দ or Tashkhond (Bengali),Tashikento - タシケント (Japanese), Taiscint (Irish), ტაშკენტი (Georgian), 타슈켄트 (Korean), تاشکنت (Persian) |
| Tehran Tehran Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to... |
Tahran (Turkish), Teheran (Croatian, Danish, Finnish, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian), Teerão (Portuguese), Tehron (Uzbek), Teheran - テヘラン (Japanese), Teherán (Hungarian, Spanish), تهران (Persian), Teheráni - Τεχεράνη (Greek) |
| Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... |
Dokyo - 도쿄 (Korean), Dōngjīng - 東京 (traditional characters) / 东京 (simplified characters) (Mandarin Chinese), Donggyeong - 동경 {東京} (Korean), Dùnggìng - 東京 (Cantonese), Edo / Yedo (English [archaic]), Edo - 江戸 {えど} (Japanese [archaic]), Jiānghù - 江戶 (Chinese [archaic]), Tóiceo (Irish), Tokio (Dutch, English [archaic], Finnish, German, Italian variant, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish, Uzbek), Tókio - Tόκυο (Greek), Tokió (Hungarian), Tocio (Latin), Tokyo (Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Turkish), Tōkyō - 東京 {とうきょう} (Japanese), Tang-kiaⁿ - 東京 (Minnan / Taiwanese), Tokyo / Đông Kinh (Vietnamese), Tòquio (Catalan), Tóquio (Portuguese), โตเกียว (Thai), ტოკიო (Georgian), Tokijas (Lithuanian) |
| Trabzon Trabzon Trabzon is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon, located on the historical Silk Road, became a melting pot of religions, languages and culture for centuries and a trade gateway to Iran in the southeast and the Caucasus to the northeast... |
Torabuzon - トラブゾン (Japanese), Trabzon (Azeri, Romanian, Turkish), Trapizoni - ტრაპიზონი (Georgian), Trapezunt (German, Finnish, Polish, former Russian and Romanian), Trapezúnda - Τραπεζούντα (Greek), Trebisonda (Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Trebizonda (former Romanian alternative to Trapezunt), Trébizonde (French), Trebizon (former variant in English), Տրապիզոն (Armenian - Trapizon) |
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| Ulan Bator | Bogdo-Kuren' - Богдо-Курень (historical Russian), Daa Khüree - Даа Хүрээ (historical Mongolian), Ikh Khüree - Их Хүрээ (historical Mongolian), Kùlún 库伦 [simplified] - 庫倫 [traditional] (historical Mandarin Chinese), Kuren (historical English), Niislel Khüree - Нийслэл Хүрээ (historical Mongolian), Örgöö - Өргөө (historical Mongolian), Ulán Bator (Spanish), Oulan-Bator (French), Ulaanbaatar (Finnish*, Portuguese), Ulaanbaatar - Улаанбаатар (Mongolian)*, Ulaɣanbaɣatur - (Classical Mongolian), Ulan Baatr - Улан Баатр (Kalmyk)*, Ulanbátar (Slovak)*, Ulánbátar (Irish)*, Ulan-Batır - Ұлан-Батыр (Kazakh)*, `Ūlānbātǭ อูลานบาตอร์ [ʔuː laːn baː tɔː] (Thai), Ulánbátor (Hungarian)*, Ulan Bator (Indonesian*, Italian*, Malay*), Ułan Bator (Polish)*, Ulan-Bator - Улан–Батор (Russian*, Ukrainian*, Uzbek), Ulan-Batori - ულან-ბატორი (Georgian)*, Ulan Batur (Turkish)*, Ulanbatur ئۇلانباتۇر (Uyghur)*, Ullanbatareu - 울란바타르 (Korean)*, Uranbātoru - ウランバートル (Japanese)*, Urga (historical English, Latin*), Uruga - ウルガ (historical Japanese), Wūlánbātuō - 乌兰巴托 [simplified] - 烏蘭巴托 [traditional] (Mandarin Chinese) |
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| Vientiane Vientiane -Geography:Vientiane is situated on a bend of the Mekong river, which forms the border with Thailand at this point.-Climate:Vientiane features a tropical wet and dry climate with a distinct monsoon season and a dry season. Vientiane’s dry season spans from November through March. April marks the... |
Vientiane (Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swahili, Swedish), ວຽງຈັນ - Viangchan (Lao), Vientián (Spanish), Vientian (Slovak), Viêng Chăn (Vietnamese), Vientianas (Lithuanian), 비안티안 - Biantian (Korean), Wientian (Polish), Viangchan (Estonian), Вьентьян - V'ent'an (Russian, Uzbek), Виентиан - Vientian (Macedonian), ვიენტიანი (Georgian). ヴィエンチャン - Vienchan (Japanese), 万象 - wànxiàng (Mandarin Chinese - China), 永珍 - yǒngzhēn (Mandarin Chinese - Taiwan) |
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| Yakutsk Yakutsk With a subarctic climate , Yakutsk is the coldest city, though not the coldest inhabited place, on Earth. Average monthly temperatures range from in July to in January. The coldest temperatures ever recorded on the planet outside Antarctica occurred in the basin of the Yana River to the northeast... |
Jakutsk (Finnish, German), Jokuuskai Дьокуускай (Yakut), Yǎkùcíkè - 雅库茨克 [simplified] - 雅庫茨克 [traditional] (Mandarin Chinese), Yakutsk - Якутск (Russian), Yakūtsuku - ヤクーツク (Japanese) |
| Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's... |
Ekaterimburgo (Spanish), Ēkaṭērin bērg - ఏకటేరిన్ బేర్గ్ (Telugu), Ekaterinburg (Catalan [alternate], Romanian, Turkish, Italian), Ek'at'erinburga - ეკატერინბურგი (Georgian), Ekaterinburuku/Ekacherinburuku - エカテリンブルク/エカチェリンブルク (Japanese), Ekaterinoupolis - Αικατερινούπολις (Greek - καθαρεύουσα), Iaketarinburg (Catalan), Iekaterinbourg / Ekaterinbourg (French), Jekaterinenburg (Dutch), Jekaterinburg (Danish, Finnish, German, Serbian (Latin), Slovene, Swedish), Jekaterinburga (Latvian), Jekaterinburgas (Lithuanian), Jekaterynburg (Polish), Jekatyerinburg (Hungarian), Sverdlovsk (former name) |
| Yerevan Yerevan Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country... |
Ereban - エレバン (Japanese), Erevan (Catalan, French, English [rare], Portuguese variant, Romanian, Slovene), Ereván (Spanish), Erevāna (Latvian), Erevani - ერევანი (Georgian), Erewan - Երևան (Armenian), Erewań (Polish), Erivan (Turkish), Erywań (former Polish), Iereván - Υερεβάν (Greek), Iravaan (Persian), İrəvan (Azeri), Jerevan (Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Slovak, Serbian (Latin), Swedish), Jerevan - Jереван (Serbian), Jereván (Hungarian), Jerevanas (Lithuanian), Jerewan / Eriwan (Dutch, German), Revan (former Turkish and Persian), Yerevan (Indonesian, Portuguese, Uzbek), Yerevan - Ереван (Russian, Ukrainian), Yērevān - యేరెవాన్ (Telugu), Yirīfān (Arabic) |
| Yogyakarta Yogyakarta (city) Yogyakarta is a city in the Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia. It is renowned as a centre of classical Javanese fine art and culture such as batik, ballet, drama, music, poetry, and puppet shows. Yogyakarta was the Indonesian capital during the Indonesian National Revolution from 1945 to... |
Dzhokyakarta - Джокьякарта (Russian), Džogjakarta (Lithuanian), Jogja, Jokja (colloquial Javanese, Indonesian), Jogjakarta (Finnish),, Jokujakaruta - ジョグジャカルタ市 (Japanese), Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat (official Javanese name), Rìrĕ - 日惹 (Mandarin Chinese), Yogyakarta, Yujyakarta - يوجياكرتا (Arabic) |