English Name |
Other names or former names |
Aleppo |
حلب - Halab (Arabic), Halep (Turkish), Heleb (Kurdish), Hələb (Azeri), Alepo (Portuguese, Spanish), Alep (French, Romanian), Alepas (Lithuanian), Алеппо (Russian) |
Almaty |
Alma-Ata - Алма Ата (Bahasa Indonesia, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Turkish), Ala-Mutu (Chinese), Ałma Ata (Polish), Almata (Latvian, Lithuanian), Almaty (Kazakh), Almatë (Albanian), Viernyi (formerly, ?e.g. in French), Almatõ (Estonian) |
Amman |
عمان - Ammān (Arabic), רבת עמון - Rabbat ʿAmmon (Hebrew), Φιλαδέλφεια - Philadélpheia (Greek [archaic]), Philadelphia (Latin [archaic]), Amã (Potuguese), Ammán (Spanish), Amanas (Lithuanian), Амман (Russian) |
Ankara |
安卡拉 (Chinese), Ancara (Portuguese), Ancyra (Latin), Angora (former English, former Italian, former Romanian), Ankara - Анкара (Armenian, Bahasa Indonesia, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Latvian, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish), Ágkyra - Άγκυρα (Greek), Anqara (Arabic, Azeri) |
Antioch |
Antakya (Turkish)*, Antioche (French)*, Antiochia (Hungarian*, 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), Əntakiyyə (Azeri)*, Antiochie (Czech)*, Antiochië (Dutch)*, Antioch-on-the-Orontes (extended name in English), Antiohia (Romanian), Antiokia (Bahasa Indonesia, Danish*, Finnish*), Antioquía (Spanish)*, Antióquia (Portuguese)*, Antiohija (Croatian, Bosnian), Antiohija - Антиохија (Macedonian, Serbian*) |
Ashkhabad |
Ašchabád (Czech, Slovak), Aschchabad / Aschgabad / Aschgabat (German), Ašgabat (Finnish), Aşgabat / Aşkabat (Turkish), Aşhabad (Romanian), Aşqabad (Azeri), Ašhabad (Serbian, Montenegrin), Ašhabada (Latvian), Ashgabat (Turkmen), Ashkhabad - Ашхабад (Russian), Ashxobod (Uzbek), Asjchabad (Dutch), Aszchabad (Polish), Išq Ābād (Arabic), Ašhabad - Ашхабад (Macedonian, Serbian) |
Astana |
Akmola (variant in Finnish), Akmola (variant in Russian), Akmoła (former Polish), Aqmola (former Kazakh), Astana - Астана (Kazakh, Finnish, Latvian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian, Turkish, Azeri), Tselinograd (former Russian), Astaná (Spanish) |
English Name |
Other names or former names |
Bangkok |
Krungthepmahanakorn - กรุงเทพมหานคร (Thai)–曼谷(Chinese) |
Beijing |
Běijīng - 北京 (Chinese), Běipíng - 北平 (Chinese [archaic]), Bākgìng - 北京 (Cantonese), Bākpìhng - 北平 (Cantonese [archaic]), Pak-kiaⁿ - 北京 (Minnan / Taiwanese), Bukgyeong - 북경 {北京} (Korean), Béyjing - بېيجىڭ Бейҗиң (Uighur), Beežin - Бээжин / Bejžin - Бэйжин (Mongolian), Baekging (Zhuang), Bêjing - པེ་ཅིང (Tibetan), Pekin - 北京 {ペキン} (Japanese), Bắc Kinh (Vietnamese), Pekin (Turkish, Polish), Beijing (Romanian), Pechino (Italian), Pékin (French), Pekín - Пекин (Russian, Spanish), Peking (Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Slovenian, Croatian, Serbian, Swedish), Pequim (Portuguese), Pecin / Beijing (Welsh), Béising, Péicing (Irish), Pechinum (Latin) |
Bengkulu City |
Kota Bengkulu (Malay, Bahasa Indonesia), Bangka Hulu (Malay, Bahasa Indonesia [archaic]), Bencoolen (former English colonial name), Benkoelen (Dutch) |
Bishkek |
Bichkek (French), Bischkek (German), Biškek (Finnish, Slovenian), Biškek - Бишкек (Macedonian, Serbian), Bişkek (Romanian, Turkish), Biškekas (Lithuanian), Biškeka (Latvian), Biszkek (Polish); Frunze (former name) |
Bukhara |
Buxoro (Uzbek, Tajik), Boxārā - بُخارا (Persian), Bukhara - Бұхара (Kazakh), Bukhara - Бухара (Russian), Buxara (Azeri), Buhara (Turkish, Turkmen, Finnish) |
Bursa |
Brousse (former French), Bursa (Azeri, Dutch, Finnish, Macedonian, Romanian, Serbian Turkish), Prusa (Latin), Proúsa - Προύσα (Greek), Bursa - בורסה (Hebrew) |
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Other names or former names |
Damascus |
Dimašq - دمشق / Ash-Shām - الشام / Jilliq - جلق (Arabic), Şam (Kurdish, Crimean Tatar), Δαμασκός (Greek), Şam, Dımeşk (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 (Romanian), Damasco (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese), Damascus (Dutch, Latin, Welsh), Damaskus (Estonian, German, Norwegian), Damask (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, Bahasa Indonesia), Dameshk - দামেস্ক (Bengali) |
Dhaka |
Dacca (former English name until 1982), 達卡 (Chinese), ঢাকা (Bengali), Dakka - Дакка (Russian), Dəkkə (Azeri), Daca (Portuguese) |
Dushanbe |
Doesjanbe (Dutch), Douchanbé (French), Dušanbe - Душанбе (Croatian, Finnish, Latvian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Tajik), Dušanbė (Lithuanian), Duşanbe (Romanian, Turkish), Düşənbə (Azeri), Dūšānbī (Arabic), Duschanbe (German), Dusjanbe (Swedish), Duszanbe (Polish); Hissar (former name); Stalinabad (former name) |
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Other names or former names |
İskenderun |
Aleksandretta (Polish), Alessandretta (Italian), Alexandreta (Portuguese, Romanian), Alexandretta (variant in English, German), Alexandrétta - Αλεξανδρέττα (Greek), Alexandrette (variant in French, German), Iskandarūn - إسكندرون (Arabic), (al-)Iskandariya (former Arabic), İskenderiye (Turkish until 1939), İskenderun (Dutch, German, Turkish), İsgəndərun (Azeri), Scanderoon (former variant in English), Aleksandrija(Montenegrin) |
Izmir |
Esmirna (Catalan, Portuguese, Spanish), İzmir (Turkish, Azeri), Izmir - Измир (Armenian, Dutch, Finnish Romanian, Russian, Serbian), Izmira (Latvian), Smirna (former Serbian, former Romanian), Smirne (Italian), Σμύρνη / Smýrni (Greek), Smyrna (variant in English) |
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Other names or former names |
Jakarta |
Sunda Kelapa (original native name), Batavia (Dutch colonial name), Betawi (former colonial name, Malay, Bahasa Indonesia), Djakarta (Dutch alternate, French, German, Romanian), Giakarta (Italian), Yakarta (Spanish), Dzhakarta - Джакарта (Russian), Džakarta (Croatian, Serbian), Dzsakarta (Hungarian), Cakarta (Turkish) |
Jeddah |
جدّة - Jiddah (Arabic), Cidde (Turkish), Dschidda (German), Djedda (Dutch), Djeddah (French), Jedda (Italian, Spanish, Finnish), Jidá (Portuguese), Ciddə (Azeri), Dżudda (Polish), Džida (Lithuanian), Yidda (Spanish var.) |
Jerusalem |
Gerusalemme (Italian), 耶路撒冷 (Chinese), Hierusalem (Latin), Ierusalim (Romanian), Ierusalím - Ιερουσαλήμ or Ierosólima - Ιεροσόλυμα (Greek), Ierusalim - Иерусалим (Russian), Jerozolima (Polish), Jerusalem (Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish), Jerusalém (Portuguese), Jerusalén (Spanish), Jeruusalemm (Estonian), Jerusalim - Јерусалим (Serbian), Jeruzalem (Croatian, Dutch, Polish (old), Slovak, Slovene), Jeruzalém (Czech), Jeruzalė (Lithuanian), Jeruzāleme (Latvian), Jeruzsálem (Hungarian), Jérusalem (French), Yerusaghem - Երուսաղեմ (Armenian), Qüds, Ürşəlim (Azeri), Yərušaláyim - יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Hebrew), Yərûšəlem - יְרוּשְׁלֶם (Aramaic), al-Quds - القُدس (Arabic), Єрусалим (Ukrainian), Kudüs (Turkish), Quddus (Uzbek), Baitul Maqdis (Malay, Bahasa Indonesia) |
English Name |
Other names or former names |
Macau |
Aomen/澳门 (Chinese), Macao (Romanian, Finnish), Macau (English, Portuguese), Makao (Serbian) |
Makassar |
Ujung Pandang (former Malay), Ujungpandang (former Bahasa Indonesia), Makasar (Dutch, Polish, Norwegian var.), Macassar (Portuguese, English var.), Makasaras (Lithuanian) |
Malacca |
Melaka (Malay, Bahasa Indonesia), Malaca (Portuguese, Spanish), Malakka (Dutch, German, Polish), ملقا - Malaqa (Arabic), Mâ-la̍k-kah - 麻六甲 (Minnan / Taiwanese) |
Mecca |
مكة المكرمة - Makkatul Mukarramah (full Arabic Name), মক্কা (Bengali) La Mecque (French), La Meca (Spanish), La Mecca (Italian), Mecca (Romanian), Mekka (Basque, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish), Məkkə (Azeri), Мекка (Russian), Makka (Uzbek), Meka (Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian), Mekah (Malay), Mekkah (Bahasa Indonesia), Mekke (Turkish) |
Medina |
المدينة المنورة - Madinatul Munawwarah (full Arabic Name), মদিনা (Bengali), Medina - Медина (Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian), Médine (French), אל-מדינה "Al-Medina" (Hebrew), Mədinə (Azeri), Madina (Uzbek), Мadinah (Malay, Bahasa Indonesia), Medine (Turkish) |
Mumbai |
Bombaj (Polish), Bombay (English, former name and variant), 孟買 (Chinese), মুম্বাই (Bengali), Bombaim (Portuguese) |
English Name |
Other names or former names |
Nablus |
Nāblūs (Arabic), Nabloes (Dutch), Nablous (French), Nablus (English, German), Nablus - Наблус (Russian), Shkhem - שכם (Hebrew) |
New Delhi |
Dilli (pronunciation in many Indic languages), 新德里 (Chinese), দিল্লী or Dilli, নয়া দিল্লী or Noya Dilli, নতুন দিল্লী or Notun Dilli (all in Bengali), Neu-delhi (German alternate), Nieuw-Delhi (Dutch alternate), Nuova Delhi (Italian), Yeni Dehli (Azeri), Nyu-Deli - Нью-Дели (Russian), Nju Delhi (Serbian), Nova Delhi (Portuguese), Új-Delhi (Hungarian), Yeni Delhi (Turkish) |
Nicosia |
Lefkoşe or Lefkoşa (Turkish), Lefkosía - Λευκωσία (Greek), Nicosia (Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish), Nicósia (Portuguese), Nicosie (French), Nikosia / Lefkosia (Finnish), Nikosia (German), Nikosija (Latvian, Russian, Ukrainian), Nikosio (Esperanto), Nikozija (Lithuanian, Serbian), Nikozja (Polish), Nīqūsiyā (Arabic) |
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Other names or former names |
Samarkand |
সমরখন্দ (Bengali) 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), Szamarkand (Hungarian) |
Seoul |
Keijo / Hansung (English [archaic]), Seoul - 서울 (Korean), Gyeongseong - 경성 - 京城 / Hanseong - 한성 - 漢城 (Korean [archaic]) / Hanyang - 한양 - 漢陽 (Korean variant [archaic]) / Hànchéng 漢城 / Shǒu’ěr - 首爾 (Chinese), Hànchéng 汉城 / Shǒu’ěr - 首尔 (Simplified Chinese), Jīngchéng - 京城 (Chinese [archaic]), Souru - ソウル (Japanese), Keijō - 京城 (けいじょう) / Kanjō - 漢城 (かんじょう) (Japanese [archaic]), Hàn-siâⁿ - 漢城 (Taiwanese [Hokkien]), Xơ-un / Hán Thành (Vietnamese), Seul (Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Turkish, Azeri) - Seul/ Сеул (Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian, Serbian), Seulum (Latin), Seulo (Esperanto), Seula (Latvian), Seoel (Dutch), Séoul (French), Seúl (Spanish), Seül (Catalan), Seulas (Lithuanian), Soul (Czech, Finnish, Slovak), Söul (Swedish), Szöul (Hungarian) |
Singapore |
Singapura (Malay, Bahasa Indonesia, Portuguese), 新加坡 - Xīnjiāpō (Chinese), Singapur - Сингапур (Russian, Polish, Serbian), 昭南 - Shōnan (colonial Japanese name), Szingapúr (Hungarian), Temasek (Malay, Bahasa Indonesia [archaic]), Sin-ka-pho - 新加坡 (Minnan / Taiwanese) |
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Other names or former names |
Tashkent |
Tachkent (French), Taschkent (German), Tashkent - Ташкент (Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian), Tashqand (Arabic), Tasjkent (Dutch, Swedish, Danish), Taskéndi - Τασκένδη (Greek), Daşkənd (Azeri), Taskent (Hungarian, Italian), Taszkent / Taszkient (Polish), Taškenta (Latvian), Taškent (Slovak, Croatian, Serbian), Taşkent (Romanian, Turkish), Taškentas (Lithuanian),Toshkent (Estonian, Uzbek), তাশখন্দ or Tashkhond (Bengali) |
Tokyo |
Edo / Yedo (English [archaic]), Tokio (Polish, German, Romanian, English [archaic]), Tōkyō - 東京 {とうきょう} (Japanese), Edo - 江戸 {えど} (Japanese [archaic]), Donggyeong - 동경 {東京} (Korean), Dokyo - 도쿄 (Korean), Dōngjīng - 東京 (Mandarin Chinese), Jiānghù - 江戶 (Chinese [archaic]), Tang-kiaⁿ - 東京 (Minnan / Taiwanese), Dùnggìng - 東京 (Cantonese), Tokio (Dutch, Finnish, Polish), Tokió (Hungarian), Tokijo (Serbian), Tokyo / Đông Kinh (Vietnamese), Tokyo (Malay, Bahasa Indonesia), Tóquio (Portuguese) |
Trabzon |
Trabzon (Azeri, Romanian, Turkish), Trapezunt (German, Finnish, Polish, former Romanian), Trapezúnda - Τραπεζούντα (Greek), Trebisonda (Spanish, Italian, Portuguese), Trebizonda (former Romanian alternative to Trapezunt), Trébizonde (French), Trebizon (former variant in English) |
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Other names or former names |
Yekaterinburg |
Jekaterinburg (Serbian, Finnish, German, Slovene, Swedish), Jekaterynburg (Polish), Ekaterinbourg (French), Ekaterinburg (Romanian), Ekaterimburgo (Spanish), Sverdlovsk (former name),Jekaterinburga (Latvian), Jekaterinburgas (Lithuanian),Αικατερινούπολις (Greek - καθαρεύουσα), Jekatyerinburg (Hungarian) |
Yerevan |
Erewan - Երևան (Armenian), Erevan (French, English [rare], Portuguese variant, Romanian, Slovene), Ereván (Spanish), Iravaan (Persian), Erevāna (Latvian), Erewań (Polish), Erivan (Turkish), Erywań (former Polish), Jerevan / Ереван (Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian, Slovak, Serbian, Swedish), İrəvan (Azeri), Jereván (Hungarian), Jerevanas (Lithuanian), Jerewan / Eriwan (German), Yerevan (Bahasa Indonesia, Portuguese), Yirīfān (Arabic), Ερεβάν (Greek) |