User:JIP/Civilization cities
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The following is a list of names of cities I habitually use in the computer game Civilization.
| City | Usage | Origin of name |
|---|---|---|
| Eutopia | Capital, first city built on starting continent | Greek for "good place", I think |
| Nostropolis | Second city on starting continent | Part-Greek, part-Latin for "our city", I think |
| Istar | Third city on starting continent | Ancient city in the Dragonlance books, was destroyed in the Cataclysm |
| Zion | #4 on starting continent | From Bob Marley's songs |
| Persopholus | #5 on starting continent | From the Dragonlance books |
| Caergoth | #6 on starting continent | From the Dragonlance books |
| Moominvalley | #7 on starting continent | From Tove Jansson's Moomin books |
| Duckburg | #8 on starting continent | From Carl Barks's Donald Duck comics |
| Larkspur | #9 on starting continent | From the Amiga game Legend of Lothian |
| Rastun | #10 on starting continent | From Legend of Lothian |
| Asraela | #11 on starting continent | From Legend of Lothian |
| Iacon | #12 on starting continent | From the Transformers series |
| Aoxomoxoa | First city on first uninhabited continent | A fruit in a children's comic I once read |
| Imaginatia | Second city on first uninhabited continent | From the word "imagination" |
| Otokne | First city on second uninhabited continent | From O-Tokne, a city in Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea books |
| Metropolis | Second city on second uninhabited continent | From the Superman comics |
| Xatotrabati | First city on third uninhabited continent | I got this from my old schoolmate |
| Wuhandrahen | Second city on third uninhabited continent | I got this from my old schoolmate |
| Flereimisaho | Third city on third uninhabited continent | I got this from my old schoolmate |
| Helsinki | First city on first inhabited continent | Real-life city in Finland |
| Espoo | Second city on first inhabited continent | Real-life city in Finland |
| Vantaa | Third city on first inhabited continent | Real-life city in Finland |
| Kauniainen | #4 on first inhabited continent | Real-life city in Finland |
| Sipoo | #5 on first inhabited continent | Real-life city in Finland |
| Tallinn | First city on second inhabited continent | Real-life city in Estonia |
| Kuressaare | Second city on second inhabited continent | Real-life city in Estonia |
| Megacity | Another city on an uninhabited continent | From the Judge Dredd comics |
| Supertown | Another city on an uninhabited continent | A play on the name "Megacity" |
| Skorcio | Another city on an uninhabited continent | From "scorchio", in the TV series The Fast Show |
| Nimbocumulus | Another city on an uninhabited continent | From The Fast Show |
| Septentriona | As far north as possible | From septentrionalis, the Latin word for "northern" |
| Miniapolis | On as small an island as possible | A portmanteau between the prefix "mini" and Minneapolis |
