Names of African cities in different languages

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This is a list of cities in Africa that have several different names in different languages.

English Name Other names or former names
Addis Ababa Adas Ababa (Irish), Addis Abeba (Breton, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Ligurian, Malagasy, Norwegian, Occitan, Piedmontese, Polish, Romanian, Romansh, Slovak, Somali, Swedish, Venetian), Addis-Abeba (French), Addisz-Abeba (Hungarian), Adis Ababa (Novial), Adisabeba (Latvian), Adis Abeba (Bosnian, Croatian, Latgalian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Samogitian, Serbian, Slovene), Adis-Abeba (Haitian Creole), Adís Abeba (Galician, Spanish), Adis-Abebo (Esperanto), Əddis-Əbəbə (Azeri), Neanthopolis (Latin), 아디스 아바바 (Korean)
Alexandria Alegsàndiri (Wolof), Aleksandreja (Latgalian), Alejandría (Spanish), Aleksandria (Breton, Estonian, Finnish, Polish, Swahili), Aleksandrija (Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovene, Serbian), Aleksandrio (Esperanto), Alessandria d'Eggittu (Sicilian), Alessandria d'Egitto (Italian), Alexàndria (Occitan), Alexandría (Galician, Icelandic), Alexandria Magna (Latin), Alexandrie (Czech, French), Alexandrië (Afrikaans, Dutch), Αλεξάνδρεια (Greek), Ałesandria d'Egito (Venetian), Al-ʼIskandariya - الإسكندرية (Arabic), Iskandariah (Malay, Indonesian), İsgəndəriyyə (Azeri), İskenderiye (Turkish),Lixandra (Maltese), 알렉산드리아 (Korean)
Algiers al-Jazāir - الجزائر (Arabic), Alcher (Aragonese), Algè (Ligurian), Algeirsborg (Icelandic), Alger (Catalan, Finnish, French, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Romanian, Swedish, Welsh), Algeri (Italian, Piedmontese, Sicilian, Venetian), Algeria (Latin), Alĝero (Esperanto), Algier (Danish, German, Polish), Algír (Hungarian), Alġier (Maltese), Alje (Haitian Creole, Lingala), Aljer (Basque, Ido), Aljir (Indonesian, Sundanese), Alžiir (Estonian), Alžir (Bosnian, Czech), Alžír (Czech, Slovak), Alžīrs (Samogitian), Aļžirs (Latgalian), Alžyras (Lithuanian), Argel (Spanish, Portuguese), Argièr (Occitan), Arjel (Ladino), Cäsair (Volapük), Cezayêr (Kurdish), Cezayir (Turkish), Əlcəzair (Azeri)
Antananarivo Antananariva (Latgalian), Antananarívó (Icelandic), Antananaryvas (Lithuanian), Antananarywa (Polish), Tananarive (French [slightly archaic]), 안타나나리보 (Korean)
Aswan Assuã or Assuão (Portuguese), Assuan (Catalan, German, Finnish, Italian, Romanian, Sicilian, Swedish), Assouan (French), Asuanas (Lithuanian), Asuan (Polish), Asuán (Czech, Galician, Spanish), Asŭano (Esperanto), Asuans (Latgalian), Asvan (Turkish), Aswān (Estonian), 아스완 (Korean)
Béjaïa Bedžaja (Latgalian, Lithuanian), Bejaia (German, Portuguese, Romanian), Bejaïa (Finnish), Bgayet (Kabyle), Bidżaja (Polish), Bougie (French), Bugia (Italian), Bugía (Spanish), Saldae (Latin)
Benghazi Bängasi (Volapük), Banghasi (German), Bengasi (Finnish, Italian, Portuguese, Sicilian, Spanish), Bèngasi (Piedmontese), Bengazi (Latgalian, Polish), Bengazis (Lithuanian), Benghází (Czech), Bingazi (Turkish)
Cairo al-Qāhirah - القاهرة / Mişr al-Qāhirah - مصر القاهرة (Arabic), Mişr - مصر (Arabic [short form]), Mαşr - مصر (Egyptian Arabic [short form]), Qahir - קַהִיר (Hebrew), Kahire (Turkish), Κάιρο (Greek), Caïro (Dutch), Cairu (Sicilian), Cairus (Latin), Birnin Misra, Misra(Hausa), El Caire (Catalan, Walloon), El Cairo (Spanish, Venetian), Ël Càiro (Piedmontese), Il Cairo (Italian), Il-Kajr (Maltese), Kaero (Breton), Kaherah (Malay), Káhira (Czech, Slovak), Kahirä (Volapük), Kahire (Turkish), Kair (Polish) , Kaira (Latgalian, Latvian), Kairas (Lithuanian), Kairo (Alemmanisch, Basque, Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, German, Ido, Indonesian, Javanese, Lingala, Luxembourgish, Malagasy, Norwegian, Novial, Serbian, Slovene, Sundanese, Swahili, Swedish), Kairó (Hungarian), Kaíró (Icelandic), Kaïro (Afrikaans), Kaxira (Somali), Kāiluó - 開羅(Chinese), Kāiluó - 开罗 (Simplified Chinese), Keiro (Faroese), Le Caire (French), Lo Caire (Occitan), Lo Cayiro (Franco-Provençal), O Cairo (Ligurian), Qahira (Quechua), Qahîre (Kurdish), Qahirə (Azeri), Q̇ahira- КъахІира (Chechen), 카이로 (Korean)
Cape Town Cidade do Cabo (Galician, Portuguese), Città del Capo (Italian, Venetian), Ciudá del Cabu (Asturian), Ciudad del Cabo (Spanish), Ciutat del Cap (Catalan), Çittæ do Capo (Ligurian), Fokváros (Hungarian), Höfðaborg (Icelandic), iKapa (Xhosa), IKapa (Zulu), Kaapstad (Afrikaans, Dutch, Slovene), Kabe Urbe (Novial), Kaburbo (Esperanto), Kapa (Sesotho), Kapkaupunki (Finnish), Kaplinn (Estonian), Kapské Mesto (Slovak), Kapské Město (Czech), Kapstadt (German, Luxembourgish), Kapstaden (Danish, Swedish), Kapsztad (Polish), Keiptauna (Latvian), Keiptaunas (Lithuanian), Keiptauns (Latgalian), Kepṭāun - केपटाउन (Hindi), Le Cap (French), Lé Cap (Norman), Li Cap (Haitian Creole), Lo Cap (Franco-Provençal, Occitan), Kāipǔdūn - 開普敦 (Chinese), Kāipǔdūn - 开普敦 (Simplified Chinese), Kēputaun - ケープタウン (Japanese), Lurmutur Hiria (Basque), Sità dël Cap (Piedmontese), Tref y Penrhyn (Welsh), Urbs Promontorii (Latin), 케이프 타운 (Korean)
Carthage Cartago (Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Spanish), Cartàggini (Sicilian), Cartagine (Italian, Romanian), Cartàxene (Venetian), Carthago (Dutch, Welsh), Karfagen (Azeri), Kartaago (Estonian), Kartaca (Kurdish, Turkish), Kartaga (Croatian, Latgalian), Kartagina (Lithuanian, Polish, Slovene), Kartago (Basque, Bosnian, Breton, Esperanto, Ido, Indonesian, Ladino), Kartágo (Czech, Slovak), Kartaġni (Maltese), Kartāga (Latvian), Karthago (Danish, German, Finnish, Latin, Low German, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Swahili, Swedish), Karthágó (Hungarian), Karþagó (Icelandic), Карфаген ("Kartagen") (Russian)
Kinshasa Kin (local short form), Kinchasa (Haitian Creole), Kinsasa (Kongo, Icelandic), Kinsásá (Lingala), Kinšasa (Latgalian, Latvian, Lithuanian), Kinŝaso (Esperanto), Kinşasa (Azeri, Turkish), Kinszasa (Polish), Léopoldville (French [archaic], English [archaic]), Leopoldstad (Dutch [archaic]), Jīnshāsà - 金沙薩 (Chinese), Jīnshāsà - 金沙萨 (Simplified Chinese), كينشاسا (Arabic), کینشازا (Persian), 킨샤사 (Korean), קינשאסה (Hebrew), Киншаса (Macedonian, Russian), Киншасӕ (Ossetian), キンシャサ (Japanese)
Kismayo Chisimaio (Italian), Kisimaju (Polish), Kismaayo (Estonian, French, German, Indonesian, Somali, Spanish), Kismayu (Swahili)
Lagos Èkó (Yoruba), Ikko (Hausa), Lacupolis (Latin), Lagosa (Latvian), Lagosas (Lithuanian), Lagoso (Esperanto), Lagoss (Latgalian), Lājūs - لاجوس (Arabic), Lāgèsī - 拉各斯, Lāgēsī - 拉哥斯 (Chinese, Simplified Chinese)
Massawa Masava (Lithuanian), Massaoua (French), Massaua (Italian), Massava (Turkish), Masova (Latgalian)
Mogadishu Mogadiša (Latgalian, Latvian), Mogadišas (Lithuanian), Mogadiscio (French, Italian, Latin, Ligurian, Spanish, Venetian), Mogadíscio (Portuguese), Mogadisho (Occitan), Mogadischu (German), Mógadisjú (Icelandic), Mogadišo (Slovak), Mogadiŝo (Esperanto), Mogadiss (Piedmontese), Mogadišu (Croatian, Czech), Mogadişu (Turkish), Mogadiszu (Polish), Mogaidisiú (Irish), Moukdicho (Haitian Creole), Muqdisho (Basque, Breton, Catalan, Estonian, Somali), 모가디슈 (Korean)
Oran وهران, Wahran (Arabic), Orà (Catalan), Orã or Orão (Portuguese), Orán (Spanish), Oranas (Lithuanian), Orano (Italian), Orans (Latgalian)
Tangier Tanca (Turkish), Táncher (Aragonese), Tanger (Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish), Tánger (Spanish), Tànger (Catalan), Tânger (Portuguese), Tangeri (Italian), Tanĝero (Esperanto), Tanġier (Maltese), Tanžeras (Lithuanian), Taņžers (Latgalian), Tingis (Latin)
Timbuktu Timboektoe (Dutch), Timbuktú (Aragonese), Timbúktú (Icelandic), Tombouctou (French, Romanian, Welsh), Tombuctu (Portuguese), Tombuctú (Spanish)
Tripoli طرابلس Ṭarābulus - also طرابلس الغرب Ṭarā-bu-lus al-Gharb (Arabic), Tarabulus (Volapük), Trablus (Turkish), Trablûs (Kurdish), Trípol (Occitan), Tripole (Latgalian), Trípoli (Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Spanish), Trìpoli (Piedmontese), Trípólí (Icelandic), Tripołi (Venetian), Tripolis (Czech, German, Lithuanian, Slovak), Tripolis Libysa (Latin), Tripolo (Esperanto), Trippolliß (Ripuarian), Trìpuli (Sicilian), Trypolis (Polish), 트리폴리 (Korean)
Tunis Tinis (Haitian Creole), Tunes (Galician, Latin, Portuguese variant), Túnez (Spanish), Túnis (Icelandic, Portuguese), Tùnis (Piedmontese), Tunisas (Lithuanian), Tunisi (Italian), Tùnisi (Sicilian), Tuniss (Latgalian), Tunisz (Hungarian), Túnixi (Venetian), Tuniz (Breton), Tunizo (Esperanto), Tunus (Turkish), 튀니스 (Korean)

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