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  2. List of national capital city name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Ibn Battuta, the Berber traveller, visited Jeddah during his world trip. He wrote the name of the city into his diary as "Juddah". The British Foreign Office and other branches of the British government used to use the older spelling of "Jedda", contrary to other English-speaking usage, but in 2007 changed to the spelling "Jeddah".

  3. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    The answer is 1 out of the 184 people who lived there. Dogdyke: A hamlet in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. Formerly "Dokedyke", home to the Chapel of Saint Nicholas. Presently a tourist destination for trans lesbian dog girls. Dogtown: Name of a bunch of places in California.

  4. List of Latin names of cities - Wikipedia

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    Little is known about how Romans adapted foreign place names to Latin form, but there is evidence of the practices of Bible translators.They reworked some names into Latin or Greek shapes; in one version, Yerushalem (tentative reconstruction of a more ancient Hebrew version of the name) becomes Hierosolyma, doubtlessly influenced by Greek ἱερος (hieros), "holy".

  5. List of cities with over one million inhabitants - Wikipedia

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    The following table sorts cities according to the population within their administrative boundaries at the last available date. The population figures refer in the most cases to the respective municipality within its political boundaries, excluding politically independent suburbs.

  6. Quiz: Can You Guess These Iconic City Skylines? - AOL

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    New York City, Paris, and Chicago are famous for their incredible skylines. From the new World Trade Center to the Willis Tower, these towering landmarks have become synonymous with the success ...

  7. List of short place names - Wikipedia

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    It was also formerly believed to be the world's shortest river. E, a mountain in Hokkaidō, Japan; E, a river in the Highlands of Scotland; É, an ancient name for Dadu River in Sichuan, China [1] G, a village in Kayanza Province, Burundi [2] H, also known as H Island, an island in Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, in Fairfax County, Virginia

  8. Lists of cities by country - Wikipedia

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    List of cities in South Ossetia - Republic of South Ossetia; ... 2005 city population estimates for the world This page was last edited on 22 February 2025, at 17:11 ...

  9. List of palindromic places - Wikipedia

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    A palindromic place is a city or town whose name can be read the same forwards or backwards. An example of this would be Navan in Ireland. Some of the entries on this list are only palindromic if the next administrative division they are a part of is also included in the name, such as Adaven, Nevada.