List of cities in the Americas with alternative names
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Following the model of Names of European cities in different languages
, this article lists cities in the Americas
that have different names in different languages. Some cities have also undergone name changes
for political or other reasons. This article attempts to give all known different names for all major cities in the Americas. It also includes some smaller towns that are important because of their location or history.
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..."?.
Names of European cities in different languages
Many cities in Europe have different names in different languages. Some cities have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. This article attempts to give all known different names for all major cities that are geographically or historically and culturally in Europe...
, this article lists cities in the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
that 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 attempts to give all known different names for all major cities in the Americas. It also includes some smaller towns that are important because of their location or history.
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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| Ajax, Ontario Ajax, Ontario Ajax is a town in the Durham Region in the Greater Toronto Area.The town is named for the HMS Ajax a Royal Navy cruiser that served in World War II. Ajax is a part of the Greater Toronto Area and the... |
Aizháisī - 艾翟斯 (Mandarin Chinese), Eijakkusu - エイジャックス / Ajakkusu - アジャックス (Japanese) |
| Albany Albany, New York Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River... |
Olbanis (Lithuanian), A'ěrbāní - 奧爾巴尼 (Mandarin Chinese), Ōrubani - オールバニ (Japanese) Former name: Beverwyck Beverwyck Beverwijck was a fur-trading community north of Fort Orange on the Hudson River in New Netherland that was to become Albany, New York, when the English took control of the colony in 1664.... (Dutch) |
| Albuquerque Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As... |
Be’eldííl Dah Sinil or Be’eldíílasinil (Navajo), Albukerkas (Lithuanian), Alburquerque (original Spanish name), Arubakāki - アルバカーキ (Japanese) |
| Areguá Areguá Areguá is a city in Paraguay; located 28 km away from the capital city Asunción. It is the capital of Central. Probably the best feature of this Paraguayan town is its geographical location; it lays between a group of rolling hills with a distinctive rock formation and a beautiful blue lake,... |
Aregua (Guarani, Lithuanian), Aregua - アレグア (Japanese) |
| Arica Arica Arica is a city in northern Chile. "Arica" may also refer to:Places* Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile* Arica Airport , Chile* Arica, Amazonas, town in Colombia* Rio Aricá-açu, tributary of the Cuiabá River south of Cuiabá, BrazilOther... |
Arika (Lithuanian), Arika - アリカ (Japanese) |
| Asunción Asunción Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San... |
Asounsyòn (Haitian), Assumptio (Latin), Assunção (Portuguese), আসসুনকয়াও - Assunção (Bishnupriya Manipuri), Asuncion (Basque, Bosnian, Ido, Novial, Swahili, Turkish), أسونسيون - Asunción (Arabic), Yàsōngsēn - 亞松森 (Chinese), אסונסיון - Asunción (Hebrew), Асунсьон - Asunción (Russian), Асунсион - Asunción (Serbian), อะซุนซิออง - Asunción (Thai), Асунсьйон - Asunción (Ukrainian), Asunciono (Esperanto), Asunsaun (Tetum), Asunsion (Novial), Asunsiyon (Uzbek), Asúnsjón (Icelandic), Asunsjona (Latvian), Asunsjonas (Lithuanian), Asunsjuons (Samogitian), Asunsyon (Crimean Tatar), Asunzión(Aragonese), Paraguaýpe (Guaraní), Asunshion - アスンシオン (Japanese), ಅಸೂನ್ಸಿಯಾನ್ (Kannada), 아순시온 (Korean), آسونسیون (Persian) Former name: Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción (Spanish) |
| Atlanta | Yàtèlándà - 亞特蘭大 (Mandarin Chinese), Atoranta - アトランタ (Japanese) Former names: Terminus (English), Marthasville (English) |
| Aurora, Ontario Aurora, Ontario Aurora is an affluent town in York Region, approximately 20 km north of Toronto. It is partially situated on the Oak Ridges Moraine, and is a part of the Greater Toronto Area and Golden Horseshoe of Southern Ontario.Many Aurora residents commute to Toronto and surrounding communities.In the... |
Aoluólā - 奧羅拉 (Mandarin Chinese), Ōrora - オーロラ (Japanese) |
| Austin Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in... |
Aosītīng - 奧斯汀 (Mandarin Chinese), Aŭstino (Esperanto), Austinopolis (Latin), Ostin (Azeri), Ostinas (Lithuanian), Ōsutin - オースティン (Japanese) Former name: Waterloo (English) |
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| Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore... |
Baltimora (Italian, Latin), Baltimorė (Lithuanian), Βαλτιμόρη (Greek), Bāěrdemó - 巴爾的摩 (Mandarin Chinese), Borutimoa - ボルティモア (Japanese), Ban ti mo (Vietnamese), Baltimor - Балтимор (Bulgarian), Baldimore, Balmer, or B-more (Baltimorese Baltimorese The Baltimore dialect, most popularly known as Baltimorese , is a dialect of American English in the Mid-Atlantic United States that originated among the White blue-collar residents of South and Southeast Baltimore... ) |
| Baton Rouge | Bâton-Rouge (French), Rubrobastum (Latin), Baton Rūju - バトンルージュ (Japanese) |
| Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country... |
Beagá (Portuguese nickname), Belo Horizontė (Lithuanian), Urbs Pulchri Horizontis (Latin), Bero Orizonte - ベロオリゾンテ (Japanese) |
| Black Hat, Arizona | Ch’ah Łizhiní or Bich’ah Łizhiní (Navajo) |
| Bogotá Bogotá Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district... |
Bogota (Basque, Bosnian, Dutch, Haitian, Ido, Ladino, Latin, Latvian, Lingala, Lithuanian, Novial, Slovak, Slovene, Swahili), Bogotà (Catalan, Occitan, Piedmontese, Sicilian), Bógóta (Icelandic), Bogoto (Esperanto), Boqota (Azeri), Bogota - ボゴタ (Japanese) Former name: Bacatá (Chibchan), Santa Fé de Bogotá (Spanish) |
| Boston Boston Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had... |
Bostonas (Lithuanian), Bostonia (Latin), Bostono (Esperanto), Bostún (Irish), Boston - (Yiddish), Bosuton - ボストン (Japanese), Bốt xtơn (Vietnamese), Bosidun - 波士頓 (Cantonese Chinese), Bōshìdùn - 波士頓 (Mandarin Chinese), Βοστώνη (Greek) |
| Brampton, Ontario Brampton, Ontario Brampton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region. As of the 2006 census, Brampton's population stood at 433,806, making it the 11th largest city in Canada. It is also one of Canada's fastest growing municipalities, with an average... |
Bramptonas (Lithuanian), Bramptono (Esperanto), Bīndùn - 賓頓 (Mandarin Chinese) |
| Brasilia Brasília Brasília is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the... |
Brasilía (Icelandic), Brasília (Afrikaans, Breton, Catalan, Cornish, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Deutsch, Estonian, Finnish, Indonesian, Irish, Norwegian, Occitan, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish, Volapük, Welsh), Brasiłia (Venetian), Brasillān (Nahuatl), Brazilėjė (Samogitian), Brazilia (Haitian), Brazília (Slovak), Brazíliaváros (Hungarian), Brazilija (Bosnian, Lithuanian), Brażilja (Maltese), Braziljo (Esperanto), Urbs Brasilia (Latin), Basai-leiya - 巴西利亞 (Cantonese Chinese), Bāxīlìyà - 巴西利亞 (Mandarin Chinese), Bra di lia (Vietnamese), Burajiria - ブラジリア (Japanese) |
| Brock, Ontario Brock, Ontario Brock is a township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada. Brock Township is also a former municipality and geographic township prior to the amalgamation that formed the current municipality.-History:... |
Bùluókè - 布蘿克 (Mandarin Chinese) |
| Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... |
Bonaero (Esperanto), Bonaeropolis (Latin), Bons Ares (Portuguese variation), Bos Aires (Galician), Buenas Airēs (Samogitian), buenosaires (Lojban), Buenos Airės (Lithuanian), Buenosairesa (Latvian), Buenos Ayres (Azeri, Crimean Tatar), Bwènozè (Haitian), Cualli Ehēcameh (Nahuatl), Bu ê nốt Ai rét (Vietnamese), Buenosu Airesu - ブエノスアイレス (Japanese) Formal name: Ciudad de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre (Spanish) |
| Buffalo, New York Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the... |
Búfalo (Spanish) |
| Burlington, Ontario Burlington, Ontario Burlington , is a city located in Halton Region at the western end of Lake Ontario. Burlington is part of the Greater Toronto Area, and is also included in the Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area. Physically, Burlington lies between the north shore of Lake Ontario and the Niagara Escarpment... |
Bólíngdùn - 伯靈頓 (Mandarin Chinese) |
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| Caacupé Caacupé Caacupé is a city and district in Paraguay. It is the capital of the department of Cordillera.The town was founded in 1770 by Carlos Murphy, a grenadier at the service of King Charles III of Spain, although a first settlement existed here from the 17th century.The city is the seat of the Roman... |
Ka'akupé (Guarani), Kakupė (Lithuanian) |
| Caazapá Caazapá Caazapá is a city in Paraguay, founded in 1607, by Friar Luis de Bolaños. It is located in the Caazapá District and is the capital of the Caazapá Department... |
Ka'asapa (Guarani), Kasapa (Lithuanian) Former names: Ka'aguy jehasapa (Guarani), San José de Caazapá (Spanish) |
| Caledon, Ontario Caledon, Ontario Caledon is a town in the Regional Municipality of Peel in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. In terms of land use, Caledon is somewhat urban, though it is primarily rural in nature... |
Kǎlǐduō - 卡里多 (Mandarin Chinese) |
| Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies... |
Calgaria (Latin), Kagalei - 卡加里 (Cantonese Chinese), Kalgari (Latvian), Kalgaris (Lithuanian), Kalgario (Esperanto), Kalgary (German), Kǎjiālǐ - 卡加里 (Mandarin Chinese), Karugarī - カルガリー (Japanese), Former name: Fort Calgary (English) |
| Caracas Caracas Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range... |
Caracae (Latin), Caràcas (Piedmontese), Ciudad de Caracas (Chavacano), Karakas (Haitian, Icelandic, Novial, Tetum, Turkish), Karakasa (Latvian), Karakasas (Lithuanian), Karakaso (Esperanto), Karakasu - カラカス (Japanese) Former name: Santiago de León de Caracas (Spanish) |
| Cayenne Cayenne Cayenne is the capital of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. The city stands on a former island at the mouth of the Cayenne River on the Atlantic coast. The city's motto is "Ferit Aurum Industria" which means "Work brings wealth"... |
Caiena (Portuguese), Caienna (Italian, Latin), Cajena (Venetian), Cajen-na (Piedmontese), Cayena (Spanish), Cayene (Franco-Provençal), Kajenas (Lithuanian), Kayen (Novial) |
| Charlottetown Charlottetown Charlottetown is a Canadian city. It is both the largest city on and the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, Charlottetown was first incorporated as a town in 1855 and designated as a city in 1885... |
Ĉarlotaŭno (Esperanto), Carolinapolis (Latin), Šarlotetaunas (Lithuanian), Xiàluòtèzhèn - 夏洛特镇 (Mandarin Chinese), Shārotto Taun - シャーロットタウン (Japanese) Former name: Port La Joye (French) |
| Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles... |
Čėkaga (Samogitian), Chicagu (Sicilian), Chikago (German), Cicago (Venetian), Čikaga (Lithuanian), Čikāga (Latvian), Čikago (Serbian, Slovenian), Ĉikago (Esperanto), Çikaqo (Azeri), Sicagum (Latin), siiqaaku (Inuktitut), Σικάγο (Greek), Chikaga - Чикаго (Russian), Chikago - Чикаго (Bulgarian), Zhījiāgē - 芝加哥 (Mandarin Chinese), Shikago - シカゴ (Japanese), Chi ca gô (Vietnamese), Şikago (Turkish), Shikago - (Yiddish), Xicago (alternative Catalan) |
| Chinle, Arizona Chinle, Arizona Chinle is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 5,366 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chinle is located at .... |
Ch’íńlį́ (Navajo) |
| Cincinnati | Cincy (English), Cincinatis (Lithuanian), Cincinnatopolis (Latin), Sinsinati - (Yiddish), Shinshinati - シンシナティ (Japanese) Former name: Losantiville (English) |
| Ciudad del Este Ciudad del Este Ciudad del Este is the second largest city in Paraguay and capital of Alto Paraná department, located at the Rio Paraná.... |
Dōngfāngchéng - 東方城 (Mandarin Chinese), Cidade do Leste (Portuguese), City of the East (English variation), Ciudad de l'Este (Italian), Este (Latvian), Intiyaykunallaqta (Quechua), Siudad del Estė (Lithuanian), Urbo de la Oriento (Esperanto) Former names: Puerto Flor de Lis (Spanish), Puerto Presidente Stroessner (Spanish, until 1989) |
| Clarington, Ontario Clarington, Ontario Clarington is a municipality in Ontario, Canada in the Regional Municipality of Durham. It took its present name in 1994 after having been known as the Town of Newcastle from 1974-93. The name change was made to alleviate long-standing confusion between the municipality as a whole and the included... |
Kèlālíngdùn - 克拉靈頓 (Mandarin Chinese) Former name: Newcastle (English) |
| Cochabamba Cochabamba Cochabamba is a city in central Bolivia, located in a valley bearing the same name in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cochabamba Department and is the fourth largest city in Bolivia with an urban population of 608,276 and a metropolitan population of more than 1,000,000 people... |
Kočabamba (Latvian), Kuchawampa (Aymara), Quchapampa (Quechua) |
| Concepción, Paraguay Concepción, Paraguay - Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com... |
Koncepciono (Esperanto), Konsepsjonas (Lithuanian) |
| Coronel Oviedo Coronel Oviedo Coronel Oviedo is a city in Paraguay. It is the capital of the Caaguazú Department, about 150 kilometers east of Asunción.The city has a population of about 52,400 and is the hometown of president Nicanor Duarte Frutos. Coronel Oviedo is an important transit point, as it lies halfway between... |
Koronel Ovjedas (Lithuanian), Koronel Ovjedo (Esperanto) Former name: Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Ajos (Spanish) |
| Corupá, Brazil | Former name: Hansa Humboldt (German, Portuguese variation) |
| Coyhaique, Chile | Coihaique (Portuguese, Spanish variation) |
| Crownpoint, New Mexico Crownpoint, New Mexico Crownpoint is a census-designated place in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 2,630 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Crownpoint is located at .... |
T’iists’ózi (Ńdeeshgiizh) (Navajo) |
| Curitiba Curitiba Curitiba is the capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is the largest city with the biggest economy of both Paraná and southern Brazil. The population of Curitiba numbers approximately 1.75 million people and the latest GDP figures for the city surpass US$61 billion according to... |
kuritcibas (Lojban), Kuritiba (Bambara, Crimean Tatar, Hawaiian, Kalaallisut, Latvian, Lithuanian, Samogitian, Sundanese, Zazaki), Kuritiwa (Aymara), Kurí Tyba (Tupi), Kurytyba (Polish, Turkmen, Yoruba), Kurichiba - クリチバ (Japanese) Former name: Vila da Nossa Senhora da Luz dos Pinhais (Portuguese) |
| Cuzco | Cusco (Catalan, Croatian, Danish, Finnish, German, Indonesian, Italian, Ligurian, Occitan, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Volapük), Cuscum (Latin), Kuskas (Lithuanian), Kusko (Esperanto), Qusqu (Quechua), Kusuko - クスコ (Japanese) |
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| Detroit | Détroit (French), Detroita (Latvian), Detroitas (Lithuanian), Detrojto (Esperanto), Dǐtèlǜ - 底特律 (Mandarin Chinese), Detroyt - (Yiddish), Detoroito - デトロイト (Japanese), Đe troi (Vietnamese) |
| Durango, Colorado Durango, Colorado The City of Durango is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of La Plata County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau said that the city population was 16,887 in 2010 census.-History:... |
Kinłání (Navajo) |
| Dallas | Dálāsī-達拉斯(Chinese), Даллас (Russian) |
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| East Gwillimbury, Ontario East Gwillimbury, Ontario East Gwillimbury is a town on the East Holland River in the Regional Municipality of York. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area of south-central Ontario, in Canada. It was formed by the amalgamation of the Township of East Gwillimbury with all the previously incorporated villages and hamlets... |
Dōnggéwēiláibólǐ - 東格威萊伯里 (Mandarin Chinese) |
| Edmonton Edmonton Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census... |
Edmontonas (Lithuanian), Edmontono (Esperanto), Oimundun - 愛民頓 (Cantonese Chinese), Aimíndùn - 愛民頓 (Mandarin Chinese), Edomonton - エドモントン (Japanese) Former name: Fort Edmonton (English) |
| Encarnación, Paraguay Encarnación, Paraguay Encarnación is the capital city of the Paraguayan department of Itapúa, located at the south of the department, on the right-hand shore of the Paraná River, opposite Posadas, Argentina... |
Encarnacion (Basque), Enkarnasjo (Esperanto), Enkarnasjonas (Lithuanian) Former names: Itapúa (Guarani), Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación de Itapúa (Spanish) |
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| Farmington, New Mexico Farmington, New Mexico Farmington is a city in San Juan County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 U.S. Census the city had a total population of 45,877 people. Farmington makes up one of the four Metropolitan Statistical Areas in New Mexico. The U.S... |
Tóta’ (Navajo) |
| Filadelfia Filadelfia Filadelfia is the capital of Boquerón Department in the Gran Chaco of western Paraguay. It is the centre of the Fernheim Colony. It is about a 5 hour drive from the capital of Asunción.-History:... |
Filadelfija (Lithuanian), Filadelfio (Esperanto) |
| Florianopolis Florianópolis -Climate:Florianópolis experiences a warm humid subtropical climate, falling just short of a true tropical climate. The seasons of the year are distinct, with a well-defined summer and winter, and characteristic weather for autumn and spring. Frost is infrequent, but occurs occasionally in the winter... |
Florianopolisa (Latvian), Meiembipe (Carijó) Former names: Nossa Senhora do Desterro (Portuguese), Floripa (Portuguese nickname) |
| Flagstaff Flagstaff, Arizona Flagstaff is a city located in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In 2010, the city's population was 65,870. The population of the Metropolitan Statistical Area was at 134,421 in 2010. It is the county seat of Coconino County... |
Kinłání Dookʼoʼoosłííd Biyaagi (Navajo), Furaggusutaffu - フラッグスタッフ (Japanese) |
| Fortaleza Fortaleza Fortaleza is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. With a population close to 2.5 million , Fortaleza is the 5th largest city in Brazil. It has an area of and one of the highest demographic densities in the country... |
Arx vel Urbs Fortalexiensis (Latin), Fortalezo (Esperanto), Forutareza - フォルタレザ (Japanese) Former name: Santa María de la Consolación (Spanish), Fortim de São Tiago (Portuguese), Fort Schoonenborch (Dutch), Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (Portuguese) |
| Fort Defiance, Arizona Fort Defiance, Arizona Fort Defiance is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 4,061 at the 2000 census.- History :... |
Tséhootsooí (Navajo) |
| Fredericton, New Brunswick Fredericton, New Brunswick Fredericton is the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, by virtue of the provincial parliament which sits there. An important cultural, artistic, and educational centre for the province, Fredericton is home to two universities and cultural institutions such as the Beaverbrook Art... |
Fredericopolis (Latin), Frédéricton (French), Frederiktonas (Lithuanian), Frederiktono (Esperanto), Fúléidélǐkèdùn - 弗雷德里克頓 (Mandarin Chinese) |
| Fuerte Olimpo Fuerte Olimpo Fuerte Olimpo is a city in Paraguay. It is the capital of the department of Alto Paraguay.Capital of Alto Paraguay Region, far from Asunción 838 km, located on Paraguay River, originally called Fuerte Bordón... |
Fuerte Olimpas (Lithuanian) Former name: Fuerte Borbón (Spanish) |
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| Gallup Gallup, New Mexico - Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there were 20,209 people, 6,810 households, and 4,869 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,513.7 people per square mile... |
Na’nízhoozhí (Navajo) |
| Ganado, Arizona Ganado, Arizona Ganado is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,505 at the 2000 census.Ganado is part of the Navajo Nation... |
Lók’aahnteel (Navajo) |
| Georgetown, Guyana Georgetown, Guyana Georgetown, estimated population 239,227 , is the capital and largest city of Guyana, located in the Demerara-Mahaica region. It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the mouth of the Demerara River and it was nicknamed 'Garden City of the Caribbean.' Georgetown is located at . The city serves... |
Džordžtaunas (Lithuanian), Georgiopolis (Latin), Ĝorĝtaŭno (Esperanto), Jòjtòn (Haitian), Qiáozhìdūn - 喬治敦 (Mandarin Chinese), Jōji Taun - ジョージタウン (Japanese) Former name: Stabroek (Dutch) |
| Georgina, Ontario Georgina, Ontario Georgina is a town in south-central Ontario, and the northernmost municipality in the Regional Municipality of York. It forms part of the northern boundary of the Greater Toronto Area and is situated on the southern shores of Lake Simcoe... |
Qiáozhēnnuó - 喬珍娜 (Mandarin Chinese) |
| Grand Canyon | An Cainneon Mór (Irish), Gran Cañón (Aragonese, Spanish), Gran Canyó (Catalan), Granda Kanjono (Esperanto), Miklagljúfur (Icelandic), Tsékooh Hatsoh or Bidáá’ Ha’azt’i’ (Navajo), Veliki kanjon (Slovene), Veľký kaňon (Slovak), Wielki Kanion (Polish), Gurando Kyanion - グランドキャニオン (Japanese) |
| Greasewood, Arizona Greasewood, Arizona Greasewood is a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 581 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Greasewood is located at .... |
Díwózhii Bii’ Tó (Navajo) |
| Guatemala City Guatemala City Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America... |
Āltepētl Cuauhtēmallān (Nahuatl), Bandaraya Guatemala (Malay), Cathair Guatemala (Irish), Cidade da Guatemala (Portuguese), Cidade de Guatemala (Galician), Città del Guatemala (Italian), Çittæ do Guatemala (Ligurian), Ciudad de Guatemala (Romanian, Spanish, Volapük), সিউদাদ দে গুয়াতেমালা - Ciudad de Guatemala (Bengali), Сиудад де Гуатемала - Ciudad de Guatemala (Bulgarian), Ciudá de Guatemala (Asturian), Ciudad Guatemala (Slovene), Ciutat de Guatemala (Catalan, Occitan), Dakbayan sa Guatemala (Cebuano), Dinas Guatemala (Welsh), Guate (Spanish nickname), Guatemala (Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, Slovak, Spanish variant, Turkish), Гватэмала - Guatemala (Russian, Serbian, Belarusian (Taraškievica), Ukrainian), Guatemala by (Norwegian), Guatemalabýur (Faroese), Guatemala-chhī(Min Nan), Guatemala Cityo (Zazaki), Guatemala Hiria (Basque), Guatemala-stad (Dutch), Guatemala-Stadt (German, Low Saxon), Guatemala Urbe (Novial), Guatemala-Urbo (Ido), Guatemalaváros (Hungarian), Gvatemala (Latvian, Lithuanian, Samogitian, Uzbek), Gvatemalaborg (Icelandic), Gvatemalurbo (Esperanto), Gwatemala (Polish), Kota Guatemala (Indonesian), Marka Watimala (Aymara), Mbóka ya Gwatemala (Lingala), Sita an Gwatemala (Cornish), Sità ëd Guatemala (Piedmontese), Siwdad (Haitian), Thành Phố Guatemala (Vietnamese), Watimala llaqta (Quechua), Ziudá Guatemala (Aragonese), مدينة غواتيمالا (Arabic), গুয়াতেমালা সিটি (Bengali), গুৱাতেমালা সিটি (Bishnupriya Manipuri), 瓜地馬拉市 (Chinese), Πόλη της Γουατεμάλας (Greek), גואטמלה סיטי (Hebrew), Guatemara Shiti - グアテマラシティ (Japanese), 과테말라 시 (Korean), گواتمالاسیتی (Persian), กัวเตมาลาซิตี (Thai) Former name: La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción (Spanish) |
| Guayaquil Guayaquil Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port... |
Guaiaquil (Portuguese), Gvajakila (Latvian), Gvajakilis (Lithuanian), Santiago de Guayaquil (Slovak, Spanish variation), Wayakil (Aymara, Quechua), Guayakiru - グアヤキル (Japanese) Former name: Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil (Spanish) |
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| Halifax, Nova Scotia | Halafacs (Scots Gaelic), Halifaksas (Lithuanian), Halifakso (Esperanto), Halifax Tē-khu Chhī (Min Nan), Haleifaksi - 夏里法斯 (Cantonese Chinese), Xiàlǐfǎsī - 夏里法斯 (Mandarin Chinese), Harifakkusu - ハリファックス (Japanese) |
| Halton Hills, Ontario Halton Hills, Ontario Halton Hills is a town in the Regional Municipality of Halton, west of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located within the Greater Toronto Area.... |
Hédùnshān - 荷頓山 (Mandarin Chinese) |
| Havana Havana Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous... |
A Habana (Galician), Avana (Latin), Habana (Basque), Ħavana (Maltese), Havanna (Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Swedish), Havano (Esperanto), Hawana (Polish), La Habana (Aromanian, Breton, Quechua, Spanish, Vietnamese, Volapük), La Avàn (Haitian), L'Avana (Italian, Occitan, Sicilian), L'Avan-a (Piedmontese), L'Avann-a (Ligurian), La Havane (French), L'Habana (Asturian), L'Havana (Catalan), San Cristóbal de La Habana (Spanish variant), Αβάννα (Greek), Gavana - Гавана (Russian), Hāwǎnǎ - 哈瓦那 (Mandarin Chinese), Habana - ハバナ (Japanese) |
| Holbrook, Arizona Holbrook, Arizona -Historical events:*During 1881 & 1882, railroad tracks were laid down and a railroad station was built. The community was then named Holbrook after the first engineer of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad... |
T’iis Yaa Kin (Navajo) |
| Honolulu, Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii Honolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and... |
Tánxiāngshān - 檀香山 (Mandarin Chinese), Gonolulu - Гонолулу (Russian), Honoruru - ホノルル (Japanese), Hô nô lu lu (Vietnamese) |
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| Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S... |
Indianápolis (Portuguese, Spanish), Indianàpolis (Catalan), Indianapòlis (Occitan), Indianapolisa (Latvian), İndianapolis (Azeri), Indianaporisu - インディアナポリス (Japanese) |
| Iqaluit, Nunavut Iqaluit, Nunavut Iqaluit is the territorial capital and the largest community of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Iqaluit is located on the south coast of Baffin Island at the head of Frobisher Bay. As of the 2006 census the population was 6,184, an increase of 18.1 percent from the 2001 census; it has the... |
Ikaluitas (Lithuanian), Ikaluito (Esperanto), Yīkuítè - 伊魁特 (Mandarin Chinese) Former name: Frobisher Bay |
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| Kayenta, Arizona Kayenta, Arizona Kayenta is a census-designated place which is part of the Navajo Nation and is in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 5,189 at the 2010 census. Kayenta is located south of Monument Valley and contains a number of hotels and motels which service visitors to Monument... |
Tó Naneesdizí (Navajo) |
| Keams Canyon, Arizona Keams Canyon, Arizona Keams Canyon is a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 260 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Keams Canyon is located at .... |
Lók’a’deeshjin (Navajo), Pongsikya or Pongsikvi (Hopi) |
| King, Ontario King, Ontario King is a township in York Region north of Toronto, within the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada.The rolling hills of the Oak Ridges Moraine are the most prominent visible geographical feature of King. The Holland Marsh, considered to be Ontario's "vegetable basket", straddles King Township... |
Huángdìshì - 皇帝市 (Mandarin Chinese), Wongdaisi - 皇帝市 (Cantonese Chinese) |
| Kingston, Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island... |
Kingstonas (Lithuanian), Kinstòn (Haitian), Jīngsīdūn - 京斯敦 (Mandarin Chinese), Kingusuton - キングストン (Japanese) |
| Kitchener, Ontario Kitchener, Ontario The City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916. The city had a population of 204,668 in the Canada 2006 Census... |
Keet-heener - Kitchener (German), Kičeneris (Lithuanian), Kiĉenero (Esperanto) Former name: Berlin |
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| Lake City Lake City, Florida Lake City is the county seat of Columbia County, Florida, in the United States. In 2009, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 12,614. In addition, it is the Principal City of the Lake City Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is composed of Columbia County, and had an... |
Former names : Alpata Telophka (Seminole), Alligator (English) |
| La Paz La Paz Nuestra Señora de La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of the La Paz Department, and the second largest city in the country after Santa Cruz de la Sierra... |
Chiqiyapu (Aymara, Quechua), Civitas Pacis (Latin), Lapasa (Latvian), La Pasas (Lithuanian), La-Pazo (Esperanto), Rapasu - ラパス (Japanese) Former name: Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Spanish) |
| Lima Lima Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima... |
Líma (Icelandic), Limo (Esperanto), Rima - リマ (Japanese) Former names: Ciudad de los Reyes (Spanish), Lima-limaq (Aymara), Rimac (Quechua) |
| Little Rock | Litl Rokas (Lithuanian), Petricula (Latin) |
| Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... |
Angelopolis (Latin), El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de la Porciúncula (original full Spanish name), Los-Anceles (Azeri), Los Andželas (Lithuanian), Losandželosa (Latvian), Los Ángeles (Aragonese, Spanish), Los-Anĝeleso (Esperanto), Os Ánxeles (Galician), Rosanzerusu - ロサンゼルス (Japanese), 洛杉磯 or 羅省 (Chinese), Lốt An giơ lét (Vietnamese), Los-Andzheles - (Yiddish), Λος Άντζελες or Πόλη των Αγγέλων (Greek) |
| Lupton, Arizona Lupton, Arizona Lupton is an unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona, United States. Lupton is located along Interstate 40 at the New Mexico border, southwest of Gallup, New Mexico. Lupton has a post office with ZIP code 86508.... |
Tsé Siʼání/Tsé Dijoolí (Navajo) |
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| Mafra, Santa Catarina Mafra, Santa Catarina Mafra is a city located in the northern border of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. This city borders to the state of Paraná and its urban area is attached to the urban area of its interstate neighbour, Rio Negro. This city's population is composed primarily of descendants of European... |
Mafro (Esperanto), Мафра (Russian, Serbian) |
| Managua Managua Managua is the capital city of Nicaragua as well as the department and municipality by the same name. It is the largest city in Nicaragua in terms of population and geographic size. Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Xolotlán or Lake Managua, the city was declared the national capital in... |
Manágua (Portuguese), ماناغوا - Managua (Arabic), Манагуа (Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian), מנגואה - Managua (Hebrew), Managua - マナグア (Japanese), 마나과 - Managua (Korean), Манагва - Managua (Macedonian, Serbian), มานากัว - Managua (Thai), Managuao (Zazaki), Managva (Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Samogitian), Managvo (Esperanto), Managwa (Haitian, Lingala), Mānāhuac (Nahuatl), ماناگوآ (Persian) Former name: Leal Villa de Santiago de Managua (Spanish) |
| Many Farms, Arizona Many Farms, Arizona Many Farms is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,548 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Many Farms is located at .... |
Dá’ák’eh Halání (Navajo) |
| Markham, Ontario Markham, Ontario Markham is a town in the Regional Municipality of York, located within the Greater Toronto Area of Southern Ontario, Canada. The population was 261,573 at the 2006 Canadian census... |
Markhamo (Esperanto), Mangum - 萬錦 (Cantonese Chinese), Wànjǐn - 萬錦 (Mandarin Chinese) |
| Medellín Medellín Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million... |
Medelhim (Portuguese variation), Medeljinas (Lithuanian), Medellin (Basque, Romanian, Turkish), Metellinum (Latin) Former name: Villa de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Medellín (Spanish) |
| Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole... |
Bandar raya Mexico (Malay), Cidade de México (Galician), Cidade do México (Portuguese), Cità dû Mèssicu (Sicilian), Città del Messico (Italian), Çittæ do Mexico (Ligurian), Ciudad de México (Croatian, Czech, Indonesian, Romanian, Slovene, Spanish, Volapük), Ciutat de Mexic (Occitan), Ciutat de Mèxic (Catalan), Dinas Mexico (Welsh), Il-Belt tal-Messiku (Maltese), Kêr-Vec'hiko (Breton), Lungsod México (Tagalog), Marka Mïxiku (Aymara), Mechėks (Samogitian), Mehiko (Latvian), Meksikas (Lithuanian), Meksiko (Azeri, Haitian), Meksikurbo (Esperanto), Meksyk (Polish), Mexico (French, Slovak, Turkish, Swahili), México (Estonian, Finnish, Ido, Sami), Mexico by (Norwegian), Mexicopolis (Latin), Mexico-stad (Dutch), Mexíkóborg (Icelandic), Mexiko Hiria (Basque), Mexiko-Stadt (German), Mexikóváros (Hungarian), Mishiku Ilaqta (Quechua), Āltepētl Mēxihco (Nahuatl), Thành phố Mexico (Vietnamese), Mòxīgēchéng - 墨西哥城 (Mandarin Chinese), Πόλη του Μεξικού (Greek), Mekishiko Shiti - メキシコシティ (Japanese), San Felipe de Mexico (Spanish variant) |
| Milton, Ontario Milton, Ontario Milton is a town in Southern Ontario, Canada, and part of the Halton Region in the Greater Toronto Area. Milton received a tremendous amount of awareness following the release of the results of the 2006 Census, which indicated that Milton is the fastest growing municipality in the Greater Golden... |
Mǐěrdùn - 米爾頓 (Mandarin Chinese) |
| Minas, Uruguay Minas, Uruguay Minas is the capital of the Lavalleja Department in Uruguay. It is located in the south of the department, on the intersection of Route 8 with Route 12. The city is situated between hill ranges and the basins of the streams Arroyo San Francisco and Arroyo Campanero. Its status was elevated to... |
Former name: Villa de la Concepción de las Minas (Spanish) |
| Mississauga, Ontario Mississauga, Ontario Mississauga is a city in Southern Ontario located in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area. With an estimated population of 734,000, it is Canada's sixth-most populous municipality, and has almost doubled in population in each of the last two decades... |
Misisoga (Lithuanian), Misisogo (Esperanto), Misi-zaagiwininiwag (Ojibwa), Mìxīshājiā - 密西沙加 (Mandarin Chinese), Matsaisaga - 密西沙加 (Cantonese Chinese) |
| Mobile, Alabama Mobile, Alabama Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest... |
Former name : Fort Conde (French) |
| Montevideo Montevideo Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento... |
Montebideo (Aragonese), Montevidėjas (Lithuanian, Samogitian), Montevídeó (Icelandic), Montevidéu or Montevideu (Portuguese, Tetum), Muntividëw (Aymara), Montebideo - モンテビデオ (Japanese) Former name: San Felipe y Santiago de Montevideo (Spanish) |
| Montreal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... |
Munturiaal (Inuktitut), Monreāla (Latvian), Monrealis (Lithuanian), Monreyal (Haitian), Mons Regius (Latin), Mont-real (Catalan), Montréal (Afrikaans, Alemannisch, Croatian, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Ido, Irish, Italian, Lingala, Romanian, Sicilian, Slovene, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Volapük), Montreali (Albanian), Montrealo (Esperanto), Mundeho - 满地河 (Cantonese Chinese), Mundreale (Neapolitan), Mǎndìhé - 满地河 (Mandarin Chinese), Монреаль (Russian), Monrea'li - Μονρεάλη (Greek - καθαρεύουσα), Montoriōru - モントリオール (Japanese), Môn re an (Vietnamese) Former names: Ville-Marie (French), Villa Maria / Marianopolis (Latin), Hochelaga (St. Lawrence Iroquoians) |
| Morgan City Morgan City, Louisiana Morgan City is a city in St. Martin and St. Mary parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population was 12,404 at the 2010 census.... |
Former names : Tiger Island (English), Brashear City (English) |
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| Nazlini, Arizona Nazlini, Arizona Nazlini is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 397 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Nazlini is located at .... |
Názlíní (Navajo) |
| New Amsterdam, Guyana New Amsterdam, Guyana New Amsterdam , located in the East Berbice-Corentyne Region, 62 miles from the capital, Georgetown, is one of the largest towns in Guyana. It is located four miles upriver from the Atlantic Ocean mouth of the Berbice River, on its eastern bank, immediately south of the Canje River... |
Nieuw Amsterdam (Dutch), Nova Amsterdã, Nova Amsterdam or Nova Amsterdão (Portuguese variation), Nueva Ámsterdam (Spanish) Former name: Fort Sint Andries (Dutch) |
| New Haven, Connecticut New Haven, Connecticut New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and... |
Niǔhēiwén - 纽黑文 (Mandarin Chinese), Novus Portus (Latin) |
| New Orleans | La Nouvelle-Orléans / Nouvelle-Orléans (French), Naujasis Orleanas (Lithuanian), Νέα Ορλεάνη (Greek), Niu Ô lân (Vietnamese), Neu-Orleans (German), Nova Aurelia (Latin), Nova Orleães (Portuguese variant), Nova Orleans (Catalan, Portuguese), Nova Orleáns (Galician), Nov-Orleano (Esperanto), Nov-Orleans (Ido), Nowy Orlean (Polish), Nueva Orleans (Asturian, Spanish), Novi Orlean - Нови Орлеан (Bulgarian), Novyy Orlean - Новый Орлеан (Russian), Nowy Orlean (Polish), Xīn'ào'ěrliáng - 新奧爾良 / Niǔàoliáng - 纽奥良 (Mandarin Chinese), Nyū Ōrinzu - ニューオーリンズ(Japanese) |
| New York New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... |
Bandar raya New York (Malay), Dakbayan sa New York (Cebuano), Dinas Efrog Newydd (Welsh), Eabhraig Nuadh (Scottish Gaelic), Evrek Nowydh (Cornish), Lungsod ng New York (Tagalog), Newyork (former Swedish), Ney Yarrick Schtadt (Pennsylvania German), Niojuorks (Samogitian), Niujorkas (Lithuanian), Nouvieau York (Norman), Nouyòk (Haitian), Nova Iorque (Portuguese variant), Nova York (Catalan, Galician, Neapolitan, Portuguese, Sicilian), Nòva York (Occitan), Nove York (Interlingua), Nov-Jorko (Esperanto), Nowy Jork (Polish), Nua-Eabhrac (Irish), Nueba York (Aragonese), Nueva York (Bikol, Spanish), Ņujorka (Latvian), Nuova York (Italian), Nuova Jorca (Italian [obsolete]), Nýja Jórvík (Icelandic), Tchiaq York Iniqpak (Inupiaq), Thành phố New York (Vietnamese), Urbs Novum Eboracum (Latin), Nyu-York - (Yiddish), Néa Uórkē - Νέα Υόρκη (Greek), Nyu-York - Нью-Йорк (Russian), Nyū Yōku - ニューヨーク (Japanese), Niǔyuē - 纽约 (Mandarin Chinese) Former names: New Amsterdam |
| Newmarket, Ontario Newmarket, Ontario Newmarket is a town in Southern Ontario located approximately 50 km north of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area and is connected to Toronto by freeway, and is served by three interchanges along Highway 404. It is also connected to Highway 400 via Highway 9... |
Neumarkt (German), Xīnshì - 新市 (Mandarin Chinese) Former name: New Market (English, unofficial) |
| Nieuw Amsterdam, Suriname Nieuw Amsterdam, Suriname Nieuw Amsterdam is the capital of the Commewijne District in Suriname. It is a small coastal town situated at the confluence of the Suriname River and Commewijne River, just across from Paramaribo, the country's capital. Its population at the 2004 census was 5,489, with around 1,200 people living... |
Naujasis Amsterdamas (Lithuanian), New Amsterdam (English variation), Nieuw-Amsterdam (Dutch), Nova Amsterdã, Nova Amsterdam or Nova Amsterdão (Portuguese variation) |
| North York, Ontario North York, Ontario North York is a dissolved municipality within the current city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the central part of the northern section of Toronto. As of the 2006 Census, it has a population of 635,370. The official 2001 census count was 608,288... (part of Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... ) |
Běiyuēkè - 北約克 (Mandarin Chinese), Bakyeukhak - 北約克 (Cantonese Chinese) |
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| Oakville, Ontario Oakville, Ontario Oakville is a town in Halton Region, on Lake Ontario in Southern Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Greater Toronto Area. As of the 2006 census the population was 165,613.-History:In 1793, Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road... |
Uagvilli (Inuktitut), Wòkèwéiěr - 渥克維爾 (Mandarin Chinese) |
| Oshawa, Ontario Oshawa, Ontario Oshawa is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It lies in Southern Ontario approximately 60 kilometres east of downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of both the Greater Toronto Area and the Golden Horseshoe. It is now commonly referred to as the most... |
Usava (Inuktitut), Ošava (Lithuanian), Aoshāhuá - 奧沙華 (Mandarin Chinese) Former name: Skae's Corners (English, unofficial) |
| Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario... |
Attava (Inuktitut), Otava (Galician, Latvian, Lithuanian), Otavo (Esperanto), Otawa (Haitian), Ottava (Latin), Oktaiwa - 渥太華 (Cantonese Chinese), Wòtàihuá - 渥太華 (Mandarin Chinese), Ottava - Οττάβα (Greek), Ottawa - Оттава (Russian), Otawa - オタワ (Japanese) Former name: Bytown (English), Ốt ta oa (Vietnamese) |
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| Panama City Panama City Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the... |
Cidade do Panamá (Portuguese), Çittæ do Panamá (Ligurian), Ciudad de Panamá (Czehc, Romanian, Spanish), Ciutat de Panamà (Catalan, Occitan), Dinas Panama (Welsh), Panama (Croatian, Haitian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovak), Panamá (Estonian, French, Italian, Swedish), Panama by (Norwegian), Panama Hiria (Basque), Panama llaqta (Quechua), Panama-stad (Dutch), Panama-Stadt (German), Panama-Urbo (Ido), Panamaváros (Hungarian), Panama Urbe (Novial), Panamurbo (Esperanto), Sità ëd Panamà (Piedmontese), Ziudá de Panamá (Aragonese), Panama Shiti - パナマシティ (Japanese) |
| Paramaribo Paramaribo Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 250,000 people, more than half of Suriname's population... |
Paramaribas (Lithuanian), Paramaríbó (Icelandic), Paramaribo - パラマリボ (Japanese) |
| Paysandú Paysandú -Transportation:The city is served by Tydeo Larre Borges International Airport.-Climate:Paysandú has a humid subtropical climate, described by the Köppen climate classification as Cfa. Summers are warm to hot and winters are cool, with the occurrence of frosts and fog... |
Paisandu (Latvian) |
| Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay Pedro Juan Caballero is a city in Paraguay, located in Amambay Department of which it is the capital. The city lies on the border with the Brazilian city of Ponta Porã in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and is known as a centre for cheap electronic and consumer goods, and also as a centre for drug... |
Pedro Chuan Kabaljeras (Lithuanian), Petro Johano Kabalero (Esperanto) |
| Philadelphia | Filadelfia (Galician, Italian, Polish, Spanish), Filadélfia (Portuguese), Filadèlfia (Catalan), Filadelfie (Czech, Slovak), Filadelfija (Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovene), Filadelfja (Maltese), Filidelfi (Pennsylvania German), Filadelfio (Esperanto), Philadelphie (French), Fèichéng - 費城 (Mandarin Chinese), Filadelfye - (Yiddish), Φιλαδέλφεια (Greek), Firaderufia - フィラデルフィア (Japanese) Former names: Shackamaxon (Lenape), Wicoca (Swedish), Phi la đen phia (Vietnamese) |
| Phoenix Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data... |
Fenikso (Esperanto), Fiinigis (Western Apache), Fīniksa (Latvian), Finiksas (Lithuanian), Hachpa 'Anya Nyava (Mojave), Hoozdo (Navajo), Pēniki (Hawaiian), Skikik (O'odham), Φοίνιξ (Greek), Fènghuángchéng - 鳳凰城 (Mandarin Chinese), Fenikkusu - フェニックス(Japanese) |
| Pickering, Ontario Pickering, Ontario Pickering is a city located in Southern Ontario, Canada immediately east of Toronto in Durham Region. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area, the largest metropolitan area in Canada.- Early Period :... |
Píkèlíng - 皮克靈 (Mandarin Chinese) |
| Pichilemu, Chile | بتشيلمو (Arabic), Piychillimu (Aymara), Пічылему (Belarussian), Пичилему (Bulgarian), Πιτσιλέμου (Greek), Piĉilemo (Esperanto), پیچیلمو (Persian), Pičilemu (Croatian), פיצ'ילמו (Hebrew), പിറ്റ്ഷ്ലെമു (Malayalam), पिच्हिलेमु (Marathi), ピチレム (Japanese), Пичилему (Russian, Serbian), பிச்சிலெமு (Tamil), ปีชีเลมู (Thai), Пічилему (Ukrainian), Pítsílẹ́mu (Yoruba), 披市勒亩 (Chinese) |
| Pilar, Paraguay Pilar, Paraguay Pilar is the capital city of the Paraguayan department of Ñeembucú, located along the Paraguay River in the southwestern part of the country. Located about from Asunción, Pilar serves as an important center of commerce and government for the far southwestern region of the country.- History :Pilar... |
Pilaras (Lithuanian) |
| Pinon, Arizona Piñon, Arizona Pinon is a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States, and in the Navajo Nation. The population was 1,190 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Pinon is located at .... |
Be’ek’id Baa Ahoodzání (Navajo), Piñon (English variant, Volapük) |
| Pittsburgh | Pitsburgas (Lithuanian), Pittsbarig (Pennsylvania German), Pittsburgum (Latin), 匹兹堡 (Mandarin Chinese), Pittsubāgu - ピッツバーグ (Japanese), Питсбург (Russia), 'פיטסבורג (Hebrew) |
| Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009.... |
Portofprensa (Latvian), Port o Prensas (Lithuanian), Porto Príncipe (Portuguese), Portus Principis (Latin), Pòtoprens (Haitian), Puerto Príncipe (Spanish), Porutō Puransu - ポルトープランス (Japanese) |
| Porto Alegre Porto Alegre Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian... |
Porto Alegrė (Lithuanian), Porto-Alegro (Esperanto), Portus Alacer in Brasilia (Latin), Puerto Alegre (Spanish variation), Poruto Aregure - ポルトアレグレ (Japanese) Former names: Porto da Viamão (Portuguese, XVIII century), Porto do Dorneles (Portuguese, until 1752), Porto dos Casais (Portuguese, until 1810), Vila de Nossa Senhora Madre de Deus de Porto Alegre (Portuguese) |
| Port of Spain Port of Spain Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population... |
Pò of Espay (Haitian), Port-d'Espagne (French), Porto de Espanha (Portuguese), Portofspeina (Latvian), Port of Speinas (Lithuanian), Portu de Spania (Novial), Puerto España (Spanish), Pōto Obu Supein - ポートオブスペイン (Japanese) Former name: Puerto de los Hispanioles (Spanish) |
| Pozo Colorado Pozo Colorado Pozo Colorado is a town in Paraguay. It is a district of the department of Presidente Hayes.- Sources : * – World-Gazetteer.com... |
Poso Kolorado (Lithuanian) |
| Puerto Aisén, Chile | Puerto Aysén (Spanish) |
| Punta Arenas, Chile Punta Arenas, Chile Punta Arenas is a commune and the capital city of Chile's southernmost region, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena. The city was officially renamed Magallanes in 1927, but in 1938 it was changed back to Punta Arenas... |
Punta Arenasas (Lithuanian) |
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| Quebec City Quebec City Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest... |
Québec and Ville de Québec (French), Québec or Québec City (English, official use), Quipiik (Inuktitut), Ciudad de Quebec (Spanish), Ciutat de Quebec (Catalan), Kebeko (Esperanto), Kota Quebec (Indonesian), Kvebekas (Lithuanian), Oraşul Québec (Romanian), Québec (Afrikaans, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Volapük, Welsh), Quebec by (Danish), Quebec Hiria (Basque), Quebeque (Portuguese variant), Thành phố Québec (Vietnamese), Urbs Quebeci (Latin), Kuíběikèshì - 魁北克市 (Mandarin Chinese), Keve'ki - Κεβέκη (Greek - καθαρεύουσα), Kebekku - ケベック (Japanese) |
| Quito Quito San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito , is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains... |
Quitu (Inuktitut), Kito (Esperanto, Haitian, Latvian, Novial), Kitas (Lithuanian), Kitu (Aymara, Quechua), San Francisco de Quito (French), Kito - キト (Japanese) Former name: San Francisco de Quito (Spanish) |
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| Recife Recife Recife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper... |
Rikivi (Inuktitut), Resifė (Lithuanian), Urbs Recifensis (Latin), Reshife - レシフェ (Japanese) |
| Regina, Saskatchewan Regina, Saskatchewan Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox... |
Ragina (Inuktitut), Redžaina (Lithuanian), Régina (French), Reĝino (Esperanto), Urbs Reginae (Latin) |
| Richmond Hill, Ontario Richmond Hill, Ontario Richmond Hill is a town located in Southern Ontario, Canada in the central portion of York Region, Ontario. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area, being located about halfway between Toronto and Lake Simcoe... |
Risimuuntia (Inuktitut), Lǐezhìaishān - 烈治艾山 (Mandarin Chinese) Former names: Miles' Hill (English), Mount Pleasant (English) |
| Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th... |
Riuu ti Janiiru (Inuktitut), Río de Janeiro (Spanish), Rio-de-Ĵanejro (Esperanto), Rio de Žaneiras (Lithuanian), Riodežaneiro (Latvian), Riviéthe dé Janvyi (Norman), Ríxo de Xaneiro (Galician), Urbs Fluminensis (Latin), Rio De Janeiro - リオデジャネイロ (Japanese) Former name: São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese) |
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| Sacramento Sacramento, California Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,... |
Sacramentum (Latin), Sakramento (Latvian), Sakramentas (Lithuanian), Sàkèlāméntuō - 萨克拉门托 (Mandarin Chinese), Sakuramento - サクラメント(Japanese) Former names: New Helvetia (English), Nuevo Helvetia (Spanglish), Neu-Helvetien (German), Nova Helvécia (Portuguese) |
| Salvador da Bahia | Salvador (Catalan, Danish, Portuguese, Spanish variant), Salvadora (Latvian), Salvadoras (Lithuanian), Salvador de Bahia (Basque), Salvador de Bahía (Spanish), Salvador de Bahio (Esperanto), São Salvador da Baía de Todos os Santos (Portuguese variant) Former name: Bahia Bahia Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size... |
| Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197... |
Saltsøstaden (Danish - obsolete), Sallagurbo (Esperanto), Solt Leik Sitis (Lithuanian), Yánhúchéng - 鹽湖城 (Mandarin Chinese), Soruto Reiku Shiti - ソルトレイクシティ (Japanese) |
| Salto del Guairá Salto del Guairá Salto del Guairá is a city in Paraguay. It is the capital of the department of Canindeyú. The city is located about 200 km north of Ciudad del Este.... |
Salto del Gvaira (Lithuanian) |
| San Diego, California San Diego, California San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round... |
Didacopolis (Latin), San Diegas (Lithuanian), San-Diego (Esperanto), Sandjego (Latvian), São Diego (Portuguese variant), Shèngdìyágē - 聖地牙哥 (Mandarin Chinese), San Diego - サンディエゴ (Japanese) |
| San Francisco | Franciscopolis (Latin), Frisco Frisco Frisco may refer to:in places:*Frisco, Colorado*Frisco, Louisiana*Frisco, North Carolina*Frisco, Pennsylvania*Frisco, Texas*Frisco, Utah*Frisco City, Alabama*nickname for San Francisco, California in motion pictures:... (English nickname), Kapalakiko (Hawaiian), Sanctus Franciscus (Latin), San Franciskas (Lithuanian), Sanfrancisko (Latvian), San Franciscu (Sicilian), San Frantzisko (Basque), San(kt) Franzisko (German), São Francisco (Portuguese), San Furan Shisuko - サンフランシスコ (Japanese), Akiya Fragkiskos - Άγιος Φραγκίσκος (Greek), San Frantsisko - Сан Франциско (Bulgarian), San-Frantsisko - Сан-Франциско (Russian), Jiùjīnshān - 舊金山 / Sānfānshì - 三藩市 (Mandarin Chinese), Gaogumsan - 舊金山 / Sanfansi - 三藩市 (Cantonese Chinese), Yerba Buena (city's original name under Spanish and later Mexican administration) |
| San Lorenzo, Paraguay | San Lorensas (Lithuanian), Sanlorenso (Latvian) Former names: Ñu Guazú (Guarani), San Lorenzo del Campo Grande (Spanish) |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santa Cruz de la Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the capital of the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia and the largest city in the country... |
Santa Cruz (Basque, Danish, English variation, Finnish, French, Malay, Polish, Portuguese variation, Spanish variation, Vietnamese), Santa Cruz da Serra (Portuguese variation), Santa Krus (Aymara), Santakrusa (Latvian), Santa Krus de la Siera (Lithuanian), Santa Krus llaqta (Quechua) |
| Scarborough, Ontario Scarborough, Ontario Scarborough is a dissolved municipality within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the eastern part of Toronto. It is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, and on the east by the Rouge River... (part of Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... ) |
Sigabo - 仕嘉堡 (Cantonese Chinese), Shìjiābǎo - 仕嘉堡 (Mandarin Chinese), Sukaburo - スカボロ (Japanese) |
| Scugog, Ontario Scugog, Ontario Scugog is a township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, south-central Ontario, Canada. A smaller Scugog Township was also a historic municipality and geographic township prior to the amalgamation that formed the current municipality.-History:... |
Sigaog (Ojibwa), Sīkùgē - 斯庫戈 (Mandarin Chinese) |
| Seattle | Seattlum (Latin), Sietla (Latvian), Sietlas (Lithuanian), Xīyǎtú - 西雅图 (Mandarin Chinese), Shiatoru - シアトル (Japanese) |
| St. John's St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St... |
Baile Sheáin (Scottish), Nomh Seán (Irish Gaelic), Sanctus Ioannes (Latin), Saint Jean (French), San Juan de Terranova (Spanish), Sankt Johannes in der Neuen Welt (German), Sankt-Johano (Novlando) (Esperanto), São João da Terra Nova (Portuguese), Sent Džons (Serbian), Sent Džonsas (Lithuanian), Shèngyuēhàn - 圣约翰 (Mandarin Chinese) |
| St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St... |
Sankta-Luizo (Esperanto), San Luis (Spanish), São Luís (Portuguese variant), Sento Ruisu - セントルイス (Japanese) |
| San Ignacio, Paraguay San Ignacio, Paraguay San Ignacio, also known as San Ignacio Guazú, is a city and district in the Misiones Department of Paraguay, located from Asunción. It is the second-largest district in area and the largest in population , of Misiones' ten districts.-Geography:The urban area of the district is located right in... |
סן איגנסיו (Hebrew), Shèngyīgénàxīào - 聖伊格納西奧 (Mandarin Chinese), サンイグナシオ (Japanese) |
| San Jose San Jose, California San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay... |
San Chosė (Lithuanian), Sanctus Iosephus (Latin), Sanhosē (Latvian), San José (Czech, Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Interlingua, Luxembourgish, Polish, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish), São José (Portuguese), The City of San José (English), Shènghéxī - 聖荷西 (Mandarin Chinese), Sannoze - サンノゼ (Japanese) |
| San Juan San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of... |
San Chuanas (Lithuanian), São João (Portuguese variant), Shènghúān - 聖胡安 (Mandarin Chinese) Former names: Caparra (Spanish), La Ciudad de Puerto Rico (Spanish), San Juan Bautista (Spanish) |
| San Juan Bautista, Paraguay San Juan Bautista, Paraguay San Juan Bautista, capital of the Department of Misiones, Paraguay, is considered the cradle of the religious mission culture. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones.-Geography:... |
San Chuan Bautista (Lithuanian) |
| San Pedro, Paraguay San Pedro, Paraguay San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú is a city in Paraguay. It is the capital of the department of San Pedro.The conquistador Alejo García who was the first European to cross Paraguay and reach the Inca empire in 1524 was killed in San Pedro on his return.-Etymology:... |
San Pedras (Lithuanian), Ykuamandyju (Guarani) Former name: Villa de San Pedro Apóstol de Ykuamandyju (Spanish) |
| Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean... |
Sancta Barbara (Latin), Santa Bárbara (Portuguese, Spanish), Shèngtǎbābālā - 聖塔芭芭拉 (Mandarin Chinese), Santa Bābara - サンタバーバラ (Japanese) |
| Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level... |
Čilės Santjagas (Lithuanian), Sanctiacobi (Latin), Santíagó (Icelandic), Santiago de Chile (Breton, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Esperanto, Finnish, Galician, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Occitan, Polish, Quechua, Romanian, Slovene, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Volapük, Welsh), Santiago del Cile (Italian), Santiago dël Cile (Piedmontese), Santiago de Xile (Catalan), Santiago do Cile (Ligurian), Santiago do Chile (Portuguese), Santiagu dû Cili (Sicilian), Santiago du Chili (French), Santiago du Ch·ili (Franco-Provençal), Santjagas (Lithuanian variation), Santjago (Latvian), Santyago (Haitian), Santyaqo (Azeri), Txileko Santiago (Basque), Santiago - サンティアゴ (Japanese) Formal name: Santiago de Nueva Extremadura (Spanish) |
| Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River... |
Saint-Domingue (French), Sanctus Dominicus (Latin), Sant Domingo (Occitan), Santo Domingas (Lithuanian), Santodomingo (Latvian), Santó Dómingó (Icelandic), Santo Domingo de Guzmán (Spanish variant), Saint Domingue (French), São Domingos (Portuguese variant), Sen Domeng (Haitian), Santo Domingo - サントドミンゴ (Japanese) Former name: Ciudad Trujillo (1936–1961) |
| São Paulo São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among... |
Helige Paulus (Swedish), Mtakatifu Paulo (Swahili), Pirá’tining (Tupi-guarani), Saint Paul (English variant, French variant), Sancti Pauli in Brasilia (Latin), Sankt Paul (Danish), Sankt Paulus (German, Norwegian), San Pablo (Spanish), San Paolo del Brasile (Italian), San Paulas (Lithuanian), San Paùl ëd Brasil (Piedmontese), San Paulo (Galician), San-Paŭlo (Esperanto), San Pauls (Samogitian), Sanpaulu (Latvian), San Paulu dû Brasili (Sicilian), Santo Paulus (Indonesian), São Paulo (Alemannisch, Catalan, Corsican, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Irish, Ligurian, Malay, Occitan, Polish, Portuguese, Quechua, Romanian, Slovak, Volapük), Sint Paulus (Afrikaans), Sveti Pavel (Slovene), Svetog Pavla (Bosnian variant, Croatian), Szent Pál (Hungarian), Thán Paul (Vietnamese), Urbs Paulistana (Latin), Shèngbǎoluó - 聖保羅 (Mandarin Chinese), San Pauro - サンパウロ (Japanese) |
| Shiprock, New Mexico Shiprock, New Mexico Shiprock is a census-designated place in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States, on the Navajo reservation. The population was 8,156 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Farmington Metropolitan Statistical Area.... |
Naat’áanii Nééz (Navajo) |
| Stouffville, Ontario Stouffville, Ontario Stouffville is the primary urban area within the Town of Whitchurch–Stouffville, Ontario, Canada. It is centred at the intersection of Main Street, Mill Street and Market Street.-History:... (part of Whitchurch-Stouffville Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario Whitchurch–Stouffville is a municipality in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada, approximately 14 kilometres north of the City of Toronto. It is 206.74 square kilometers in size, and located in the mid-eastern area of the Regional Municipality of York on the ecologically sensitive Oak... |
Shǐ-tuōfūwéiěr - 史托夫維爾 (Mandarin Chinese) |
| Sucre Sucre Sucre, also known historically as Charcas, La Plata and Chuquisaca is the constitutional capital of Bolivia and the capital of the department of Chuquisaca. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an elevation of 2750m... |
Chuqichaka (Quechua), Sik (Haitian), Súkre (Icelandic), Sukrė (Lithuanian), Sukri (Aymara), Sukro (Esperanto) Former name: Ciudad de la Plata de la Nueva Toledo (Spanish) |
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| Tacuarembó Tacuarembó Tacuarembó is the capital city of the Tacuarembó Department in north-central Uruguay. It is located on Km. 390 of Route 5, south-southwest of Rivera, the capital city of the Rivera Department. Routes 26 and 31 also meet Route 5 within the city limits... |
Takuarenbó (Guarani) |
| Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... |
Torontas (Lithuanian), Torontó (Icelandic, Irish), Torontu (Sicilian), Dōlundō - 多倫多 (Cantonese Chinese), Duōlúnduō - 多倫多 (Mandarin Chinese), Torónto - Τορóντο (Greek), Toronto - トロント (Japanese), Toerontoe - 토론토 (Korean) Former name: York / York County (English) |
| Trois-Rivières, Quebec Trois-Rivières, Quebec Trois-Rivières is a city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada, located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence Rivers. It is situated in the Mauricie administrative region, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of Bécancour... |
Trua Rivjeras (Lithuanian), Tririvero (Esperanto); Former name: Three Rivers |
| Truth or Consequences, NM Truth or Consequences, New Mexico Truth or Consequences is a spa city and the county seat of Sierra County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 7,289. It is commonly known within New Mexico as T or C.... |
Former name: Hot Springs |
| Tuba City, Arizona Tuba City, Arizona Tuba City is a census-designated place in Coconino County, Arizona, United States. The population was 8,225 at the 2000 census. It is the Dine' Nation's largest community, slightly larger than Shiprock, New Mexico. The Hopi town of Moenkopi lies directly to its southeast.The name of the town... |
Tó Naneesdizí (Navajo) |
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| Uxbridge, Ontario Uxbridge, Ontario Uxbridge is a township in south-central Ontario, Canada, in the Regional Municipality of Durham, in the Greater Toronto Area.The main centre in the township is the namesake community of Uxbridge... |
Aksurrijji (Inuktitut), Akèsībùlǐqí - 阿克斯布里奇 (Mandarin Chinese) |
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| Valdosta | Faaladawasata - فالدوستا (Arabic) |
| Valparaiso Valparaíso Valparaíso is a city and commune of Chile, center of its third largest conurbation and one of the country's most important seaports and an increasing cultural center in the Southwest Pacific hemisphere. The city is the capital of the Valparaíso Province and the Valparaíso Region... |
Valiparaisu (Inuktitut), Valparais (Low German), Valparaíso (Portuguese, Spanish), Valparaisas (Lithuanian) |
| Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,... |
Vansuuviru (Inuktitut), Vankūvera (Latvian), Vankuveris (Lithuanian), Vankuvero (Esperanto), Wungōwa - 溫哥華 (Cantonese Chinese), Wēngēhuá - 溫哥華 (Mandarin Chinese), Vankuver - Ванкувер (Russian, Serbian), Bankūbā - バンクーバー (Japanese), Bangkwupe - 뱅쿠버 (Korean) Former name : Gastown (English), Granville (English) |
| Vaughan, Ontario Vaughan, Ontario Vaughan is a city in York Region north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Vaughan is the fastest growing municipality in Canada achieving a population growth rate of 80.2% between 1996–2006, according to Statistics Canada having nearly doubled in population since 1991. Vaughan is located in Southern... |
Vaugaan (Inuktitut), Von - Vaughan (English, French, Italian), Wàngshì - 旺市 (Mandarin Chinese) |
| Victoria, British Columbia Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian... |
Viktuuria (Inuktitut), Viktorija (Lithuanian), Viktorio (Esperanto), Wéiduōlìyà - 维多利亚 (Mandarin Chinese), Waidoleiya - 维多利亚 (Cantonese Chinese), Piktoelioh - 빅토리아 (Korean), Bikutoria - ビクトリア (Japanese) Former names: Camosun/Camosack (Coast Salish), Fort Albert (English), Fort Victoria (English) |
| Viña del Mar Viña del Mar Viña del Mar , is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. Its long stretches of white sandy beaches are a major attraction for national and international tourists. The city is Chile's main tourist attraction. Known as "La Ciudad Jardín" , Viña del Mar is a Chilean Municipality located... |
Vinja del Maras (Lithuanian), Biniya deru māru - ビニャ・デル・マール (Japanese) |
| Villarrica, Paraguay Villarrica, Paraguay Villarrica is a city located in the middle of the Oriental Region of the Paraguayan territory, is capital of the Guairá Department. It was founded by the Spanish Captain Ruy Diaz de Melgarejo on May 14, 1570 in the old Guaira, today in Brazilian territory.... |
Vilariko (Esperanto), Viljarika (Lithuanian) Former name: Villa Rica del Espíritu Santo (Spanish) |
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| Washington Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution.... |
Uasingitun (Inuktitut), Vašingtona (Latvian), Vašingtonas (Lithuanian), Vasingtonia (Latin), Vaŝingtono (Esperanto), Vaşington (Crimean Tatar, Turkish), Vašingtuons (Samogitian), Vaşinqton (Azeri), Wááshindoon (Navajo), Wachintòn (Haitian), Wascington (Old English), Washington Hiria (Basque), Wasinetona (Hawaiian), Waszyngton (Polish), Huáshèngdùn - 華盛頓 (Mandarin Chinese), Washinton - ワシントン (Japanese), Вашингтон (Russian) Former name : Federal City (English), |
| Waterloo, Ontario Waterloo, Ontario Waterloo is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is adjacent to the city of Kitchener.... |
Uatirluu (Inuktitut), Vaterloo - Waterloo (German), Huátiělú - 滑鐵盧 (Mandarin Chinese) |
| Whitby, Ontario Whitby, Ontario Whitby is a town in Durham Region. Whitby is located in Southern Ontario east of Toronto on the north shore of Lake Ontario, and is home to the headquarters of Durham Region... |
Uittupii (Inuktitut), Wéicǐ - 韋此 (Mandarin Chinese) |
| Whitehorse, Yukon Whitehorse, Yukon Whitehorse is Yukon's capital and largest city . It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1476 on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas occupy both shores of the Yukon River, which originates in British Columbia and meets the Bering Sea in... |
Uitihuusi (Inuktitut), Batma (Cantonese Chinese), Baima (Mandarin Chinese), Equus Albus (Latin), Vaithorsas (Lithuanian) |
| Wide Ruins, Arizona | Kinteel (Navajo) |
| Window Rock, Arizona Window Rock, Arizona Window Rock is the seat of government and capital of the Navajo Nation, the largest territory of a sovereign Native American nation in North America. Window Rock contains the Navajo Nation Council, the Navajo Nation Zoological and Botanical Park, as well as the Navajo Nation World War II Memorial... |
Tségháhoodzání (Navajo) |
| Windsor, Ontario Windsor, Ontario Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor... |
Uinutsuq (Inuktitut), Vindzoras (Lithuanian), Wunsasi (Cantonese Chinese) Former names: Petite Côte (French), La Côte de Misère (French), Sandwich (English) |
| Winnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name... |
Uinnipiigu (Inuktitut), Vinipegas (Lithuanian), Vinipego (Esperanto), wînipêk (Cree), Wēnníbó - 温尼伯 (Mandarin Chinese), Winipegu - ウィニペグ (Japanese) |
| Winslow, Arizona Winslow, Arizona -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 9,520 people, 2,754 households, and 1,991 families residing in the city. The population density was 773.1 people per square mile . There were 3,198 housing units at an average density of 259.7 per square mile... |
Béésh Sinil or Béésinil (Navajo) |
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| Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Yellowknife is the capital and largest city of the Northwest Territories , Canada. It is located on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, approximately south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River... |
Cultellus Flavus (Latin), Jelounaifas (Lithuanian), Somba K'e (Dogrib), Wongdo - 黄刀 (Cantonese Chinese), Huángdāo - 黄刀 (Mandarin Chinese) |
| York, Ontario York, Ontario York is a dissolved municipality in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it is located northwest of Old Toronto, southwest of North York and east of Etobicoke, where it is bounded by the Humber River. Formerly a separate city, it was one of six municipalities that amalgamated in 1998 to form... (part of Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... ) |
Eboracum (Latin), Yuēkè - 約克 (Mandarin Chinese), Yeukhak - 約克 (Cantonese Chinese) |
See also
- List of cities in the Americas
- Exonym and endonymExonym and endonymIn ethnolinguistics, an endonym or autonym is a local name for a geographical feature, and an exonym or xenonym is a foreign language name for it...
- List of countries and capitals in native languages
- Names of Asian cities in different languagesNames of Asian cities in different languagesThis is a list of cities in Asia that have several different names in different languages, including former names. Many cities have different names in different languages...
- Names of European cities in different languagesNames of European cities in different languagesMany cities in Europe have different names in different languages. Some cities have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. This article attempts to give all known different names for all major cities that are geographically or historically and culturally in Europe...
- List of alternative country names
- List of country names in various languages
- Place names in IrishPlace names in IrishThe vast majority of placenames in Ireland are anglicisations of Irish language names; that is, adaptations of the Irish names to English phonology and spelling. However, some names come directly from the English language, and a handful come from Old Norse and Ulster Scots...
- List of places