City name translations

1. Amsterdam - "Dam on the Amstel River" (Dutch)
2. Baghdad - "God Given" (Persian)
3. Bangkok - "Village of Wild Plums" (Thai)
4. Beijing - "Northern Capital" (Chinese)
5. Belgrade - "White City" (Serbian)
6. Berlin - "Swamp" or "Marshland" (German)
7. Brussels - "Home in the Marsh" (Dutch)
8. Budapest - Combination of "Buda" (old word for water) and "Pest" (furnace) (Hungarian)
9. Buenos Aires - "Fair Winds" (Spanish)
10. Cairo - "The Victorious" (Arabic)
11. Calcutta - "Field of the Goddess Kali" (Bengali)
12. Cape Town - Literal name, referring to the Cape of Good Hope (English)
13. Caracas - Named after the Caracas tribe (Native American)
14. Casablanca - "White House" (Spanish)
15. Chicago - "Wild Onion" or "Wild Garlic" (Native American - Miami-Illinois language)
16. Copenhagen - "Merchant's Harbor" (Danish)
17. Damascus - Might derive from "a well-watered land" (Aramaic)
18. Delhi - Derived from "Dhilli," meaning "threshold" or "gateway" (Hindi)
19. Dublin - "Black Pool" (Irish)
20. Edinburgh - "Edwin's Fort" (Old English)
21. Florence - "Flourishing" (Latin)
22. Geneva - "Juniper" (Celtic)
23. Hanoi - "Inside the River" (Vietnamese)
24. Helsinki - "Harbor" (Swedish)
25. Istanbul - From "eis tin poli," meaning "to the city" (Greek)
26. Jakarta - "Complete Victory" (Sanskrit)
27. Jerusalem - "Foundation of Peace" (Hebrew)
28. Johannesburg - Named after Johann Rissik and Christiaan Johannes Joubert (Afrikaans)
29. Kabul - Derived from "Kubha," the ancient name of the river nearby (Persian)
30. Karachi - "City of Lights" or "City of the Druze" (Persian)
31. Kathmandu - "Wooden Temple" (Nepali)
32. Kiev - Named after Kyi, one of its legendary founders (Ukrainian)
33. Kingston - "King's Town" (English)
34. Kuala Lumpur - "Muddy Confluence" (Malay)
35. Lagos - "Lakes" (Portuguese)
36. Las Vegas - "The Meadows" (Spanish)
37. Lima - From "Rimac" or "Limaq," meaning "Speaker" (Quechua)
38. Lisbon - "Safe Harbor" (Phoenician)
39. Ljubljana - Derived from "Ljubljanica," the river (Slovene)
40. London - Possibly from "Londinium," meaning "Place of the Bold One" (Latin)
41. Los Angeles - "The Angels" (Spanish)
42. Madrid - From "Matrit," meaning "Place of Many Streams" (Arabic)
43. Manila - "Place of the Nilad Plant" (Tagalog)
44. Marrakech - "Land of God" (Berber)
45. Melbourne - Named after William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (English)
46. Mexico City - From "Mēxihco," meaning "In the Navel of the Moon" (Nahuatl)
47. Miami - "Big Water" (Native American - Mayaimi tribe)
48. Milan - "In the Middle" (Latin)
49. Montevideo - "I See a Mountain" (Spanish)
50. Moscow - From "Moskva River" (Russian)
51. Mumbai - Named after Mumbā, the local Hindu goddess (Marathi)
52. Munich - "By the Monks" (German)
53. Nairobi - "Cool Water" (Maasai)
54. Naples - "New City" (Greek)
55. New Delhi - "New Threshold" (English and Hindi)
56. New York - Named after the Duke of York (English)
57. Oslo - "God's Meadow" (Old Norse)
58. Paris - Named after the Parisii, a Celtic tribe (Latin)
59. Perth - "Thorn Bush" or "Thicket" (Gaelic)
60. Prague - "Threshold" (Czech)
61. Reykjavik - "Smokey Bay" (Icelandic)
62. Rio de Janeiro - "River of January" (Portuguese)
63. Valletta - Named after Jean Parisot de la Valette, the Grand Master of the Order of St. John (Italian)
64. Riyadh - "Gardens" (Arabic)
65. Rome - Possibly from "Roma," of uncertain etymology, perhaps related to "Rumon," the ancient name for the Tiber River (Latin)
66. San Francisco - "Saint Francis" (Spanish)
67. Santiago - "Saint James" (Spanish)
68. São Paulo - "Saint Paul" (Portuguese)
69. Sarajevo - "Palace" or "Court" (Turkish)
70. Seoul - "Capital" (Korean)
71. Shanghai - "Above the Sea" (Chinese)
72. Singapore - "Lion City" (Sanskrit)
73. Sofia - "Wisdom" (Greek)
74. Stockholm - "Log Islet" (Swedish)
75. Sydney - Named after Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney (English)
76. Taipei - "North of Taiwan" (Chinese)
77. Tallinn - "Danish Town" or "Winter Town" (Estonian)
78. Tehran - "Warm Slope" (Persian)
79. Tel Aviv - "Hill of Spring" (Hebrew)
80. Tokyo - "Eastern Capital" (Japanese)
81. Toronto - "Place Where Trees Stand in Water" (Iroquoian)
82. Tunis - Derived from "Tunes," the plural form of "Tun," meaning "Lay Down" or "Encampment" (Berber)
83. Ulaanbaatar - "Red Hero" (Mongolian)
84. Vancouver - Named after Captain George Vancouver (English)
85. Venice - "City of Canals" (Italian)
86. Vienna - From "Vindobona," meaning "White Bottom" (Celtic)
87. Warsaw - "War's Home" or "Belonging to Warsz" (Polish)
88. Wellington - Named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (English)
89. Yangon - "End of Strife" (Burmese)
90. Yerevan - Possibly from "Erebuni," an ancient fortress (Urartian)
91. Zagreb - "Behind the Hill" (Croatian)
92. Zürich - "Water Village" (German)
93. Accra - "Ants" (Akan)
94. Algiers - "The Islands" (Arabic)
95. Ankara - "Anchor" (Greek)
96. Antwerp - "On the Wharf" (Dutch)
97. Aqaba - "Obstacle" (Arabic)
98. Asunción - "Assumption" (Spanish)
99. Auckland - Named after George Eden, Earl of Auckland (English)
100. Baku - "Wind-pounded City" (Persian-Turkic)