Names of Asian cities in different languages

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This is a list of cities in Asia that have several different names in different languages, including former (e.g. colonial) names.

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[edit] A

English Name Other names or former names
Aleppo Alep (Catalan, Croatian, French, Romanian, Slovene), Alepas (Lithuanian), Alepo (Basque, Esperanto, Galician, Latvian, Serbian [as Алепо], Portuguese, Spanish), Aleppó (Hungarian), Aleppu (Sicilian), حلب‎ - Halab (Arabic, Ottoman Turkish), Հալեբ – Háleb (Armenian), Halep (Turkish), Heleb (Kurdish), Hələb (Azeri), Алеппо (Russian), Areppo - アレッポ (Japanese), ალეპო (Georgian), హాలెప్పో (Telugu), Χαλέπι(ον) (Greek), Βέρροια (Hellenistic & Byzantine Greek) अलेप्पो (marathi)
Almaty Ālā-Mùtú - 阿拉木圖 (traditional characters) 阿拉木图 (simplified characters) (Chinese), Alma Ata (Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Interlingua, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian [as Алма Ата], Sicilian, Slovak, Slovene, Turkish), Almata (Latvian, Lithuanian), Ałma Ata (Polish), Almatë (Albanian), Almati (Catalan, Galician, Hungarian), Almatı (Crimean Tatar, Finnish), Almato (Esperanto), Almatõ (Estonian), Алматы - Almaty (Kazakh), Viernyi (formerly, ?e.g. in French), Άλμα-Άτυ (Greek), Arumatui - アルマトゥイ (Japanese), ალმა-ათა, ალმატი (Georgian), ఎల్మాటీ (Telugu), अलमती (marathi)
Amman Amã (Portuguese), Aman (Novial, Slovene), Аман - Aman (Serbian) Amán (Galician), Amàn (Haitian Creole), Amanas (Lithuanian), Amano (Esperanto), Amans (Samogitian), Амман - Amman (Russian), Amman - アンマン (Japanese), Ammán (Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, Spanish), ‘Ammān (Estonian), عمان - Ammān (Arabic), Ammāna (Latvian), Philadelphia (Latin), Φιλαδέλφεια - Philadélpheia (Greek [archaic]), רבת עמון - Rabbat Ammon (Hebrew), ამანი (Georgian), అమ్మాన్ (Telugu), अम्मान (marathi)
Ankara Ángyra - Άγκυρα (Greek), Ancara (Galician, Portuguese), Ancyra (Latin), Angora (former English, former Italian, former Romanian, former French), Ankara - Անկարա (ArmenianAnk), ara - Анкара (Russian, Serbian), Ankara - アンカラ (Japanese), Ankaro (Esperanto), Anqara (Azeri), Anqara - أنقرة (Arabic), Enqere (Kurdish), ანკარა (Georgian), అంకారా (Telugu), 安卡拉 (Chinese)
Antioch Antakya (Turkish)*, Antioche (French)*, Antiochia (Hungarian*, Interlingua, Latin, Slovak), Antiochia or Antiochia/Antioch/Antiochien am Orontes (German)*, Antiochia or Antiochia di Siria (Italian)*, Antiochia or Antiochia Syryjska (Polish)*, Antiochia or Antiochia vid Orontes (Swedish)*, Antióchia - Αντιόχεια (Greek), Antióchia i epí Dáfni - Αντιόχεια η επί Δάφνη / Antióchia i epí Oróntu - Αντιόχεια η επί Ορόντου / Antióchia i Megáli - Αντιόχεια η Μεγάλη (extended names in Greek), Əntakiyyə (Azeri)*, Antiochie (Czech)*, Antiochië (Dutch)*, Antioch-on-the-Orontes (extended name in English), Antiohia (Romanian), Antiokia (Indonesian, Danish*, Finnish*), Antiokia - アンティオキア (Japanese), Antioquia (Catalan), Antioquía (Spanish)*, Antióquia (Portuguese)*, Antiohija (Croatian, Bosnian), Antiohija - Антиохија (Macedonian, Serbian*), ანტიოქია (Georgian), ఏంటియోక్ (Telugu)
Ashkhabad Ašchabád (Czech, Slovak), Aschchabad, Aschgabad or Aschgabat (German), Ašgabat (Finnish), Aşgabat or Aşkabat (Turkish), Asgabate (Portuguese), Ashkhabad - Ашхабад (Russian), Aşhabad (Italian, Montenegrin, Romanian), Ašhabad - Ашхабад (Macedonian, Serbian), Ašhabada (Latvian), Ashgabat (Turkmen), Ashigabādo - アシガバード (Japanese), Ashxobod (Uzbek), Asjchabad (Dutch), Aşqabad (Azeri), Aszchabad (Polish), Išq Ābād (Arabic), აშხაბადი, აშგაბატი (Georgian), అస్కాబాద్ (Telugu)
Astana Akmola (variant in Finnish), Akmola (variant in Russian), Akmoła (former Polish), Aqmola (former Kazakh), Astana - Астана (Kazakh, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian, Turkish, Azeri), Tselinograd (former Russian), Astanà (Catalan), Astaná (Spanish), Asutana - アスタナ (Japanese), ასტანა (Georgian), అస్తానా (Telugu)

[edit] B

English Name Other names or former names
Bangalore ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು (Kannada), பெங்களூர் (Tamil), బెంగుళూరు (Telugu), ബാംഗ്ലൂര് (Malayalam), बंगलौर (traditional Hindi)/बेंगलूरु (phonetic transcription of Kannada name in Hindi), बंगळूर (Marathi), બેંગલોર (Gujarati), بنگلور (Urdu), ბენგალორი (Georgian), 뱅갈로(Korean), Bangarōru - バンガロール (Japanese)
Bangkok Bankoku - バンコク (Japanese), Krung Thep Maha Nakhon - กรุงเทพมหานคร (Thai), Màngǔ - 曼谷 (Mandarin Chinese), Μπανγκόγκ (Greek), Bancác (Irish), బేంగ్కాక్ (Telugu), 방콕(Korean) ბანგკოკი (Georgian), Banguecoque or Bangkok (Portuguese)
Beijing Běijīng - 北京 (Chinese), Běipíng - 北平 (Chinese [archaic]) and alternate in Taiwan, Bākgìng - 北京 (Cantonese), Bākpìhng - 北平 (Cantonese [archaic]), Pak-kiaⁿ - 北京 (Minnan / Taiwanese), Bukgyeong - 북경 {北京} (Korean), Béyjing - بېيجىڭ Бейҗиң (Uighur), Beežin - Бээжин / Bejžin - Бэйжин (Mongolian), Baekging (Zhuang), Bêjing - པེ་ཅིང (Tibetan), Pekin - 北京 {ペキン} (Japanese), Bắc Kinh (Vietnamese), Pekin (Turkish, Polish, former Romanian), Beijing (Romanian), Pékin (French), Pechino (Italian), Πεκίνο - Pekino (Greek), Pekín (Spanish) - Пекин (Russian), Peking (Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Serbian [as Пекинг], Swedish, Slovenian, Croatian), Pequim (Portuguese), Pequín (Catalan), Pecin / Beijing (Welsh), Béising, Péicing (Irish), Pechinum (Latin), ปักกิ่ง (Thai), బేజింగ్ (Telugu), პეკინი (Georgian), Peking (Estonian)
Bengkulu City Kota Bengkulu (Malay, Indonesian), Bangka Hulu (Malay, Indonesian [archaic]), Bencoolen (former English colonial name), Benkoelen (Dutch) బెంగ్కూళు నగరం (Telugu), Benkuru - ベンクル (Japanese)
Bishkek Bichkek (French), Bischkek (German), Bisjkek (Dutch), Biškek (Finnish, Slovenian), Biškek - Бишкек (Serbian, Macedonian), Bişkek (Romanian, Turkish), Biškekas (Lithuanian), Biškeka (Latvian), Bishukeku - ビシュケク (Japanese), Biszkek (Polish); Frunze (former name), Bixkek (Catalan), బిష్కెక్ (Telugu), ბიშკეკი (Georgian)
Bukhara Buxoro (Uzbek, Tajik), Boechara (Dutch), Boxārā - بُخارا‎ (Persian), Bukhara - Бұхара (Kazakh), Bukhara - Бухара (Russian), Bukharà (Catalan), Buhara - Бухара (Serbian), Buhara (Turkish, Turkmen, Finnish),Buchara (Italian), Buhara - ブハラ (Japanese), Bujara (Spanish), బుఖారా (Telugu), ბუხარა (Georgian), Buhhaara (Estonian), Buxara (Azeri),
Bursa Boersa (Dutch), Brousse (former French), Bursa (Azeri, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Macedonian, Romanian, Serbian [as Бурса], Turkish), Burusa - ブルサ (Japanese), Prusa (Latin), Proúsa - Προύσα (Greek), Bursa - בורסה (Hebrew), బుర్సా (Telugu), ბურსა (Georgian)

[edit] C

English Name Other names or former names
Cairo القاهرة - Al-Qāhirah (Arabic), El Cairo (Spanish), Il Cairo (Italian), Kairo (Esperanto, Finnish, German, Serbian [as Каиро], Swedish), Kairo - カイロ (Japanese), Kairó (Hungarian), Le Caire (French), ქაირო (Georgian)
Chengdu 成都 - Chéngdu (Chinese), Seito - 成都 {せいと} (Japanese), 成都 (성도) - Seongdo (Korean), Thành Đô (Vietnam), چېڭدۇ/чеңду - Chingdū (Uighur) , చెంగ్డు (Telugu)
Chennai Chennnai - チェンナイ (Japanese), சென்னை (Tamil), ಚೆನ್ನೈ (Kannada), चेन्नई (Hindi, Marathi), ચેન્નઈ (Gujarati), চেন্নাই (Bengali), چنئی (Urdu), Madras (former name), Madràs (alternate in Catalan), Μάδρας (Greek), చెన్న పట్టణం (Telugu), మద్రాసు (former name in Telugu), Mədrəs (alternate in Azeri)
Chittagong Chittagon - チッタゴン (Japanese), Chottogram - চট্টগ্রাম (Bengali), చిట్టాగోంగ్ (Telugu)
Chongqing 重慶 - Chóngqìng (Chinese), Jūkei - 重慶 {じゅうけい} -(Japanese), 重慶 (중경) - Chunggyeong (Korean), چۇڭچىڭ/ чуңчиң - Chungqing (Dutch) - Chūngchīng (Uighur) - Trùng Khánh (Vietnamese), చోంగ్కింగ్ (Telugu)

[edit] D

English Name Other names or former names
Damascus Dimašq - دمشق / Ash-Shām - الشام / Jilliq - جلق (Arabic), Şam (Kurdish, Crimean Tatar), Δαμασκός (Greek), Şam, Dımeşk (Turkish), Damaskos - Դամասկոս, Šam - Շամ (Armenian), Dəməşq, Şam (Azeri), Damas (French), Dammeseq - דַּמֶּשֶׂק (Hebrew), Damask - Дамаск (Russian, Bulgarian), Dimaşq˙ (Chechen), ¯Sam - Щам (Kabardian [Circassian]), Damesek (Karaim), Damasc (Catalan, Romanian), Damasco (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese), Damascus (Dutch, Latin, Welsh), Damasko (Esperanto), Damaskus (Estonian, German, Norwegian), Damask - Дамаск (Albanian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian), Damaszkusz (Hungarian), Damašek (Czech), Damaszek (Polish), Damaskos (Finnish, Northern Lapp), Damaisc (Irish), Dimshek (Somali), Dameski (Swahili), Damashƙa (Hausa), Damaxk - دهمهشق (Uighur), Dàmǎshìgé - 大馬士革 (Chinese), Dàmǎshìgé - 大马士革 (Simplified Chinese), Damasukasu - ダマスカス (Japanese), Damaseukuseu - 다마스쿠스 (Korean), Damsyik (Malay, Indonesian), Dameshk - দামেস্ক (Bengali), დამასკო (Georgian)
Da Nang Đà Nẵng (Vietnamese), Danan - ダナン (Japanese), Tourane (French [former]), Xiàngǎng - 峴港 (traditional characters) 岘港 (simplified characters) (Mandarin Chinese).
Dhaka ঢাকা (Bengali), ढाका (Hindi, Marathi), ڈھاکا (Urdu), ઢાકા (Gujarati), Dacca (former English name until 1982, Italian, Spanish, alternate in Catalan), Dákǎ 達卡 (traditional characters) 达卡 (simplified characters) (Mandarin Chinese), Dakka - Дакка (Russian), Dakka - ダッカ (Japanese), Dəkkə (Azeri), Daca (Portuguese), დაკა (Georgian)
Dushanbe Doesjanbe (Dutch), Douchanbé (French), Dušanbe - Душанбе (Croatian, Finnish, Latvian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Tajik), 'Duŝanbeo (Esperanto), Duixanbe (Catalan), Dušanbė (Lithuanian), Duşanbe (Romanian, Turkish), Düşənbə (Azeri), Dūšānbī (Arabic), Duschanbe (German), Dushambe - ドゥシャンベ (Japanese), Dusjanbe (Swedish), Duszanbe (Polish), დუშანბე (Georgian); Hissar (former name); Stalinabad (former name)

[edit] E

English Name Other names or former names
Erzurum Eruzurumu - エルズルム (Japanese)

also written as Erzerum or Erzeroum in some texts until the early 20th century, formerly known as Arzen during the Roman period, Theodosiopolis (after Theodosius I) during the Byzantine period and Karin (Կարին) in Armenian (hence Karnu-kalaki, კარნუ-ქალაქი, of the medieval Georgians)

[edit] F

English Name Other names or former names
Faisalabad Faisarābādo - ファイサラーバード (Japanese), Lyallpur (Former colonial name changed to Faisalabad in 1977),فیصل آباد (Urdu)

[edit] G

English Name Other names or former names
Guangzhou Canton (English [alternate], Catalan, French, Welsh, Italian, Romanian, Spanish), Cantão (Portuguese), Gwóngjàu - 广州 / 廣州 (Cantonese), Gwangju - 광주 {廣州} (Korean), Guǎngzhōu - 广州 / 廣州 (Mandarin Chinese), Kńg-chiu - 广州 / 廣州 (Minnan / Taiwanese), Guōng-ciŭ - 广州 / 廣州 (Mindong), Gvangjcouh (Zhuang), Kanton / Guangzhou (German), Kanton (Dutch, Finnish, Polish), Καντόνα - Kantona (Greek), Kōshū - 広州 {こうしゅう} (Japanese), Quảng Châu (Vietnamese), กวางเจา (Thai), გუანჯოუ, კანტონი (Georgian)

[edit] H

English Name Other names or former names
Haifa חיפה - Ħêphāh (Hebrew), حيفا - Ħayfā (Arabic), Haïfa (French), Haifa - ハイファ (Japanese), Haifa (Spanish), Hajfa (Polish), Hayfa (Turkish), ჰაიფა (Georgian), Caiphas/Caifa (former medieval crusader names, Italian), Sycaminon/Sykaminos (other names [archaic]), హైఫా (Telugu)
Hebron Al-Khalīl, الخليل(Arabic) Ħeḇrōn, חֶבְרוֹן (Hebrew) Hebrón (Spanish), Heburon - ヘブロン (Japanese), హెబ్రోన్ (Telugu), ჰებრონი (Georgian), Χεβρών(α) (Greek)
Ho Chi Minh City Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh (Vietnamese), Sài Gòn (Vietnamese, pre-unification), Ho Chi Minh-Stad (Dutch), Hōchimin - ホーチミン (Japanese), Ho Tsji Ming-Stad (former Dutch), Saigon (former name in English, Catalan, Italian), Gia Ðịnh (Vietnamese, pre-colonial), Prey Nokor (Khmer) Saigón (Spanish), హో చీ మిన్హ్ నగరం (Current name in Telugu), సైగోన్ (precolonial name in Telugu), ჰო ში მინი (Georgian), Ho Si Min Város (Hungarian)
Hong Kong Heung Gong - 香港 (Cantonese), Hongkong (in old English texts, Finnish), Victoria (obsolete, colonial name of the city on the north shore of Hong Kong Island), Χονγκ Κονγκ (Greek) Xianggang - 香港 (Mandarin Chinese), Honkon - 香港 {ホンコン} (Japanese), 홍콩 (Korean), Hiong-káng - 香港 (Minnan / Taiwanese), Hương Cảng or Hồng Công (Vietnamese), Hong Cong (Irish), ฮ่องกง (Thai), హాంగ్ కాంగ్ Telugu), ჰონგ კონგი (Georgian)
Hyderabad Haiderabādo - ハイデラバード (Japanese), హైదరాబాదు(Telugu), हैदराबाद (Hindi), ஹேதராபாத் (Tamil), ಹೇದರಾಬಾದ್ (Kannada), हैदराबाद (Marathi), حیدر آباد (Urdu), ჰაიდარაბადი (Georgian)
Hyderabad - Pakistan Neroon Kot, نيرون ڪوٽ(Sindhi) (Former name changed to Hyderabad in 1782).

[edit] I

English Name Other names or former names
Irkutsk Erhüü - Эрхүү (Buryat and Mongolian), Irkutsk - Иркутск (Russian), Irukūtsuku - イルクーツク (Japanese), Yìěrkùcīkè - 伊爾庫茨克 (traditional characters) 伊尔库茨克 (simplified characters) (Chinese), Irkuck (Polish), ირკუტსკი (Georgian).
Iskenderun Alexandrië (Dutch), Alejandría (Spanish), Aleksandretta (Polish), Alessandretta (Italian), Alexandreta (Portuguese), Alexandretta (variant in English, German), Alexandrétta - Αλεξανδρέττα (Greek), Alexandria - Αλεξάνδρια (Greek), Alexandrette (variant in French, German), Iskandarūn - إسكندرون (Arabic), (al-)Iskandariya (former Arabic), İskenderiye (Turkish until 1939), İskenderun (Turkish), İsgəndərun (Azeri), Scanderoon (former variant in English), Aleksandrija(Montenegrin), Alexandria (Romanian), Isukenderun - イスケンデルン (Japanese), ისქანდერუნი (Georgian).
Izmir Esmirna (Catalan, Portuguese, Spanish), İzmir (Turkish, Azeri), Izmir - Измир (Dutch, Finnish Romanian, Russian, Serbian), Izmira (Latvian), Izumiru - イズミル (Japanese), Smirna (former Serbian, former Romanian), Smirne (Italian), Σμύρνη / Smýrni (Greek), Smyrna (variant in English), იზმირი (Georgian), Զմիւռնիա or Իզմիր (Armenian /Zmyurnia or Izmiř/)

[edit] J

English Name Other names or former names
Jakarta Batavia (Dutch colonial name), Betawi (former colonial name, Malay, Indonesian), Cakarta (Turkish), Djakarta (Dutch alternate, French, German, Romanian), Dzhakarta - Джакарта (Russian), Džakarta (Croatian, Serbian), Dżakarta (Polish), Dzsakarta (Hungarian), Giacarta (Italian), Iacárta (Irish), Jacarta (Portuguese), Jakaruta - ジャカルタ (Japanese), Jagatara - ジャガタラ (Japanese [archaic]), Τζακάρτα (Greek), ჯაკარტა (Georgian), Sunda Kalapa (original native name), Yakarta (Spanish)
Jericho Arīħa, أريحا (Arabic) Yerīħo, יְרִיחוֹ (Hebrew) Jericó (Catalan, Spanish), Gerico (Italian),Ireachó (Irish), Ierihon (Romanian), Jerycho (Polish), იერიქონი (Georgian), Ιεριχώ (Iericho) (Greek), Eriha, Ceriko (Turkish), Yeriko - イェリコ (Japanese)
Jeddah جدّة - Jiddah (Arabic), Cidde (Turkish), Dschidda (German), Djedda (Dutch), Djeddah (French), Jedda ( Spanish, Finnish), Jedda/Jidda - ジェッダ/ジッダ (Japanese), Gedda (Italian), Gidda (Catalan), Jidá (Portuguese), Ciddə (Azeri), Dżudda (Polish), Džida (Lithuanian), Yidda (Spanish var.), ჯედა (Georgian)
Jerusalem Erusaremu - エルサレム (Japanese), Gerusalemme (Italian), Yēlùsālěng - 耶路撒冷 (Mandarin Chinese), Hierusalem (Latin), Ierusalim (Romanian), Ierusalím - Ιερουσαλήμ or Ierosólima - Ιεροσόλυμα (Greek), Ierusalimi - იერუსალიმი (Georgian), Ierusalim - Иерусалим (Russian), Jerozolima (Polish), Jerusalem (Catalan, Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish), Jerusalém (Portuguese), Jerusalén (Spanish), Jeruusalemm (Estonian), Jerusalim - Јерусалим (Serbian), Jeruzalem (Croatian, Dutch, Polish (old), Slovak, Slovene), Jeruzalém (Czech), Giêrusalem (Vietnamese)', Giê-ru-xa-lem (former Vietnamese), Jeruzalė (Lithuanian), Jeruzāleme (Latvian), Jeruzsálem (Hungarian), Jérusalem (French), Yerusaghem - Երուսաղեմ (Armenian), Qüds, Ürşəlim (Azeri), Yərušaláyim - יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Hebrew), Yərûšəlem - יְרוּשְׁלֶם (Aramaic), al-Quds - القُدس (Arabic), Єрусалим (Ukrainian), Kudüs (Turkish), Quddus (Uzbek), Baitul Maqdis (Malay, Indonesian), እየሩሳሌም (Amharic), Iarúsailéim (Irish)

[edit] K

English Name Other names or former names
Karachi Karachi - カラチ (Japanese), Kolachi (Former name of early 19th century), كراچى (Urdu), ڪراچي(Sindhi), Karaczi (Polish), ყარაჩი (Georgian), Kəraçi (Azeri)
Kayseri Caesarea (Latin), Kaiseri - カイセリ (Japanese), Kayseri (Turkish), Qeysəriyyə (Azeri) Former names: Mazaka, Cäsarea (German), Mazaca, Caesarea (English)Cesarea (Italian)Καισάρεια (Cesaria) (Greek)
Kolkata কলকাতা / কলিকাতা (Bengali), कोलकाता (current Hindi name) / कलकत्ता (traditional Hindi name), கொல்கத்தா (Tamil), കൊല്ക്കത്ത (Malayalam), Kəlküttə (Azeri), Kal'kutta - Калькутта (Russian), Kalkuta(Polish, Serbian), Καλκούτα - Kalkuta (Greek), Korukata - コルカタ (Japanese), Calcuta (Catalan, Romanian, Spanish), Calcutá (Portuguese) Calcúta (Irish), კალკუტა (Georgian)
Former name: Calcutta (English,Italian)
Kota Kinabalu Kotakinabaru - コタキナバル (Japanese); Api-Api (former Malay), 亚庇 - Yabi (former Chinese), Jesselton (colonial English name), Api (colonial Japanese name)
Kuala Lumpur 吉隆坡 - Jilongpo (Mandarin Chinese), Kouala Loumpou (Creole), Куала-Лумпур (Russian, Ukrainian), Kúala Lúmpúr (Icelandic), Kuala-Lumpuro (Esperanto), Kuararumpūru - クアラルンプール (Japanese), Kvala Lumpūras (Lithuanian), კუალა ლუმპური (Georgian)
Kyoto Kioto (Afrikaans, Basque, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, Polish, Spanish), Quioto (Galician, Portuguese)

[edit] L

English Name Other names or former names
Latakia اللاذقية - Al-Ladziqiyah (Arabic), Λαοδικεία - Laodikia (Greek), Laodicea ad Mare (Latin), Lazkiye (Turkish), Lattaquié (French), Laodicea (Italian, Spanish), Ratakia - ラタキア (Japanese)
Lucknow लखनऊ (Hindi), لكهنو (Urdu), লখনৌ (Bengali), லக்னௌ (Tamil), Rakunau - ラクナウ (Japanese)

[edit] M

English Name Other names or former names
Macau O Mun - 澳門 (Cantonese/Traditional Chinese), Maa Gau - 馬交 (Cantonese/TC, informal), Aomen - 澳门 (Mandarin/Simplified Chinese), Macao (Italian, Finnish, French, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese), Macau (Dutch, English, German, Brazilian Portuguese), Makao (Serbian, Polish), Makao - マカオ (Japanese), მაკაო (Georgian), 마카오 (Korean)
Makassar Ujung Pandang (former Malay), Ujungpandang (former Indonesian), Makasar (Dutch, Polish, Norwegian var.), Macassar (Portuguese, English var.), Makasaras (Lithuanian), Makassaru - マカッサル (Japanese)
Malacca Melaka (Malay, Indonesian), Malaca (Portuguese, Spanish), Malakka (Dutch, German, Polish), ملقا - Malaqa (Arabic), Mâ-la̍k-kah - 麻六甲 (Minnan / Taiwanese), მალაკა (Georgian), Marakka - マラッカ (Japanese)
Manila Maynilà (Tagalog, with diacritics), Manila (Indonesian, Basque, Catalan, Cebuano, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Ilokano, Italian, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese, Waray), Manila - Манила (Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian - Cyrillic script), Maníla (Icelandic), Mǎnílā - 马尼拉 (Mandarin Chinese - simplified characters), Má-nî-la (Min Nan Chinese), Manilha (alternative Portuguese), Manilla (Dutch; alternative English and German spelling), Manille (French), Manilo (Esperanto), Manira - マニラ (Japanese), Menila (Kapampangan), مانيلا (Arabic), ম্যানিলা Mênila (Bengali), فیلیپین (Persian), 마닐라 (Korean), מנילה (Hebrew), மணிலா (Tamil), มะนิลา (Thai), مانىل (Uyghur) Mainile (Irish), მანილა (Georgian)
Mecca مكة المكرمة‎ - Makkatul Mukarramah (full Arabic Name), মক্কা Môkka (Bengali) La Mecque (French), La Meca (Catalan, Spanish), Meca (Portuguese), La Mecca (Italian), Mecca (Romanian), Mekka (Basque, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish), Məkkə (Azeri), Мекка (Russian), Makka (Uzbek), Meka (Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian), Makkah (Malay), Mekka - メッカ (Japanese), Mekkah (Indonesian), Mekke (Turkish) Meice (Irish), მექა (Georgian)
Medina المدينة المنورة - Madinatul Munawwarah (full Arabic Name), মদিনা Modina (Bengali), Medina - Медина (Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Portuguese), Médine (French), אל-מדינה "Al-Medina" (Hebrew), Mədinə (Azeri), Madina (Uzbek), Medina - メディナ (Japanese), Мadinah (Malay, Indonesian), Medine (Turkish) Meidíne (Irish), Medyna (Polish), მედინა (Georgian)
Mumbai मुंबई (Marathi, Hindi), મુંબઈ (Gujarati), ಮುಂಬೈ (Kannada), மும்பை (Tamil), ਮੁਮਬਏ (Panjabi), মুম্বাই Mumbai (Bengali, Assamese), मुम्बई (Nepali), Mumbai - ムンバイ (Japanese), Bombai (Catalan), Bombay (English - former name and variant -, French, Italian, Romanian ), Bombaj (Polish), Βομβάη-Bombai (Greek), 孟買 (Chinese), Bombaim (Portuguese), ბომბეი, მუმბაი (Georgian), 뭄바이 (Korean)

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English Name Other names or former names
Nablus Nāblūs (Arabic), Nabloes (Dutch), Naburusu - ナブルス (Japanese), Naplouse (French), Nablus (English,Italian, German), Nablus - Наблус (Russian), Shkhem - שכם (Hebrew), ნაბლუსი (Georgian)
New Delhi नई दिल्ली (Hindi), نئی دلی (Urdu), ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ (Panjabi), নয়া দিল্লী / নতুন দিল্লী (Bengali), புது தில்லி (Tamil), 新德里 (Chinese), Nueva Delhi (Spanish) Neu-delhi (German alternate), Nieuw-Delhi (Dutch alternate), Nuova Delhi (Italian), Yeni Dehli (Azeri,Turkish), Nyu-Deli - Нью-Дели (Russian), Nju Delhi (Serbian), Nova Delhi (Catalan, Portuguese), Új-Delhi (Hungarian), Nowe Delhi (Polish), Νέο Δελχί(Greek), Dellium Novum (Latin) Deilí Nua (Irish), დელი (Georgian), Nova Délhi (Portuguese), नवी दिल्ली (marathi), Nyūderī - ニューデリー (Japanese)
Nicosia Lefkosía - Λευκωσία (Greek), Nicosia (Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish), Nicósia (Portuguese), Nicosie (French), Nikosia / Lefkosia (Finnish), Nikoshia - ニコシア (Japanese), Nikosia (German), Nikosija (Latvian, Russian, Ukrainian), Nikosio (Esperanto), Nikozija (Lithuanian, Serbian), Nikozja (Polish), Nīqūsiyā (Arabic), Lefkoşe or Lefkoşa (Turkish), ნიქოზია (Georgian)

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English Name Other names or former names
Osaka Dàbǎn - 大阪 (Chinese), Ōsaka - 大阪 {おおさか} (Japanese), Osaka - 오사카 (Korean), Daepan - 大阪{대판} (former Korean), Ozaka - Οζάκα (Greek), ოსაკა (Georgian), Osaca (Portuguese)

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English Name Other names or former names
Pyongyang Byawnyāngh - بيونيانغ (Arabic), Píngrǎng - 平壌 (Chinese), Pjongjang (Finnish, Polish, Serbian), Pjöngjang (German), Pyongyang (Danish, Dutch, English, French, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish), Phenian (Romanian), Phenjan (Hungarian), Pyon'yan - 平壌 {ピョンヤン} (Japanese), Pyeongyang - 평양/平壤 (Korean), Пхеньян - Pkhyenyan (Russian), Bình Nhưỡng (Vietnamese), ფხენიანი (Georgian)

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English Name Other names or former names
Sahiwal Montgomery (Former colonial name changed to Sahiwal in 1966), ساہیوال (Urdu)
Samarkand সমরখন্দ (Bengali) Samarcand (old Romanian), Samarcanda (Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Samarcande (French), Samarkand - Самарканд (Dutch, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish), Samarkanda (Polish), Semerkant (Turkish), Samarkandas (Lithuanian), Samarkándhi - Σαμαρκάνδη (Greek), Səmərqənd (Azeri), Samarqand (Uzbek, Estonian), Samarukando - サマルカンド (Japanese), Szamarkand (Hungarian), సమర్ఖండ్ (Telugu), სამარყანდი (Georgian)
Seoul Gyeongseong - 경성 - 京城 (Korean [archaic]), Hànchéng - 漢城 (traditional characters) 汉城 (simplified characters) (Mandarin Chinese [recently superseded by Shǒu’ěr]), Hanseong - 한성 - 漢城 (Korean [archaic]), Hàn-siâⁿ - 漢城 (Taiwanese [Hokkien]), Hansung (English [archaic]), Hán Thành (Vietnamese), Hanyang - 한양 - 漢陽 (Korean variant [archaic]), Jīngchéng - 京城 (Chinese [archaic]), Keijo (English [archaic]), Kanjō - 漢城 {かんじょう} (Japanese [archaic]), Keijō - 京城 {けいじょう} (Japanese [archaic]), Seul (Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Turkish, Azeri) - Seul/ Сеул (Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian, Serbian), Seulum (Latin), Seulo (Esperanto), Seula (Latvian), Seoel (Dutch), Seoul - 서울 (Korean), Séoul (French), Seúl (Spanish), Seül (Catalan), Σεούλ (Greek), Seulas (Lithuanian), Shǒu’ěr - 首爾 (traditional characters) 首尔 (simplified characters) (Mandarin Chinese) Soul (Czech, Finnish, Slovak), Söul (Swedish, Estonian), Souru - ソウル (Japanese), Szöul (Hungarian), กรุงโซล (Thai), సీయోల్ (Telugu), სეული (Georgian), Xơ-un (Vietnamese).
Singapore Shingapōru - シンガポール (Japanese), Singapour (French), Singapura (Malay, Indonesian, Portuguese), Xīnjiāpō - 新加坡 (Chinese), Singapur - Сингапур (Russian, Serbian), Singapur (Catalan, Polish, Spanish, Turkish), Shōnan - 昭南 (colonial Japanese name), Szingapúr (Hungarian), Temasek (Malay, Indonesian [archaic]), Sin-ka-pho - 新加坡 (Minnan / Taiwanese), Singapūra (Latvian), Σινγκαπούρη - Singapouri (Greek) Singeapór (Irish), సింగపూర్ (Telugu), सिंगपुरः (Sanskrit), სინგაპური (Georgian), Cingapura (Brazilian Portuguese)

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English Name Other names or former names
Tashkent Tachkent (French), Taschkent (German), Tashkent - Ташкент (Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian), Tashqand (Arabic), Tasjkent (Dutch, Swedish, Danish), Taskéndi - Τασκένδη (Greek), Daşkənd (Azeri), Taskent (Hungarian, Italian), Taszkent / Taszkient (Polish), Taškenta (Latvian), Taškent (Slovak, Croatian, Serbian), Taşkent (Romanian, Turkish), Taškentas (Lithuanian),Toshkent (Estonian, Uzbek), তাশখন্দ or Tashkhond (Bengali),Tashikento - タシケント (Japanese), Taiscint (Irish), ტაშკენტი (Georgian), 타슈켄트 (Korean)
Tehran Teheran (Croatian, Danish, Finnish, German, Italian, Polish), Teerão (Portuguese), Teheran - テヘラン (Japanese), Teherán (Hungarian, Spanish), تهران (Persian)
Tokyo Dokyo - 도쿄 (Korean), Dōngjīng - 東京 (traditional characters) / 东京 (simplified characters) (Mandarin Chinese), Donggyeong - 동경 {東京} (Korean), Dùnggìng - 東京 (Cantonese), Edo / Yedo (English [archaic]), Edo - 江戸 {えど} (Japanese [archaic]), Jiānghù - 江戶 (Chinese [archaic]), Tóiceo (Irish), Tokio (Dutch, English [archaic], Finnish, German, Italian variant, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish), Tókio - Tόκυο (Greek), Tokió (Hungarian), Tocio (Latin), Tokyo (Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Turkish), Tōkyō - 東京 {とうきょう} (Japanese), Tang-kiaⁿ - 東京 (Minnan / Taiwanese), Tokyo / Đông Kinh (Vietnamese), Tòquio (Catalan), Tóquio (Portuguese), โตเกียว (Thai), ტოკიო (Georgian)
Trabzon Torabuzon - トラブゾン (Japanese), Trabzon (Azeri, Romanian, Turkish), Trapizoni - ტრაპიზონი (Georgian), Trapezunt (German, Finnish, Polish, former Russian and Romanian), Trapezúnda - Τραπεζούντα (Greek), Trebisonda (Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Trebizonda (former Romanian alternative to Trapezunt), Trébizonde (French), Trebizon (former variant in English), Տրապիզոն (Armenian - Trapizon)

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English Name Other names or former names
Ulan Bator Ulán Bator (Spanish), Oulan-Bator (French), Ulaanbaatar (Portuguese), Ulaanbaatar - Улаанбаатар (Mongolian), Ulánbátar (Irish) ,Ulánbátor (Hungarian), Ulan Bator (Italian), Ułan Bator (Polish), ულან-ბატორი (Georgian), Улан–Батор (Russian) , Uranbātoru (Japanese)

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English Name Other names or former names
Vientiane Vientiane (Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swahili, Swedish), ວຽງຈັນ - Viangchan (Lao), Vientián (Spanish), Vientian (Slovak), Viêng Chăn (Vietnamese), Vientianas (Lithuanian), 비안티안 - Biantian (Korean), Wientian (Polish), Viangchan (Estonian), Вьентьян - V'ent'an (Russian), Виентиан - Vientian (Macedonian), ვიენტიანი (Georgian). ヴィエンチャン - Vienchan (Japanese), 万象 - wànxiàng (Mandarin Chinese - China), 永珍 - yǒngzhēn (Mandarin Chinese - Taiwan)

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English Name Other names or former names
Yekaterinburg Ekaterinburuku/Ekacherinburuku - エカテリンブルク/エカチェリンブルク (Japanese), Jekaterinenburg (Dutch), Jekaterinburg (Serbian, Finnish, German, Slovene, Swedish), Jekaterynburg (Polish), Iekaterinbourg / Ekaterinbourg (French), Ekaterinburg (Catalan [alternate], Romanian, Turkish), Caterimburgo (Italian), Ekaterimburgo (Spanish), Iaketarinburg (Catalan), Sverdlovsk (former name),Jekaterinburga (Latvian), Jekaterinburgas (Lithuanian), Αικατερινούπολις - Ekaterinoupolis (Greek - καθαρεύουσα), Jekatyerinburg (Hungarian), ఏకటేరిన్ బేర్గ్ (Telugu), ეკატერინბურგი (Georgian)
Yerevan Ereban - エレバン (Japanese), Erewan - Երևան (Armenian), Erevan (Catalan, French, English [rare], Portuguese variant, Romanian, Slovene), Ereván (Spanish), Iravaan (Persian), Erevāna (Latvian), Erewań (Polish), Erywań (former Polish), Jerevan (Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Slovak, Serbian (Latin), Swedish),Ереван (Russian, Ukrainian), Jереван (Serbian),Erivan (Turkish), İrəvan (Azeri), Jereván (Hungarian), Jerevanas (Lithuanian), Jerewan / Eriwan (Dutch, German), Yerevan (Indonesian, Portuguese), Yirīfān (Arabic), Υερεβάν (Greek), యేరెవాన్ (Telugu), ერევანი (Georgian)