Largest Cities That Are Also Words

Can you name the largest cities in the world that are also English words?

Urban agglomeration populations according to citypopulation.de

Accents are ignored, and the word is not necessarily pronounced the same as the city.

Cologne is considered part of the larger "Rhine-Ruhr" urban area

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Definition	Population	Answer
To kidnap for service aboard a ship	41,600,000	Shanghai
A strong paper	27,800,000	Manila
A straw hat	21,800,000	Bangkok
The edible seed of a tropical American plant	12,000,000	Lima
A European herb	11,500,000	Paris
A card game	7,700,000	Boston
A mythical bird	4,950,000	Phoenix
A type of carriage	4,700,000	Berlin
A place visited by many people	2,675,000	Mecca
A type of dessert	2,650,000	Charlotte
A marine fish	2,475,000	Warsaw
A bodily pouch	2,200,000	Bursa
A dickey attached to a clerical collar	2,125,000	Rabat
A woven fabric	2,100,000	Valencia
A type of wine	1,950,000	Shiraz
A woven fabric	1,940,000	Valencia
A soft, friable rock	1,870,000	Tripoli
A monetary unit of Nicaragua	1,810,000	Córdoba
Wooden images of a saint	1,760,000	Santos
A type of boot	1,700,000	Jodhpur