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Cities With Shared Name Origins
These city names are
cognates
of each other, descending from some common root (not just having a common meaning). See if you can name them.
All cities have at least 50,000 inhabitants.
I'm deliberately not transliterating the names because they spoil too much. Some of these names will be quite hard.
Populations from
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Etymology
Country
Initial(s)
Population
Answer
Ancient Greek
Νεάπολις
("New city")
Italy
N
913,462
Naples
Palestine
N
156,906
Nablus
Tunisia
N
80,600
Nabeul
Ancient Greek
Ἀλεξάνδρεια
("Of the man who repels")
Afghanistan
K
523,300
Kandahar
Egypt
A
5,263,542
Alexandria
Iraq
I
100,600*
Iskandariya
Italy
A
91,059
Alessandria
Turkey
İ
186,706
İskenderun
Proto-Slavic
Bělъgordъ
("White city")
Russia
B
339,978
Belgorod
Serbia
B
1,197,714
Belgrade
Latin
Valentia
("Competence" or "Power")
France
V
132,301
Valence
Spain
V
762,580
Valencia
Sanskrit
जयपुर
("Victory city")
India
J
3,046,163
Jaipur
Indonesia
J
233,859
Jayapura
Chinese
太原
("Large plain")
China
T
4,303,673
Taiyuan
Vietnam
T N
249,004
Thái Nguyên
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵénw-eh₂
("Bend")
Italy
G
564,981
Genoa
Switzerland
G
616,344
Geneva
Latin
Cōnstāns
("Constant")
Algeria
C
448,028
Constantine
Germany
K
84,736
Konstanz
Romania
C
263,688
Constanța
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