City Name Etymologies #1

We describe the origin of the city name. You guess the city.

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Hint	Answer
"The Angels"	Los Angeles
"Lion City"	Singapore
A dam on the city Amstel	Amsterdam
"The Peace"	La Paz
"Foundation of Peace"	Jerusalem
"January River"	Rio de Janeiro
"The Victorious One"	Cairo
"Black Pool" (apart from Blackpool itself)	Dublin
"Fragrant Harbour"	Hong Kong
"Ruler of the East"	Vladivostok
"Flat Land"	Pyongyang
Bottom of the Mountain Slope	Tehran
"Northern Capital"	Beijing
"Fast-Flowing River"	London
"To the city"	Istanbul

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