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Common toponyms in city names - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 31 times
- The average score is 19 of 28
Answer Stats
| Country, population | Etymology | Answer | % Correct |
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| South Africa, 7.9mil Russia, 6.4mil Germany, 2.5mil | germanic | burg (Johannesburg, Saint Petersburg, Hamburg) from proto-Germanic burgz, meaning fortification | 94%
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| Mexico, 23mil USA, 19mil Panama, 2.1mil | latin | city (Mexico City, New York City, Panama City) meaning city | 94%
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| Netherlands, 2.5mil Netherlands, 1mil Netherlands, 29k | germanic | dam (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Schiedam) meaning dam or dike in Dutch | 94%
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| Serbia, 1.3mil Russia, 1mil Russia, 431k | slavic | grad (град) (Belgrad, Volgograd, Kaliningrad) meaning fortification in old Slavic | 89%
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| Sierra Leone, 1.5mil Jamaica, 1.2mil Guyana, 245k | germanic | town, ton (Freetown, Kingston, Georgetown) from old English tun, meaning settlement | 89%
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| Iceland, 249k Iceland, 15k Iceland, 3k | germanic | vik (Reykjavik, Keflavik, Grindavik) meaning bay in Icelandic | 89%
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| Haiti, 2.9mil Portugal, 1.4mil Mauritius, 300k | latin | port (Port-au-Prince, Porto, Port Louis) meaning harbor | 83%
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| Singapore, 6.1mil India, 3mil Bangladesh, 485k | sanskrit | pur (Singapore, Jaipur, Rangpur) from Sanskrit pura (पुर), meaning city | 83%
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| Rep. Congo, 2.8mil USA, 1.2mil Gabon, 704k | latin | ville (Nashville, Libreville, Granville) meaning city in French | 83%
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| Sweden, 1.6mil Denmark, 48k Norway, 8k | germanic | holm (Stockholm, Hørsholm, Holmestrand) meaning island or hill in old Norse | 78%
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| Canada, 3.7mil Uruguay, 1.8mil France, 466k | latin | mont (Montréal, Montevideo, Montpellier) meaning hill or mountain | 78%
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| Brasil, 11mil Argentina, 157k Colombia, 126k | latin | rio (Rio de Janeiro, Riohacha, Rio Cuarto) meaning river in Spanish | 78%
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| China, 33mil China, 11mil China, 6.6mil | chinese | zhou (州) (Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Zhengzhou) meaning prefecture in Mandarin | 78%
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| Uzbekistan, 3mil Kazakhstan, 1.3mil Tajikistan, 52k | turkish | kent (кент) (Tashkent, Shymkent, Panjakent) meaning city in Turkish | 72%
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| USA, 1.7mil Libya, 1.2mil Ukraine, 425k | greek | polis (Indianapolis, Tripoli, Mariupol) from ancient Greek polis (πόλις), meaning city | 72%
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| South africa, 4.8mil Mexico, 351k Ghana, 108k | latin | cape (Cape Town, Cabo San Luca, Cape Coast) from Latin caput, meaning head and headland | 67%
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| UK, 589k UK, 388k UK, 132k | latin | cester (Manchester, Leicester, Gloucester) from old English caester, meaning fortification | 67%
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| Germany, 2.3mil UK, 546k UK, 166k | germanic | ford, furt (Frankfurt, Bradford, Oxford) from proto-Germanic furdu, meaning shallow part of a river | 67%
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| India, 7.7mil Pakistan, 2.4mil Turkmenistan, 1mil | persian | abad (آباد) (Hyderabad, Ashgabat, Islamabad) meaning settlement in Persian | 61%
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| Germany, 1.4mil Norway, 469k Austria, 25k | germanic | berg (Nuremberg, Bergen, Wolfsberg) meaning mountain in German | 61%
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| Japan, 1.2mil Japan, 583k Japan, 275k | japanese | shima (島) (Hiroshima, Kagoshima, Fukushima) meaning island in Japanese | 61%
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| Brazil, 3.9mil USA, 1mil Martinique (fr), 115k | latin | fort (Fortaleza, Fort Worth, Fort-de-France) meaning fortification | 50%
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| UK, 320k Spain, 180k Switzerland, 33k | latin | castle, châtel, castel (Newcastle upon Tyne, Castellón de la Plana, Neuchâtel) from Latin castellum, meaning fortification | 44%
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| Germany, 165k Curaçao (nl), 136k Norway, 86k | germanic | stadt (Darmstadt, Willemstad, Fredrikstad) from proto-Germanic stadiz, meaning city | 44%
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| Indonesia, 1.6mil Iran, 526k Brunei, 100k | persian | bandar (بندر) (Bandar Lampung, Bandar Abbas, Bandar Seri Begawan) meaning harbor in Persian | 39%
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| Germany, 329k Austria, 228k Belgium, 119k | germanic | bridge, brücke (Saarbrücken, Innsbruck, Bruges) from proto-Germanic brugjō, meaning bridge | 28%
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| South Africa, 747k France, 37k Namibia, 27k | latin | fountain (Bloemfontein, Fontainebleau, Grootfontein) from Latin fontana, meaning fountain | 28%
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| USA, 632k Australia, 25k New Zealand, 1.1k | germanic | spring (Colorado Springs, Alice Springs, Hammer Springs) meaning spring | 17%
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