Cities Beginning With C on a Map

I had the same issue with Chisinau, thought it was on the coast of the Black Sea, so it would be Chornomorsk, or maybe Constanta.

I tried Chattanooga and Columbus, Georgia.

Took me a while to think of a German city with a C, more used to the German name. Then again had no such trouble with the Danish city.

If this is an inconsistency, it's one shared by Wikipedia.

It is an inconsistency, but it is a very common one. The modern English language convention is to leave place names untranslated. The older convention was to use English names for foreign places. This could be a translation, or just a more English pronunciation, spelling, etc. So, if a place was historically well known to English writers, it has an English name. "Well known" sounds pretty subjective, but publishers of books and newspapers follow style guides for these things, so it is sort of standardized. Most old European places have English translations. Most places that did not historically have a high profile in English language media use native language names. Also, a lot of places that were previously colonized have re-asserted the native names as a matter of identity.

I have seen "Ciudad Juárez" written in a lot of English language media, but it seems like it is even more common to just call in Juárez.

Place names are all about history and geopolitics, not consistency.

That one got me, too. Weird. Would just call it Juarez.

Its official name is Ciudad Juarez. I always heard it called Juarez when I was younger, but in later years I see it more often by its formal name, Ciudad Juarez. We visited there several years ago and went across the border. Locals in El Paso still called it Juarez, but I had no problem getting the correct answer. (I'd be afraid to travel there now, no matter what they call it.)

Juarez is officially named is indeed "Ciudad Juárez". Mexico City's official name was, until just a few months, "México, Distrito Federal". The "City" part is used in English to distinguish the city from the country, but it isn't too used in Spanish (at least as part of the city's name).

Just to chime in, I actually think it's fine to call it "Ciudad Juarez" in practice, just like it's fine to call New York City as...New York City. What I don't exactly agree with is considering Juarez as starting with a letter C (and thus qualifying as part of this quiz), especially if the reason is because it is the official name. With that line of reasoning, basically any city that is officially named "City of _____" can be considered. Regardless, this was a nice and interesting quiz!

Yes, better give a hint _____ J____

The football team has always been named Coritiba, but the city's official name has always been Curitiba. "Coritiba" was allowed as an alternative spelling for the city until about 100 years ago.

Yes, but it's not in South America.

Yeah, but the one in Argentina is much bigger. It's a minor city in Spain, and the second-largest city in Argentina.

Regardless of how you call it, the city's official name is Ciudad Juarez.

Nope, "Dar es Salaam": three words, "Casablanca": just one. That'd be like accepting "Lon" for London.

Why did you try California?

this is a joke, right?