And the capital of Andorra is actually Andorra la Vella, but it's still on here. Along with Kuwait, Mexico, and Guatemala which all have City in their name. I think Sao Tome should be on here.
If it is written... But Sao Tome makes much more sense than Andorra, considering just the title. If you type Andorra in the country capitals, it doesn't work and Sao Tome does.
No, it isn't. It's a Catalan word. Catalan is tricky because it's a hybrid language. Google is mistaking "vella" for "vielle," which means old. It is actually derived from "villa," which means "city." "Andorra the City."
"Andorra la Vella means "Andorra the Town", to distinguish it from the Principality of Andorra as a whole.[3] Although in Catalan the word vella (like French vieille) is derived from the Latin word vetula which means "old", the Vella here (like French ville and Catalan vila) is derived from the Latin word villa and means "town".[4]"
As pointed out in other comments, the original meaning refers to 'city' or 'town.' From the book "Andorra," by Carrick (1988): In fact, vella is a corruption of the Latin word villa, meaning 'city'. Thus Andorra la Vella merely means 'the city of Andorra'.
And on a more philosophical note, Google isn't motivated by truth or correctness - they're motivated by money. Granted, giving correct info generally corresponds with more money - but never forget where the true motivation lies, and the possible nuances that can occur.
The Savior, and St Savior (or Holy Savior). That pairing is one of many near-misses that don't qualify here. Maybe we should also do a quiz of Country Name Fairly Similar To Capital Name, which would also capture El Salvador/San Salvador, Algeria/Algiers, São Tomé and Príncipe/São Tomé, Guinea-Bissau/Bissau, Brazil/Brasilia and Tunisia/Tunis!
Guinea-Bissau isn't really a near miss. They just appended the name of the capital onto the name of the country, to distinguish it from all the other countries named Guinea. If you included it, you'd have to also consider including, for example, Congo-Brazzaville.
For completionists sake, other a little bit further misses could be Belize/Belmopan (city is a merge of the name of the country and a river) and Maldives/Male (the country name means "isles of Male").
Give me a BREAK! How could it be racist? - There is NO country in South America which has the same name for its capital and the country. That ends in Central America with Guatemala, Mexico and Panama!
If you were a contemporary intersectional feminist or social justice warrior then you certainly would think it was racist. In addition to literally everything else.
The caveat says "including foreign language equivalents of 'city'". "la Vella" means "the city". "and Principe" means "and Prince", so it's not included.
In Arabic, the capitals of Algeria and Tunisia are the same as the countries' names. Tunisia is just Tunis in Arabic, with its capital being the same. Algeria is Al Jazzaer, capital is the same.
Thanks for the quiz Jerry. Sorry about all the ‘abuse’ you’ve gotten over the years for including Andorra and not including answers that shouldn’t be there. I think everything is correct and it’s a shame Wikipedia is openly editable.
Hey Jerry928, no offence mate but I have the same quiz, and it would be better if you would give 'em a little hint like their continent of something, BTW the quiz is great
This quiz was originally made over 4 years ago, so this is by far the original quiz. Not saying you directly copied of course, since this kind of thing happens often as people come up with the same great idea.
Read the caveats. The capital's name can include "city". "la Vella" translates to "the city" so it is allowed. São Tomé is not included because it does not include the whole name of the country.
In my opinion, Mexico, Kuwait, Guatemala, Panama, and Andorra shouldn't be there. The capitals of these are officially: Mexico: Mexico City, Kuwait: Kuwait City, Guatemala: Guatemala City, Panama: Panama City, Andorra: Andorra la Vella ('la Vella' translates to 'City').
Monaco is divided into nine wards (one of which is Monte Carlo). Monaco's parliament is sited in another ward called Monaco-Ville, or, in English, Monaco Town.
Got all but Guatemala City... the only one I've actually been to. Got tunnel vision at the end trying to remember less obvious answers that I missed the one smacking me in the face.
It would be a somewhat more interesting quiz to broaden it to "Countries with related capital names." Tunisia and Algeria are named after their capitals, Brasilia is named after Brazil, etc.
https://translate.google.fr/?sl=ca&tl=fr&text=vella&op=translate
https://translate.google.fr/?sl=ca&tl=fr&text=vella&op=translate
And on a more philosophical note, Google isn't motivated by truth or correctness - they're motivated by money. Granted, giving correct info generally corresponds with more money - but never forget where the true motivation lies, and the possible nuances that can occur.
http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/110568/countries-with-their-capitol-name-in-it
https://translate.google.fr/?sl=ca&tl=fr&text=vella&op=translate
Please, show us that language. I would really love to see the sh*tshow it would cause. :-D
If Andorra is on here despite being called Andorra La Vella, São Tomé should be on here despite being called São Tomé and Príncipe.
Algiers, Brasilia, San Salvador, Santo Domingo, Taipei, and Tunis.