San Marino

San Marino (a landlocked microstate in Southern Europe, located within the borders of Italy)

San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


Victoria

Victoria (the capital city of Seychelles)

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

Victoria (the capital city of British Columbia, Canada)


Canberra

Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory#English

Canberra (the capital city of Australia; located in the Australian Capital Territory)


Sydney

(uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)

(uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)


Amsterdam

Amsterdam (the capital city of the Netherlands)


Madrid

Inherited from Dutch Madrid, from Spanish Madrid.


Algiers

Algiers (the capital and largest city of Algeria)


Johannesburg

Johannesburg (the capital city of Gauteng, South Africa)


Tunis

Tunis (The capital city, since 1159, and largest city of Tunisia)


Tirana

Tirana (a municipality, the capital and largest city of Albania, located in the center of the country west of the mountain of Dajti on the plain of Tirana; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality)


Oslo

Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)


Jerusalem

Jerusalem (the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine)


Manila

Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)


Wellington

Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand)


Rome

Inherited from Dutch Rome, from Middle Dutch rome.

Rome (a city, the ancient capital of the Roman Empire; capital city of Italy; capital city of the region of Lazio).


Vaduz

Vaduz (a town and municipality, the capital of Liechtenstein)


Skopje

Skopje (the capital city of North Macedonia)


Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh (the capital city of Cambodia)


Bloemfontein

From Dutch Bloemfontein; equivalent to blom + fontein.

Bloemfontein (the judicial capital of South Africa)


Bratislava

Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)


George

Named after George III of the United Kingdom.

named-after

George (a city in Western Cape, South Africa)


Bern

Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)


Rabat

Rabat (the capital city of Morocco, and capital city of the region of Rabat-Sale-Kenitra, Morocco)


Bagdad

Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq)
Baghdad (a governorate of Iraq)


Ljubljana

Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)


Luxemburg

Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)

Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)

Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)

Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)


Tokio

Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”).

ja-r

Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital and largest city of Japan)


Windhoek

From wind (“wind”) + hoek (“corner, angle”).

Windhoek (a city, the capital city of Namibia)


Londen

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)


Kopenhagen

Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)


Koeweit

Kuwait City (the capital city of Kuwait)


Honiara

Honiara (the capital city of the Solomon Islands)


Port Moresby

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English

Port Moresby (the capital city of Papua New Guinea)


Addis Abeba

Addis Ababa, Addis Abeba (the capital city of Ethiopia)


Thimphu

Borrowed from Dzongkha ཐིམ་ཕུ (thim phu).


Bandar Seri Begawan

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Bandar Seri Begawan.

ubor

Bandar Seri Begawan
Bandar Seri Begawan#English

Bandar Seri Begawan (the capital city of Brunei)


Malabo

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English

Malabo (the capital city of Equatorial Guinea)


Yamoussoukro

Yamoussoukro (the official and administrative capital of Ivory Coast)


Ouagadougou

Ouagadougou (the capital city of Burkina Faso)


Bangui

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English

Bangui (the capital city of the Central African Republic)


Kinshasa

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

Kinshasa (the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)


Bissau

Bissau (the capital city of Guinea-Bissau)


Andorra la Vella

Andorra la Vella
Andorra la Vella#English

Andorra la Vella (the capital city of Andorra)


Brazzaville

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

Brazzaville (the capital city of the Republic of the Congo)


Moroni

Moroni (the capital city of the Comoros)


Abidjan

Abidjan (the de facto capital and largest city of Ivory Coast)


Pretoria

Named after Andries Pretorius (1798–1853).

Pretoria (the administrative capital of South Africa)


Majuro

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English

Majuro (an atoll and capital city of the Marshall Islands)


Freetown

Freetown (the capital city of Sierra Leone)


Port Louis

Port Louis (the capital city of Mauritius)


Antananarivo

Antananarivo (the capital city of Madagascar)


Djakarta

Jakarta (a province and capital city of Indonesia)


Palikir

Federated States of Micronesia
Federated States of Micronesia#English

Palikir (the capital city of the Federated States of Micronesia)


Nouakchott

Nouakchott (the capital city of Mauritania)


Nuku'alofa

From Tongan Nukuʻalofa (literally “abode of love”).


Damaskus

Inherited from Dutch Damascus, from Middle Dutch damascus, from Latin Damascus, from Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós), from a Semitic language.


Boedapest

From Hungarian Budapest, from Buda + Pest.


Nikosia

Nicosia (the capital city of Cyprus; capital city of Northern Cyprus).


Sarajewo

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English

Sarajevo (the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)


Praag

Inherited from Dutch Praag, from German Prag, from Czech Praha.

Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)


Moskou

Moscow (a federal city, the capital city of Russia)


Kaapstad

Cape Town (the legislative capital of South Africa)


Vatikaanstad

Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)


Porto Novo

Porto Novo (a city on the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde)


Kaïro

Inherited from Dutch Caïro, from Italian Il Cairo, from Arabic الْقَاهِرَة (al-qāhira).


Mahikeng

Mahikeng (the capital city of North West, South Africa)


Pietermaritzburg

A city, the capital of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa


Egoli

Borrowed from Zulu iGoli, a clipping of igolide (“gold”).

(uncommon) Johannesburg: A city in Gauteng, South Africa; Synonym of Johannesburg


Baai

Xhosa: iBhayi, eBhayi

Zulu: iBhayi

Translation of English The Bay, a colloquial name for Port Elizabeth, which is located on the western portion of Algoa Bay.

Ons het 'n wonderlike dag in die Baai gehad!

(informal) Gqeberha (formerly known as Port Elizabeth, a city and port in Eastern Cape, South Africa)


Oos-Londen

East London (a city in the Eastern Cape, South Africa)


Wene

From Dutch Wenen, from Middle Dutch Wene, from Italian Vienna or French Vienne.


Djiboeti

Djibouti (a country in East Africa)
Djibouti (the capital city of Djibouti)


Mbombela

Mbombela (the capital city of Mpumalanga, South Africa)


Podgoritsa

Podgorica (the capital city of Montenegro)


Kisjinau

Chișinău (a municipality and capital city of Moldova)


Vatikaan

Inherited from Dutch Vaticaan, from Latin Vātĭcānus.

Synonym of Vatikaanstad: Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)


Kijif

Transliteration of Ukrainian Ки́їв (Kýjiv).

transliteration

Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine; administrative centre of Kyiv, Ukraine)


Suid-Tarawa

South Tarawa (the capital city of Kiribati)


Bisjkek

Bishkek (the capital city of Kyrgyzstan)


Koeala Loempoer

Kuala Lumpur (the capital city of Malaysia)


Singapoer

Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony)


Doesjanbe

Dushanbe (the capital city of Tajikistan)