Djibouti

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


Singapore

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


San Marino

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

San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


Ottawa

Ottawa (a city in Ontario, Canada; capital city of Canada)


Amsterdam

Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)


London

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


Paris

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


Kiev

Kyiv (The capital city of Ukraine and the administrative centre of Kyiv Oblast)


Edinburgh

Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)


Turin

Turin (the capital city of Piedmont, Italy)


Tunis

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


Oslo

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


Tokyo

Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan)


Jerusalem

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


Barcelona

Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)


Berlin

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)


Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English

Sarajevo (the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)


Reykjavik

Borrowed from Icelandic Reykjavík (“bay of smokes”), equivalent to rökars + vik.


Sofia

Ultimately of Ancient Greek origin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1380 as Sophia.


Bratislava

Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)


Zürich

Zurich (the capital city of Zurich canton, Switzerland)


Bern

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


Milano

Milan (the capital city of Lombardy, Italy)


Mexico City

Mexico City (the capital city of Mexico)


Washington

Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.#English

Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)


Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)


Peking

Beijing, Peking (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)


Moskva

Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)


Luleå

Luleå (a city and municipality, the capital of Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden)


Bagdad

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


Warszawa

[va̠ɹˈʂɑ̂ːvâ̠]

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Warszawa, from Old Polish. See there for more.


Vatikanstaten

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Vatikanstaten c (genitive Vatikanstatens)

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


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)


Antwerpen

Antwerp (the capital city of Antwerp province, Belgium)


Prag

Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)


Lyon

Lyon, Lyons (the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Sevilla

From Spanish Sevilla, from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), from Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /sefela/, “plain, valley”).

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إِشْبِيلِيَة

Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya)

Seville (the capital city of Andalusia, Spain)


Helsingfors

→ Dutch: Elsenfors

[hɛlsɪŋˈfɔʂː]

From Helsinge fors (literally “Helsinge rapids”), the original name of the rapids (now called Gammelstadsforsen) around which the city was founded. The initial part is probably derived from hals and can be compared to the initial part of Hälsingland and Helsingborg (also spelled Hälsingborg in the past).


Köpenhamn

Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)


Genua

Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, Italy)


Haag

The Hague (a city, the administrative capital of the Netherlands)


Venedig

Venice (the capital city of Veneto, Italy)


Söul

Borrowed from Korean 서울 (Seoul, literally “capital city”).


Florens

Florence (a metropolitan city and capital city of Tuscany, Italy)