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This is a 'list of cities in Asia' that have several 'different names in different languages', including former (e.g. colonial) names.
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English Name	Other names or former names
Aleppo	'حلب‎ ' - 'Halab' (Arabic, Ottoman Turkish), 'Halep' (Turkish), 'Heleb' (Kurdish), 'Hələb' (Azeri), 'Alepo' (Portuguese, Spanish), 'Aleppo' (Italian),'Alep' (French, Romanian), 'Alepas' (Lithuanian), 'Алеппо' (Russian), 'ალეპო' (Georgian), 'హాలెప్పో' (Telugu)
Almaty	'Alma-Ata' - ''Алма Ата'' (Indonesian, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Interlingua, Italian,Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Turkish), 'Ala-Mutu' (Chinese), 'Ałma Ata' (Polish), 'Almata' (Latvian, Lithuanian), 'Almaty' (Kazakh), 'Almatë' (Albanian), 'Viernyi' (formerly, ?e.g. in French), 'Almatõ' (Estonian), 'Άλμα-Άτυ' (Greek), 'ალმა-ათა', 'ალმატი' (Georgian), 'ఎల్మాటీ' (Telugu)
Amman	'عمان' - 'Ammān' (Arabic), 'רבת עמון' - 'Rabbat ʿAmmon' (Hebrew), ''Φιλαδέλφεια'' - 'Philadélpheia' (Greek [archaic]), 'Philadelphia' (Latin [archaic]), 'Amman' (Turkish, Azeri, Italian, French), 'Amã' (Potuguese), 'Ammán' (Spanish), 'Amanas' (Lithuanian), 'Амман' (Russian), 'ამანი' (Georgian), 'అమ్మాన్' (Telugu)
Ankara	安卡拉 (Chinese), 'Ancara' (Portuguese), 'Ancyra' (Latin), 'Angora' (former English, former Italian, former Romanian, former French), 'Ankara' (Dutch, Estonian, French, Finnish, Indonesian, Italian, Latvian, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish), 'Anqara' (Azeri), 'Ankara' - ''Анкара'' (Russian, Serbian), 'Ankara' - ''Անկարա '' (Armenian), 'Ágkyra' - ''Άγκυρα'' (Greek), 'Anqara' - ''أنقرة'' (Arabic), 'ანკარა' (Georgian), 'అంకారా' (Telugu)
Antioch	'Antakya' (Turkish), 'Antioche' (French), 'Antiochia' (Hungarian, Interlingua, Latin, Slovak), 'Antiochia' or 'Antiochia/Antioch/Antiochien am Orontes' (German), 'Antiochia' or 'Antiochia di Siria' (Italian), 'Antiochia' or 'Antiochia Syryjska' (Polish), 'Antiochia' or 'Antiochia vid Orontes' (Swedish), 'Antióchia' - ''Αντιόχεια'' (Greek), 'Antióchia i epí Dáfni' - ''Αντιόχεια η επί Δάφνη'' / 'Antióchia i epí Oróntu' - ''Αντιόχεια η επί Ορόντου'' / 'Antióchia i Megáli' - ''Αντιόχεια η Μεγάλη'' (extended names in Greek), 'Əntakiyyə' (Azeri), 'Antiochie' (Czech), 'Antiochië' (Dutch), 'Antioch-on-the-Orontes' (extended name in English), 'Antiohia' (Romanian), 'Antiokia' (Indonesian, Danish, Finnish), 'Antioquía' (Spanish), 'Antióquia' (Portuguese), 'Antiohija' (Croatian, Bosnian), 'Antiohija' - ''Антиохија'' (Macedonian, Serbian), 'ანტიოქია' (Georgian), 'ఏంటియోక్' (Telugu)
Ashkhabad	'Ašchabád' (Czech, Slovak), 'Aschchabad' / 'Aschgabad' / 'Aschgabat' (German), 'Ašgabat' (Finnish), 'Aşgabat' / 'Aşkabat' (Turkish), 'Aşhabad' (Romanian), 'Aşqabad' (Azeri), 'Ašhabad' (Serbian, Montenegrin, Italian), 'Ašhabada' (Latvian), 'Ashgabat' (Turkmen), 'Ashkhabad' - ''Ашхабад'' (Russian), 'Ashxobod' (Uzbek), 'Asjchabad' (Dutch), 'Aszchabad' (Polish), 'Išq Ābād' (Arabic), 'Ašhabad' - ''Ашхабад'' (Macedonian, Serbian), 'აშხაბადი', 'აშგაბატი' (Georgian), 'అస్కాబాద్' (Telugu)
Arkhangel'sk	'Arjánguelsk', 'Arcángel' (Spanish), 'Arhangelsk' (Estonian), 'არხანგელსკი' (Georgian), 'ఆర్కేంజెల్ ఇస్క్' (Telugu)
Astana	'Akmola' (variant in Finnish), 'Akmola' (variant in Russian), 'Akmoła' (former Polish), 'Aqmola' (former Kazakh), 'Astana' - ''Астана'' (Kazakh, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian, Turkish, Azeri), 'Tselinograd' (former Russian), 'Astaná' (Spanish), 'ასტანა' (Georgian), 'అస్తానా' (Telugu)

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| Bangalore
| ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು (Kannada), பெங்களூர் (Tamil), బెంగుళూరు (Telugu), ബാംഗ്ലൂര് (Malayalam), बंगलौर (traditional Hindi)/बेंगलूरु (phonetic transcription of Kannada name in Hindi), बंगळूर (Marathi), બેંગલોર (Gujarati), بنگلور (Urdu), 'ბენგალორი' (Georgian)
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| Bangkok
| 'Krung Thep Maha Nakhon' - ''กรุงเทพมหานคร'' (Thai), 'Màngǔ' - 曼谷 (Mandarin Chinese), 'Μπανγκόγκ' (Greek), 'Bancác' (Irish), 'బేంగ్కాక్' (Telugu), 'ბანგკოკი' (Georgian)
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| Beijing
| 'Běijīng' - ''北京'' (Chinese), 'Běipíng' - ''北平'' (Chinese [archaic]), 'Bākgìng' - ''北京'' (Cantonese), 'Bākpìhng' - ''北平'' (Cantonese [archaic]), 'Pak-kiaⁿ' - ''北京'' (Minnan / Taiwanese), 'Bukgyeong' - ''북경'' {''北京''} (Korean), 'Béyjing' - ''بېيجىڭ'' ''Бейҗиң'' (Uighur), 'Beežin' - ''Бээжин'' / 'Bejžin' - ''Бэйжин'' (Mongolian), 'Baekging' (Zhuang), 'Bêjing' -'' པེ་ཅིང ''(Tibetan), 'Pekin' - ''北京'' {''ペキン''} (Japanese), 'Bắc Kinh' (Vietnamese), 'Pekin' (Turkish, Polish, former Romanian), 'Beijing' (Romanian), 'Pékin' (French), 'Pechino' (Italian), 'Πεκίνο' - 'Pekino' (Greek), 'Pekín' (Spanish) - ''Пекин'' (Russian), 'Peking' (Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Slovenian, Croatian, Serbian, Swedish, 'Pequim' (Portuguese), 'Pecin' / 'Beijing' (Welsh), 'Béising', 'Péicing' (Irish), 'Pechinum' (Latin), 'ปักกิ่ง' (Thai), 'బేజింగ్' (Telugu), 'პეკინი' (Georgian)
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| Bengkulu City
| 'Kota Bengkulu' (Malay, Indonesian), 'Bangka Hulu' (Malay, Indonesian [archaic]), 'Bencoolen' (former English colonial name), 'Benkoelen' (Dutch) 'బెంగ్కూళు నగరం' (Telugu)
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| Bishkek
| 'Bichkek' (French), 'Bischkek' (German), 'Bisjkek' (Dutch), 'Biškek' (Finnish, Slovenian), 'Biškek' - ''Бишкек'' (Macedonian, Serbian), 'Bişkek' (Romanian, Turkish), 'Biškekas' (Lithuanian), 'Biškeka' (Latvian), 'Biszkek' (Polish); 'Frunze' (former name), 'బిష్కెక్' (Telugu), 'ბიშკეკი' (Georgian)
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|Bukhara
| 'Buxoro' (Uzbek, Tajik), 'Boechara' (Dutch), 'Boxārā' - ''بُخارا‎'' (Persian), 'Bukhara' - ''Бұхара'' (Kazakh), 'Bukhara' - ''Бухара'' (Russian), 'Buxara' (Azeri), 'Buhara' (Turkish, Turkmen, Finnish),'Buchara' (Italian),'Bujara' (Spanish), 'బుఖారా' (Telugu), 'ბუხარა' (Georgian)
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| Bursa
| 'Boersa' (Dutch), 'Brousse' (former French), 'Bursa' (Azeri, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Macedonian, Romanian, Serbian Turkish), 'Prusa' (Latin), 'Proúsa' - ''Προύσα'' (Greek), 'Bursa' - ''בורסה'' (Hebrew), 'బుర్సా' (Telugu), 'ბურსა' (Georgian)
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| Chengdu
| ''成都'' - 'Chéngdu' (Chinese), ''成都'' (''せいと'') - 'Seito' (Japanese), ''成都 (성도)'' - 'Seongdo' (Korean), 'Thành Đô' (Vietnam), ''چېڭدۇ''/''чеңду'' - 'Chingdū' (Uighur) , 'చెంగ్డు' (Telugu)
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| Chennai
| சென்னை (Tamil), ಚೆನ್ನೈ (Kannada), चेन्नई (Hindi, Marathi), ચેન્નઈ (Gujarati), চেন্নাই (Bengali), چنئی (Urdu), 'Madras' (former name), 'Μάδρας' (Greek), 'చెన్న పట్టణం' (Telugu), 'మద్రాసు' (former name in Telugu)
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| Chittagong
| 'Chottogram' - ''চট্টগ্রাম'' (Bengali), 'చిట్టాగోంగ్' (Telugu)
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| Chongqing
| ''重慶'' - 'Chóngqìng' (Chinese), ''重慶'' (''じゅうけい'') - 'Jūkei' (Japanese), ''重慶 (중경)'' - 'Chunggyeong' (Korean), ''چۇڭچىڭ''/ ''чуңчиң'' - 'Chungqing' (Dutch) - 'Chūngchīng' (Uighur) - 'Trùng Khánh' (Vietnamese), 'చోంగ్కింగ్' (Telugu)
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| Damascus
| 'Dimašq' - ''دمشق'' / 'Ash-Shām' - ''الشام'' / 'Jilliq' - ''جلق'' (Arabic), 'Şam' (Kurdish, Crimean Tatar), ''Δαμασκός'' (Greek), 'Şam', 'Dımeşk' (Turkish), 'Damaskos' - ''Դամասկոս'', 'Šam' - ''Շամ'' (Armenian), 'Dəməşq', 'Şam' (Azeri), 'Damas' (French), 'Dammeseq' - ''דַּמֶּשֶׂק '' (Hebrew), 'Damask' - ''Дамаск'' (Russian, Bulgarian), 'Dimaşq˙' (Chechen), '¯Sam' - ''Щам'' (Kabardian [Circassian]), 'Damesek' (Karaim), 'Damasc' (Romanian), 'Damasco' (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese), 'Damascus' (Dutch, Latin, Welsh), 'Damaskus' (Estonian, German, Norwegian), 'Damask' (Albanian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian), 'Damaszkusz' (Hungarian), 'Damašek' (Czech), 'Damaszek' (Polish), 'Damaskos' (Finnish, Northern Lapp), 'Damaisc' (Irish), 'Dimshek' (Somali), 'Dameski' (Swahili), 'Damashƙa' (Hausa), 'Damaxk' - ''دهمهشق '' (Uighur), 'Dàmǎshìgé' - ''大馬士革'' (Chinese), 'Dàmǎshìgé' - ''大马士革'' (Simplified Chinese), 'Damasukasu' - ''ダマスカス'' (Japanese), 'Damaseukuseu' - ''다마스쿠스'' (Korean), 'Damsyik' (Malay, Indonesian), 'Dameshk' - ''দামেস্ক'' (Bengali), 'დამასკო' (Georgian)
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| Dhaka
| ঢাকা (Bengali), ढाका (Hindi, Marathi), ڈھاکا (Urdu), ઢાકા (Gujarati), 'Dacca' (former English name until 1982, Italian, Spanish), 達卡 (Chinese), 'Dakka' - ''Дакка'' (Russian), 'Dəkkə' (Azeri), 'Daca' (Portuguese), 'დაკა' (Georgian)
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| Dushanbe
| 'Doesjanbe' (Dutch), 'Douchanbé' (French), 'Dušanbe' - ''Душанбе'' (Croatian, Finnish, Latvian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Tajik), 'Dušanbė' (Lithuanian), 'Duşanbe' (Romanian, Turkish), 'Düşənbə' (Azeri), 'Dūšānbī' (Arabic), 'Duschanbe' (German), 'Dusjanbe' (Swedish), 'Duszanbe' (Polish), 'დუშანბე' (Georgian); 'Hissar' (former name); 'Stalinabad' (former name)
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F

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| Faisalabad
| 'Lyallpur' (Former colonial name changed to Faisalabad in 1977),'فیصل آباد' (Urdu)
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| Guangzhou
| 'Canton' (English [alternate], French, Welsh, Italian, Spanish), 'Cantão' (Portuguese), 'Gwóngjàu' - ''广州'' / ''廣州'' (Cantonese), 'Guǎngzhōu' - ''广州'' / ''廣州'' (Mandarin Chinese), 'Kńg-chiu' - ''广州'' / ''廣州'' (Minnan / Taiwanese), 'Guōng-ciŭ' - ''广州'' / ''廣州'' (Mindong), 'Gvangjcouh' (Zhuang), 'Kanton / Guangzhou' (German), 'Kanton' (Dutch, Finnish, Polish), 'Καντόνα' - 'Kantona' (Greek), 'Quảng Châu' (Vietnamese), 'Kōshū' - ''広州'' {''こうしゅう''} (Japanese), 'Gwangju' - ''광주'' {''廣州''} (Korean), 'กวางเจา' (Thai), 'გუანჯოუ', 'კანტონი' (Georgian)
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| Haifa
| 'חיפה' - 'Ħêphāh' (Hebrew), 'حيفا' - 'Ħayfā' (Arabic), 'Haïfa' (French), 'Haifa' (Spanish), 'Hajfa' (Polish), 'Hayfa' (Turkish), 'ჰაიფა' (Georgian), 'Caiphas'/'Caifa' (former medieval crusader names, Italian), 'Sycaminon'/'Sykaminos' (other names [archaic]), 'హైఫా' (Telugu)
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| Hebron
| 'Al-Khalīl', 'الخليل'(Arabic) '', 'חֶבְרוֹן' (Hebrew) 'Hebrón' (Spanish), 'హెబ్రోన్' (Telugu), 'ჰებრონი' (Georgian), 'Χεβρών(α)' (Greek)
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| Ho Chi Minh City
| 'Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh' (Vietnamese), 'Sài Gòn' (Vietnamese, pre-unification), 'Saigon' (former name in English, Italian), 'Gia Ðịnh' (Vietnamese, pre-colonial), 'Prey Nokor' (Khmer) 'Saigón' (Spanish), 'హో చీ మిన్హ్ నగరం' (Current name in Telugu), 'సైగోన్' (precolonial name in Telugu), 'ჰო ში მინი' (Georgian)
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| Hong Kong
| 'Heung Gong' - 香港 (Cantonese), 'Hongkong' (in old English texts, Finnish), 'Victoria' (obsolete, colonial name of the city on the north shore of Hong Kong Island), 'Χονγκ Κονγκ' (Greek) 'Xianggang' - 香港 (Mandarin Chinese), '香港' {ホンコン} (Japanese), '향항 '(Korean), 'Hiong-káng' - ''香港'' (Minnan / Taiwanese), 'Hương Cảng' or 'Hồng Kông' (Vietnamese), 'Hong Cong' (Irish), 'ฮ่องกง' (Thai), 'హాంగ్ కాంగ్' Telugu), 'ჰონგ კონგი' (Georgian)
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| Hyderabad
| 'హైదరాబాదు'(Telugu), 'हैदराबाद' (Hindi), 'ஹேதராபாத்' (Tamil), 'ಹೇದರಾಬಾದ್' (Kannada), 'हैदराबाद' (Marathi), 'حیدر آباد' (Urdu), 'ჰაიდარაბადი' (Georgian)
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| Hyderabad - Pakistan
| 'Neroon Kot', ' نيرون ڪوٽ'(Sindhi) (Former name changed to Hyderabad in 1782).
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| Iskenderun
| 'Alexandrië' (Dutch), 'Alejandría' (Spanish), 'Aleksandretta' (Polish), 'Alessandretta' (Italian), 'Alexandreta' (Portuguese), 'Alexandretta' (variant in English, German), 'Alexandrétta' - ''Αλεξανδρέττα'' (Greek), 'Alexandria' - ''Αλεξάνδρια'' (Greek), 'Alexandrette' (variant in French, German), 'Iskandarūn' - إسكندرون (Arabic), '(al-)Iskandariya' (former Arabic), 'İskenderiye' (Turkish until 1939), 'İskenderun' (Turkish), 'İsgəndərun' (Azeri), 'Scanderoon' (former variant in English), 'Aleksandrija'(Montenegrin), 'Alexandria' (Romanian)
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| Izmir
| 'Esmirna' (Portuguese, Spanish), 'İzmir' (Turkish, Azeri), 'Izmir' - ''Измир'' (Dutch, Finnish Romanian, Russian, Serbian), 'Izmira' (Latvian), 'Smirna' (former Serbian, former Romanian), 'Smirne' (Italian), 'Σμύρνη' / 'Smýrni' (Greek), 'Smyrna' (variant in English), 'იზმირი' (Georgian), 'Զմիւռնիա' or ' Իզմիր' (Armenian /Zmyurnia or Izmiř/)
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| Jakarta
| 'Sunda Kelapa' (original native name), 'Batavia' (Dutch colonial name), 'Betawi' (former colonial name, Malay, Indonesian), 'Djakarta' (Dutch alternate, French, German, Romanian), 'Giacarta' (Italian), 'Yakarta' (Spanish), 'Jacarta' (Portuguese), 'Τζακάρτα' (Greek), 'Dzhakarta' - ''Джакарта'' (Russian), 'Džakarta' (Croatian, Serbian), 'Dzsakarta' (Hungarian), 'Cakarta' (Turkish) 'Iacárta' (Irish), 'ჯაკარტა' (Georgian)
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| Jericho
| 'Arīħa', 'أريحا' (Arabic) 'Yerīħo', 'יְרִיחוֹ' (Hebrew) 'Jericó' (Spanish), 'Gerico' (Italian),'Ireachó' (Irish), 'Ierihon' (Romanian), 'იერიქონი' (Georgian), 'Ιεριχώ (Iericho)' (Greek)
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| Jeddah
| 'جدّة' - 'Jiddah' (Arabic), 'Cidde' (Turkish), 'Dschidda' (German), 'Djedda' (Dutch), 'Djeddah' (French), 'Jedda' ( Spanish, Finnish), 'Gedda' (Italian)'Jidá' (Portuguese), 'Ciddə' (Azeri), 'Dżudda' (Polish), 'Džida' (Lithuanian), 'Yidda' (Spanish var.), 'ჯედა' (Georgian)
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| Jerusalem
| 'Gerusalemme' (Italian), 'Yēlùsālěng' - 耶路撒冷 (Mandarin Chinese), 'Hierusalem' (Latin), 'Ierusalim' (Romanian), 'Ierusalím' - 'Ιερουσαλήμ' or 'Ierosólima' - 'Ιεροσόλυμα' (Greek), 'Ierusalimi' - 'იერუსალიმი ' (Georgian), 'Ierusalim' - ''Иерусалим'' (Russian), 'Jerozolima' (Polish), 'Jerusalem' (Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish), 'Jerusalém' (Portuguese), 'Jerusalén' (Spanish), 'Jeruusalemm' (Estonian), 'Jerusalim' - 'Јерусалим' (Serbian), 'Jeruzalem' (Croatian, Dutch, Polish (old), Slovak, Slovene), 'Jeruzalém' (Czech), 'Jeruzalė' (Lithuanian), 'Jeruzāleme' (Latvian), 'Jeruzsálem' (Hungarian), 'Jérusalem' (French), 'Yerusaghem' - 'Երուսաղեմ' (Armenian), 'Qüds', 'Ürşəlim' (Azeri), 'Yərušaláyim' - 'יְרוּשָׁלַיִם' (Hebrew), 'Yərûšəlem' - יְרוּשְׁלֶם (Aramaic), 'al-Quds' - 'القُدس' (Arabic), 'Єрусалим' (Ukrainian), 'Kudüs' (Turkish), 'Quddus' (Uzbek), 'Baitul Maqdis' (Malay, Indonesian), 'እየሩሳሌም' (Amharic), 'Iarúsailéim' (Irish)
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| Karachi
| 'Kolachi' (Former name of early 19th century), 'ყარაჩი' (Georgian), 'كراچى' (Urdu), 'ڪراچي'(Sindhi)
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| Kayseri
| 'Caesarea' (Latin), 'Kayseri' (Turkish), 'Qeysəriyyə' (Azeri) Former names: 'Mazaka', 'Cäsarea' (German), 'Mazaca', 'Caesarea' (English)'Cesarea' (Italian)'Καισάρεια (Cesaria)' (Greek)
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| Kolkata
| কলকাতা / কলিকাতা (Bengali), कोलकाता (current Hindi name) / कलकत्ता (traditional Hindi name), கொல்கத்தா (Tamil), കൊല്ക്കത്ത (Malayalam), 'Kəlküttə' (Azeri), 'Kal'kutta' - ''Калькутта'' (Russian), 'Kalkuta'(Polish, Serbian), 'Καλκούτα' - 'Kalkuta' (Greek), 'Calcuta' (Romanian, Spanish), 'Calcutá' (Portuguese) 'Calcúta' (Irish), 'კალკუტა' (Georgian)
''Former name'': 'Calcutta' (English,Italian)
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| Kota Kinabalu
| 'Api-Api' (former Malay), ''亚庇'' - 'Yabi' (former Chinese), 'Jesselton' (colonial English name), 'Api' (colonial Japanese name)
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| Kuala Lumpur
|''吉隆坡'' - 'Jilongpo' (Mandarin Chinese), 'Kvala Lumpūras' (Lithuanian), 'კუალა ლუმპური' (Georgian)
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L

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| Latakia
| 'اللاذقية' - 'Al-Ladziqiyah' (Arabic), 'Λαοδικεία' - 'Laodikia' (Greek), 'Laodicea ad Mare' (Latin), 'Lazkiye' (Turkish), 'Lattaquié' (French), 'Laodicea' (Italian, Spanish)
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| Lucknow
| लखनऊ (Hindi), لكهنو (Urdu), লখনৌ (Bengali), லக்னௌ (Tamil)
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M

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| Macau
| 'O Mun' - 澳門 (Cantonese/Traditional Chinese), 'Maa Gau' - 馬交 (Cantonese/TC, informal), 'Aomen' - 澳门 (Mandarin/Simplified Chinese), 'Macao' (Italian, Finnish, French, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese), 'Macau' (Dutch, English, German, Brazilian Portuguese), 'Makao' (Serbian, Polish), 'მაკაო' (Georgian)
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| Makassar
| 'Ujung Pandang' (former Malay), 'Ujungpandang' (former Indonesian), 'Makasar' (Dutch, Polish, Norwegian var.), 'Macassar' (Portuguese, English var.), 'Makasaras' (Lithuanian)
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| Malacca
| 'Melaka' (Malay, Indonesian), 'Malaca' (Portuguese, Spanish), 'Malakka' (Dutch, German, Polish), 'ملقا' - 'Malaqa' (Arabic), 'Mâ-la̍k-kah' - 麻六甲 (Minnan / Taiwanese), 'მალაკა' (Georgian)
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| Manila
| 'Maynilà' (Tagalog, with diacritics), 'Manila' (Indonesian, Basque, Catalan, Cebuano, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Ilokano, Italian, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese, Waray), 'Manila' - Манила (Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian - Cyrillic script), 'Maníla' (Icelandic), 'Mǎnílā' - 马尼拉 (Mandarin Chinese - simplified characters), 'Má-nî-la' (Min Nan Chinese), 'Manilha' (alternative Portuguese), 'Manilla' (Dutch; alternative English and German spelling), 'Manille' (French), 'Manilo' (Esperanto), 'Manira' - マニラ (Japanese), 'Menila' (Kapampangan), مانيلا (Arabic), ম্যানিলা (Bengali), فیلیپین (Persian), 마닐라 (Korean), מנילה (Hebrew), மணிலா (Tamil), มะนิลา (Thai), مانىل (Uyghur) 'Mainile' (Irish), 'მანილა' (Georgian)
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| Mecca
| 'مكة المكرمة‎' - ' Makkatul Mukarramah' (full Arabic Name), 'মক্কা' (Bengali) 'La Mecque' (French), 'La Meca' (Spanish), 'Meca' (Portuguese), 'La Mecca' (Italian), 'Mecca' (Romanian), 'Mekka' (Basque, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish), 'Məkkə' (Azeri), 'Мекка' (Russian), 'Makka' (Uzbek), 'Meka' (Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian), 'Makkah' (Malay), 'Mekkah' (Indonesian), 'Mekke' (Turkish) 'Meice' (Irish), 'მექა' (Georgian)
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| Medina
| 'المدينة المنورة' - 'Madinatul Munawwarah' (full Arabic Name), 'মদিনা' (Bengali), 'Medina' - ''Медина'' (Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Portuguese), 'Médine' (French), אל-מדינה "Al-Medina" (Hebrew), 'Mədinə' (Azeri), 'Madina' (Uzbek), 'Мadinah' (Malay, Indonesian), 'Medine' (Turkish) 'Meidíne' (Irish), 'Medyna' (Polish), 'მედინა' (Georgian)
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| Moscow
| 'Moscú' (Spanish), 'Moscou' (French and Portuguese), 'Mosca' (Italian), 'Moskova' (Turkish), 'Moskou' (Dutch) 'Moscó' (Irish), 'มอสโค' (Thai), 'Moskwa' (Polish), 'Moscova' (Romanian), 'მოსკოვი' (Georgian)
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| Mumbai
| मुंबई (Marathi, Hindi), મુંબઈ (Gujarati), ಮುಂಬೈ (Kannada), மும்பை (Tamil), ਮੁਮਬਏ (Panjabi), মুম্বাই (Bengali, Assamese), मुम्बई (Nepali), 'Bombay' (English - former name and variant -,Italian, Romanian ), 'Bombaj' (Polish), 'Βομβάη'-'Bombai' (Greek), 孟買　(Chinese), 'Bombaim' (Portuguese), 'ბომბეი', 'მუმბაი' (Georgian)
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N

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|Nablus
| 'Nāblūs' (Arabic), 'Nabloes' (Dutch), 'Naplouse' (French), 'Nablus' (English,Italian, German), 'Nablus' - ''Наблус'' (Russian), 'Shkhem' - ''שכם'' (Hebrew), 'ნაბლუსი' (Georgian)
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| New Delhi
| नई दिल्ली (Hindi), نئی دلی (Urdu), ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ (Panjabi), নয়া দিল্লী / নতুন দিল্লী (Bengali), புது தில்லி (Tamil), 新德里 (Chinese), 'Nueva Delhi' (Spanish) 'Neu-delhi' (German alternate), 'Nieuw-Delhi' (Dutch alternate), 'Nuova Delhi' (Italian), 'Yeni Dehli' (Azeri,Turkish), 'Nyu-Deli' - ''Нью-Дели'' (Russian), Nju Delhi (Serbian), 'Nova Delhi' (Portuguese), 'Új-Delhi' (Hungarian), 'Νέο Δελχί'(Greek), 'Dellium Novum' (Latin) 'Deilí Nua' (Irish), 'დელი' (Georgian), 'Nova Délhi' (Portuguese)
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| Nicosia
| 'Lefkosía' - 'Λευκωσία' (Greek), 'Nicosia' (Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish), 'Nicósia' (Portuguese), 'Nicosie' (French), 'Nikosia' / 'Lefkosia' (Finnish), 'Nikosia' (German), 'Nikosija' (Latvian, Russian, Ukrainian), 'Nikosio' (Esperanto), 'Nikozija' (Lithuanian, Serbian), 'Nikozja' (Polish), 'Nīqūsiyā' (Arabic), 'Lefkoşe' or 'Lefkoşa' (Turkish), 'ნიქოზია' (Georgian)
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O

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|Osaka
| 大阪, 'Daban' (Chinese), 大阪 {おおさか} 'Ōsaka' (Japanese), 오사카 'Osaka' (Korean), 大阪{대판} 'Daepan' (former Korean), 'Ozaka' - 'Οζάκα' (Greek), 'ოსაკა' (Georgian), 'Osaca' (Portuguese)
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P

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|Pyongyang
| بيونيانغ - 'Byawnyāngh' (Arabic), 平壌 - 'Píngrǎng' (Chinese), 'Pjongjang' (Finnish, Serbian), 'Pjöngjang' (German), 'Pyongyang' (Danish, Dutch, English, French, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish), 'Phenian' (Polish, Romanian), 'Phenjan' (Hungarian), 平壌 (ピョンヤン) - 'Pyon'yan' (Japanese), 평양/平壤 - 'Pyeongyang' (Korean), Пхеньян - 'Pkhyenyan' (Russian), 'Bình Nhưỡng' (Vietnamese), 'ფხენიანი' (Georgian)
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S

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| Sahiwal
| 'Montgomery' (Former colonial name changed to Sahiwal in 1966), 'ساہیوال' (Urdu)
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| Samarkand
| 'সমরখন্দ' (Bengali) 'Samarcand' (old Romanian), 'Samarcanda' (Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), 'Samarcande' (French), 'Samarkand' - ''Самарканд'' (Dutch, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish), 'Samarkanda' (Polish), 'Semerkant' (Turkish), 'Samarkandas' (Lithuanian), 'Samarkándhi' - ''Σαμαρκάνδη'' (Greek), 'Səmərqənd' (Azeri), 'Samarqand' (Uzbek, Estonian), 'Szamarkand' (Hungarian), 'సమర్ఖండ్' (Telugu), 'სამარყანდი' (Georgian)
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|Seoul
|'Keijo' / 'Hansung' (English [archaic]), 'Seoul' - 서울 (Korean), 'Gyeongseong' - 경성 - 京城 / 'Hanseong' - 한성 - 漢城 (Korean [archaic]) / 'Hanyang' - 한양 - 漢陽 (Korean variant [archaic]) / 'Hànchéng' 漢城 / 'Shǒu’ěr' - 首爾 (Chinese), 'Hànchéng' 汉城 / 'Shǒu’ěr' - 首尔 (Simplified Chinese), 'Jīngchéng' - 京城 (Chinese [archaic]), 'Souru' - ソウル (Japanese), 'Keijō' - 京城 (けいじょう) / 'Kanjō' - 漢城 (かんじょう) (Japanese [archaic]), 'Hàn-siâⁿ' - 漢城 (Taiwanese [Hokkien]), 'Xơ-un' / 'Hán Thành' (Vietnamese), 'Seul' (Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Turkish, Azeri) - 'Seul'/ ''Сеул'' (Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian, Serbian), 'Seulum' (Latin), 'Seulo' (Esperanto), 'Seula' (Latvian), 'Seoel' (Dutch), 'Séoul' (French), 'Seúl' (Spanish), 'Seül' (Catalan), 'Σεούλ' (Greek), 'Seulas' (Lithuanian), 'Soul' (Czech, Finnish, Slovak), 'Söul' (Swedish), 'Szöul' (Hungarian), 'กรุงโซล' (Thai), 'సీయోల్' (Telugu), 'სეული' (Georgian)
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|Singapore
|'Singapour' (French), 'Singapura' (Malay, Indonesian, Portuguese), 新加坡 - 'Xīnjiāpō' (Chinese), 'Singapur' - ''Сингапур'' (Russian, Polish, Serbian), 'Singapur' (Spanish,Turkish), 昭南 - 'Shōnan' (colonial Japanese name), 'Szingapúr' (Hungarian), 'Temasek' (Malay, Indonesian [archaic]), 'Sin-ka-pho' - 新加坡 (Minnan / Taiwanese), 'Singapūra' (Latvian), 'Σινγκαπούρη' - 'Singapouri' (Greek) 'Singeapór' (Irish), 'సింగపూర్' (Telugu), 'सिंगपुरः' (Sanskrit), 'სინგაპური' (Georgian), 'Cingapura' (Brazilian Portuguese)
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T

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| Tashkent
| 'Tachkent' (French), 'Taschkent' (German), 'Tashkent' - '' (Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian), 'Tashqand' (Arabic), 'Tasjkent' (Dutch, Swedish, Danish), 'Taskéndi' - ''Τασκένδη'' (Greek), 'Daşkənd' (Azeri), 'Taskent' (Hungarian, Italian), 'Taszkent' / 'Taszkient' (Polish), 'Taškenta' (Latvian), 'Taškent' (Slovak, Croatian, Serbian), 'Taşkent' (Romanian, Turkish), 'Taškentas' (Lithuanian),'Toshkent' (Estonian, Uzbek), তাশখন্দ or 'Tashkhond' (Bengali) 'Taiscint' (Irish), 'ტაშკენტი' (Georgian)
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| Tokyo
| 'Edo' / 'Yedo' (English [archaic]), 'Tokio' (Dutch, Finnish, Polish, German, Romanian, Spanish, English [archaic]), 'Tōkyō' - ''東京'' {''とうきょう''} (Japanese), 'Edo' - ''江戸'' {''えど''} (Japanese [archaic]), 'Donggyeong' - ''동경'' {''東京''} (Korean), 'Dokyo' - ''도쿄'' (Korean), 'Dōngjīng' - ''東京'' (Mandarin Chinese), 'Jiānghù' - ''江戶'' (Chinese [archaic]), 'Tang-kiaⁿ' - ''東京'' (Minnan / Taiwanese), 'Dùnggìng' - ''東京'' (Cantonese), 'Tokió' (Hungarian), 'Tokijo' (Serbian), 'Tokyo' / 'Đông Kinh' (Vietnamese), 'Tokyo' (Italian, Malay, Indonesian, Turkish), 'Tóquio' (Portuguese), 'Tόκυο' (Greek) 'Tóiceo' (Irish), 'โตเกียว' (Thai), 'ტოკიო' (Georgian)
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| Trabzon
| 'Trabzon' (Azeri, Romanian, Turkish), 'Trapizoni' - 'ტრაპიზონი' (Georgian), 'Trapezunt' (German, Finnish, Polish, former Russian and Romanian), 'Trapezúnda' - 'Τραπεζούντα' (Greek), 'Trebisonda' (Spanish, Italian, Portuguese), 'Trebizonda' (former Romanian alternative to 'Trapezunt'), 'Trébizonde' (French), 'Trebizon' (former variant in English), 'Տրապիզոն' (Armenian - Trapizon)
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U

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| Ulan Bator
| 'Ulán Bator' (Spanish), 'Oulan-Bator' (French), 'Ulaanbaatar' (Portuguese, Mongol Transliteration) 'Ulánbátar' (Irish) ,'Ulan Bator' (Italian), 'Ułan Bator', (Polish), 'ულან-ბატორი' (Georgian)
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V

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| Vientiane
| 'Vientiane' (Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swahili, Swedish), 'ວຽງຈັນ - Viangchan' (Lao), 'Vientián' (Spanish), 'Vientian' (Slovak), 'Viêng Chăn' (Vietnamese), 'Vientianas' (Lithuanian), '비안티안 - Biantian' (Korean), 'Wientian' (Polish), 'Viangchan' (Estonian), 'Вьентьян - V'ent'an' (Russian), 'Виентиан - Vientian' (Macedonian), 'ვიენტიანი' (Georgian). 'ヴィエンチャン - Vienchan' (Japanese)
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| Volgograd
| 'Volgogrado' (Spanish), 'Wołgograd' (Polish), 'ఓల్గోగ్రాడ్' (Telugu), 'ვოლგოგრადი' (Georgian)
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Y

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| Yekaterinburg
| 'Jekaterinenburg' (Dutch), 'Jekaterinburg' (Serbian, Finnish, German, Slovene, Swedish), 'Jekaterynburg' (Polish), 'Iekaterinbourg / Ekaterinbourg' (French), 'Ekaterinburg' (Romanian, Turkish), 'Caterimburgo' (Italian), 'Ekaterimburgo' (Spanish), 'Sverdlovsk' (former name),'Jekaterinburga' (Latvian), 'Jekaterinburgas' (Lithuanian), 'Αικατερινούπολις' - 'Ekaterinoupolis' (Greek - καθαρεύουσα), 'Jekatyerinburg' (Hungarian), 'ఏకటేరిన్ బేర్గ్' (Telugu), 'ეკატერინბურგი' (Georgian)
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| Yerevan
| 'Erewan' - ''Երևան'' (Armenian), 'Erevan' (French, English [rare], Portuguese variant, Romanian, Slovene), 'Ereván' (Spanish), 'Iravaan' (Persian), 'Erevāna' (Latvian), 'Erewań' (Polish), 'Erywań' (former Polish), 'Jerevan' (Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Slovak, Serbian (Latin), Swedish),'Ереван' (Russian, Ukrainian), 'Jереван' (Serbian),'Erivan' (Turkish), 'İrəvan' (Azeri), 'Jereván' (Hungarian), 'Jerevanas' (Lithuanian), 'Jerewan' / 'Eriwan' (Dutch, German), 'Yerevan' (Indonesian, Portuguese), 'Yirīfān' (Arabic), 'Υερεβάν' (Greek), 'యేరెవాన్' (Telugu), 'ერევანი' (Georgian)
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