Statistics for Cities from Literal Meaning

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Language	Literal Meaning	City	% Correct
Japanese	Eastern Capital	Tokyo	98%
Korean	Capital City	Seoul	97%
Chinese	Northern Capital	Beijing	96%
Icelandic	Smoky Bay	Reykjavík	90%
Japanese	Capital City	Kyoto	85%
Danish	Merchant's Harbour	Copenhagen	83%
Vietnamese	River Interior	Hanoi	83%
Portuguese	River of January	Rio de Janeiro	83%
Urdu	Abode of Islam	Islamabad	82%
Mongolian	The Red Hero	Ulaanbaatar	80%
Kazakh	Capital City	Astana	79%
Chinese	Fragrant Harbour	Hong Kong	77%
Serbian	White City	Belgrade	74%
Spanish	Fair Winds/Good Air	Buenos Aires	72%
Chinese	Southern Capital	Nanjing	70%
Russian	Rule of the East	Vladivostok	64%
Montenegrin	Under the Small Hill	Podgorica	63%
Portuguese	Beautiful Horizon	Belo Horizonte	57%
Burmese	Royal Capital/Abode of the King	Naypyidaw	57%
Korean	Cauldron Mountain	Busan	55%
Middle French	Mount Royal	Montreal	54%
Portuguese	New Port	Porto-Novo	52%
Amharic	New Flower	Addis Ababa	50%
Portuguese	Joyful Harbour	Porto Alegre	50%
Chinese	Western Peace	Xi'an	49%
Thai	New City	Chiangmai	24%
Bambara	Crocodile River/Tail	Bamako	17%
Arabic	The Islands	Algiers	16%
Greek	White City	Nicosia	16%
Fon	By the River of Death	Cotonou	10%