Statistics for Capital City Etymologies

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Hint	Capital	% Correct
Named after the first President of the U.S.	Washington D.C.	99%
"Saint Joseph" in Spanish	San José	90%
According to legend, it was named after its first king after he killed his brother Remus	Rome	81%
Perhaps named after the goddess of wisdom (but more likely she is named for the city)	Athens	78%
"Fair Winds" in Spanish	Buenos Aires	72%
Named because of its position on the Cape of Good Hope	Cape Town	66%
In its own language its name means simply "capital", spelled 서울	Seoul	64%
Originally known as Edo, its name was changed to mean "Eastern Capital" in 1868	Tokyo	64%
"City of Islam"	Islamabad	58%
"The Peace" in Spanish	La Paz	58%
"Saint Thomas" in Portuguese	São Tomé	49%
Named after a victorious general at the Battle of Waterloo	Wellington	45%
Named after the fifth President of the U.S.	Monrovia	42%
From ancient Greek Σόφια, meaning "wisdom"	Sofia	39%
"Saint James" in Spanish	Santiago	36%
"Three Cities" in Greek	Tripoli	36%
Its current name, meaning "Red Hero", was given in 1924 after the country became communist	Ulaanbaatar	31%
Named after a local tribe, not a character from "The Iliad"	Paris	26%