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Famous as the home of Hollywood, a major center of the world entertainment industry
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Los Angeles
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The city's early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans, and Sabines
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Rome
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In the time of Ivan III, the Red Square appeared
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Moscow
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The territory has the largest number of skyscrapers in the world, most surrounding Victoria Harbour
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Hong Kong
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It is also the largest city in the Maghreb region
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Casablanca
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Its low elevation on the Nile delta makes it highly vulnerable to rising sea levels
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Alexandria
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Originally called Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal
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Montreal
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Where the Royal Observatory, Greenwich defines the Prime Meridian, 0° longitude
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London
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Was the first city targeted by a nuclear weapon
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Hiroshima
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Was at the heart of the modernization of Siam
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Bangkok
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The sinking of the U.S. battleship Maine in the harbor in 1898 was the immediate cause of the Spanish–American War
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Havana
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Can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs"
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Buenos Aires
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German: München; Austro-Bavarian: Minga; Polish: Monachium
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Munich
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Outgrew its original purpose as the first European outpost at the Castle of Good Hope
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Cape Town
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Lieutenant James Cook, after leaving Botany Bay, saw the entrance to Port Jackson
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Sydney
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In 1992, the city hosted the Summer Olympics
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Barcelona
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Modern scholars now generally agree that the goddess takes her name from the city
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Athens
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Renowned for its Lujiazui skyline, and museums and historic buildings, such as those along The Bund
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Shanghai
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Some time in the 5th century, the Kaaba was a place of worship for the deities of Arabia's pagan tribes
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Mecca
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Making them the world's second-closest pair of capital cities after Rome and Vatican City
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Kinshasa
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Pretty sure that yellow box got me a few times as well.
probably there are more names that derive from the word for monk but i cant think of any from the top of my head. Monaco isnt one of them though, despite the coincidences :)