Statistics for Capitals by Etymology

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Hint	Region	Answer	% Correct
"Good airs"	Americas	Buenos Aires	95%
"Northern capital"	Asia	Beijing	73%
"City of Islam"	Asia	Islamabad	71%
"Red hero"	Asia	Ulaanbaatar	66%
"Eastern capital"	Asia	Tokyo	59%
"[Our Lady of] peace"	Americas	La Paz	54%
"Wind corner"	Africa	Windhoek	46%
"Wisdom"	Europe	Sofia	43%
"Meeting place" or "Woman's breasts"	Oceania	Canberra	26%
"Dark pool"	Europe	Dublin	25%
"To trade"	Americas	Ottawa	23%
"Place of the east wind"	Oceania	Honiara	20%
"The Vanquisher" or "The Conqueror"	Africa	Cairo	18%
"South passage" or "South land"	Oceania	South Tarawa	17%
"Place of fermented keyhole angelfish"	Oceania	Ngerulmud	14%
"Walling of the farmland" or "The Lady of the shining mountain"	Americas	Bogotá	11%
"[Area] below the little hill"	Europe	Podgorica	9%
"Cool [water]"	Africa	Nairobi	6%
"City of the palace"	Europe	Sarajevo	5%
"Broad"	Africa	Kigali	2%