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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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A major political, economic, cultural, and scientific centre of Russia and Eastern Europe
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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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Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese
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Rio de Janeiro
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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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It is the second most populous metropolitan area in India, with a population of 21.3 million
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Mumbai
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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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Is viewed as a bridge between the East and West
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Istanbul
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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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Lies between the Hauraki Gulf of the Pacific Ocean to the east, the low Hunua Ranges
to the south-east, the Manukau Harbour to the south-west
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Auckland
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Wikipedia: the source that anyone can write.
Articles on more niche subjects should be regarded with great cynicism, though. Those are often poorly sourced and nobody catches when they get altered by someone with bias.
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 :)