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Kyonggi
Kyŏnggi, South Korea A province meaning ‘Near the Capital’ from kyŏng ‘capital’; the provincial capital is also the national capital, Seoul. However, the name could mean ‘Royal Capital’ from ki ‘royal domain’, the ki becoming gi... Read more |
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Quezon City
Quezon City city (1990 pop. 1,669,776), former capital of the Republic of the Philippines, central Luzon, a part of the Manila metropolitan area. A suburb of Manila, taken separately it would be the most populous city in the Philippines. It is chiefly residential but has some diversified light... Read more |
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Kinki
Kinki, Honshū/Japan Kansai A region whose name means ‘Near to the Imperial Capital’ from kin ‘proximity’ and ki ‘imperial capital’, a reference to the fact that the area is close to the former imperial capital of Kyōto. Its former name meant... Read more |
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Zomba
Zomba, Malawi Founded in 1885 with a Nyanja name meaning ‘Locust’. It lies on the lower slopes of Mt Zomba. It was the capital of Malawi in 1966–75.... Read more |
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Utsunomiya
Utsunomiya, Honshū/Japan A town with several old temples, the name is derived from the characters representing u ‘roof’ or ‘house’, tsu ‘capital’, no, the possessive, and miya ‘Shinto temple’. The city developed around a temple to become... Read more |
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Pretoria
Pretoria , city (1991 pop. 667,700), Gauteng, administrative capital of South Africa and formerly capital of Transvaal . Pretoria is now part of the Tshwane metropolitan municipality, and in 2005 the metropolitan council voted to rename Pretoria Tshwane, an action not yet approved by the central... Read more |
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