Norman Darlo
We are all familiar with the names of the major cities of the world. Though some of their meanings are lost in the mists of time, the meanings of many more are clear to historians. Test your knowledge of this fascinating topic with this fun quiz and spread the fun by sharing your score below 🙂
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Answers correct per Wikipedia. Cover image: public domain.
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What is the meaning of ‘Los Angeles’?
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The angles
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The angels
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The Anglos
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What about Montreal?
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Mountain trail
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Real mountain
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Royal mountain
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Casablanca is the largest city in Morocco. What does it mean?
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White house
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Abode of peace
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City of sand
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Belgrade, capital of Serbia, has what meaning?
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White house
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White city
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Black city
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Quebec City’s population is more than 90% francophone. What is the meaning of its name?
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Where the river narrows
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Meeting of the waters
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Valley of no return
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Tel Aviv is Israel’s largest city. What does its name mean?
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Coastal dunes
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Orange grove
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Spring hill
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Vladivostok is a major port on Russia’s Pacific coast. What is its meaning?
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Impaler of the steppes
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Ruler of the east
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Coastal granary
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s largest city, has what meaning?
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Carnival of Janus
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River of January
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River of Celebration
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Dublin is Ireland’s capital; what was the meaning of its name originally?
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Ford of the wattle fence
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Grey river mud
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Black pool
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Beijing, formerly Peking, is mainland China’s capital. What is the meaning of its name?
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Northern capital
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Eastern capital
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Central capital
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My score was 4/10. The first question had the same answer option twice. Thankfully, the one I chose turned out to be the correct one.
Oops. Now I see it wasn’t exactly the same answer.
That was there just to trip up the trigger-happy! You did well, Lena, and thanks for playing 🙂
6/10 I only did well with the ones that come from romance and slavic languages. Very fun quiz!
That was several of them, Ellie 🙂 Thanks for playing!
7/10 here. I am happy with that! Great quiz, that was fun!
Well done, Kim! Thanks for playing 🙂
i missed 4 but learned something new! awesome quiz pal!
Glad you enjoyed, Scott! Thanks for participating 🙂
I only got 3 out of 10. Great quiz, by the way
I am happy you enjoyed it, Maria 🙂
Really interesting. My result 4 out of 10
It was a hard quiz, my friend! Thanks for playing 🙂
You got 2 out of 10 right!
Bad luck, I think, Snezana! Thanks for playing 🙂
Learnt a lot. Never thought of asking for meanings when I was travelling. 3 is a dismal number
I think it’s about the same score I would have got before I researched this, Grace! Thanks for playing 🙂
This was an interesting quiz and now I know the meaning of these cities. I got 4 right.
Glad you enjoyed the quiz, Rasma! Thank you for taking it 🙂
Great quiz and missed 3 Norman. Good to see you!
Always good to see you, mi amiga. You did well in a difficult quiz 🙂