Cities

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Using Cities

One could use local cities for names. Closely related or nearby cities could be used for clusters (such as Niagara and Syracuse) or others.

Africa

  • Johannesburg

Asia

  • Beijing
  • Shanghai

Japan

  • Chiba
  • Hiroshima
  • Nagasaki
  • Kobe
  • Kyoto
  • Nagoya
  • Nara
  • Okinawa
  • Osaka
  • Sapporo
  • Sendai
  • Tokyo
  • Yokohama

Australia

  • Adelaide
  • Brisbane
  • Canberra
  • Cains
  • Darwin
  • Hobart
  • Melbourne
  • Perth
  • Sydney

Europe

Cyprus

  • Larnaka
  • Limassol
  • Nicosia
  • Paphos
  • Pyla
  • Troodos

Greece

  • Abdera
  • Abydos
  • Acanthus
  • Acharnae
  • Aegina
  • Aegium
  • Aenus
  • Alexandria
  • Amphipolis
  • Andros
  • Aphidnae
  • Apollonia
  • Argos
  • Asine
  • Assus
  • Athens
  • Brauron
  • Byzantium – later Constantinople, Istanbul
  • Calchedon
  • Calydon
  • Carystus
  • Chalcis – chief city of Euboea
  • Cnidus
  • Corinth
  • Cyme
  • Cythera
  • Decelea
  • Delphi
  • Demetrias
  • Didyma
  • Dodona
  • Dyme
  • Eleusis
  • Elis
  • Ephesus
  • Eretria
  • Erythrae
  • Gortyn
  • Gortys
  • Halicarnassus
  • Heraclea
  • Hermione
  • Ialysus
  • Iassus
  • Ithaca
  • Lampsacus
  • Larissa
  • Lepreum
  • Lindus
  • Magnesia on the Maeander
  • Magnesia on the Sipylum
  • Mantinea
  • Marathon
  • Massilia – later Marseilles
  • Megalopolis
  • Megara
  • Messene
  • Methone
  • Miletus
  • Mylasa
  • Myndus
  • Mytilene
  • Naupactus
  • Nicopolis
  • Nysa
  • Oenoe
  • Olbia
  • Olympia
  • Olynthus
  • Oreus – northern Euboea
  • Oropus
  • Pagasae
  • Pandosia
  • Paros
  • Patrae
  • Pergamum
  • Perinthus
  • Phalerum
  • Pharae
  • Phlius
  • Pherae
  • Phocaea
  • Piraeus
  • Plataea
  • Potidaea
  • Pteleum
  • Pydna
  • Pylos
  • Rhamnus
  • Rhypes
  • Salamis
  • Same
  • Sestus
  • Sicyon
  • Sparta
  • Stagirus
  • Stymphalus
  • Syracuse
  • Tanagra
  • Tegea
  • Teos
  • Thebes – chief city of Boeotia
  • Therma
  • Thermum
  • Thespiae
  • Thoricus
  • Thyreum
  • Thyria
  • Trachis
  • Troy
  • Zacynthus

Netherlands

  • Amsterdam
  • Hoofddorp
  • Rotterdam
  • Zaandam

Portugal

  • Braga
  • Coimbra
  • Faro
  • Gaia
  • Lisboa
  • Porto
  • Viana

North America

Canada

  • Montreal
  • Ottawa
  • Regina
  • Saskatoon
  • Toronto
  • Vancouver
  • Victoria

United States

  • Amarillo
  • Atlanta
  • Austin
  • Baltimore
  • Birmingham
  • Boise
  • Boston
  • Boulder
  • Charlotte
  • Chicago
  • Cleveland
  • Columbia
  • Dallas
  • Denver
  • Des Moines
  • Detroit
  • Dubuque
  • El Paso
  • Fargo
  • Honolulu
  • Houston
  • Indianapolis
  • Laredo
  • Los Angeles
  • Las Vegas
  • Lincoln
  • Miami
  • Memphis
  • Milwaukee
  • Minneapolis
  • Nashville
  • New Orleans
  • New York
  • Oak Ridge
  • Oklahoma City
  • Omaha
  • Philidelphia
  • Phoenix
  • Placerville
  • Portland
  • Reno
  • Richmond
  • Rochester
  • San Antonio
  • San Francisco
  • San Diego
  • Santa Monica
  • Santa Rosa
  • Seattle
  • Sioux City
  • St. Louis
  • Tampa
  • Tula
  • Washington DC