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MaRy
Member Since: 8/13/2012
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Post #1
Most iconic old name of city?
Some cities changed names multiple times, but which one had the most iconic name?
Constantinople (Istanbul)
Christiania (Oslo)
Leningrad (St. Petersburg)
New Amsterdam (New York)
Byzantium (Istanbul)
Nea Rome (Istanbul)
Chang'an (Xian)
Edo (Tokyo)
Alexandria Ariana (Herat)
Alexandria Eschate (Kojhand)
Alexandria Margiana (Merv)
Alexandria Arachosia (Kandahar)
Alexandria Oxiana (Ai Khanoum)
Bearbrass (Melbourne)
York (Toronto)
Stadacona (Quebec)
Pile O' Bones (Regina)
Frunze (Bishkek)
Tenochtitlan (Mexico)
Marakanda (Samarkand)
Stalingrad (Volgograd)
Aqua
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Post #2
Constantinople probably
Auburn
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Post #3
Peking, Canton, Calcutta
MaRy
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Post #4
Quote:
Originally posted by
Instinct
Constantinople probably
what about Queen Tenochtitlan?
TheLuckyOnes
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EDO
8thPrince
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Constantinople, Edo, and Peking
jax.
Banned
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Post #7
Constantinople and Byzantium def
cancer
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Post #8
Constantinople
Randall
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Post #9
Constantinople and Byzantium are cute.
Vagabond
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Post #10
Constantinople tbh
the song on Just Dance is a bop
Rama
Member Since: 4/10/2012
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Post #11
Tenochtitlan
Jotham
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Post #12
Probably Constantinople, followed by Tenochtitlan and Leningrad
I want to go to Istanbul (Constantinople) so much
MaRy
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Constantinople should be the official name, it's so much better than Istanbul
Same for Tenochtitlan and Mexico
Caesar
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Post #14
Constantinople
EOMM92
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Post #15
Quote:
Originally posted by
MaRy
what about Queen Tenochtitlan?
Isnt that Mexico City currently? If so, then yes
MaRy
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Post #16
Peking is not a name change, it's just a different transliteration for chinese... same for Kolkata
Oxygen
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Post #17
Constantinople (Istanbul) and Bombay (Mumbai)
HazelHyphen
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Post #18
Tbh its Krung Thep Mahanakhon amon Rattanakosin mahintara ayuthaya mahadilok phoP noppharat Ratchathani Burirom udomratchaniwet mahasathan amon piman awatan Sathit sakkathattiya witsanukam Prast
or Bangkok
Sabbath
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Post #19
Queen Tenochtitlan
Saeju
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Post #20
Is it Istanbul or Constantinople?
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