Three Capital cities named after rivers

Amsterdam: Derived from Amstellerdam, meaning “A Dam on the Amstel River” in Dutch. The Amstel’s name is derived from Aeme stelle, old Dutch for “area abounding with water”.

Minsk: The Old East Slavic name of the town was Мѣньскъ (i.e. Měnsk < Early Proto-Slavic or Late Indo-European Mēnĭskŭ), derived from a river name Měn (< Mēnŭ, with the same etymology as German Main; from Latin Moenus or Menus).

Moscow: The city is named after the river (old Russian: гра́д Моско́в, literally “the city by the Moskva River”).

 

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