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SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
List Of European Countries By Area: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_area
Tirana: http://www.worldmayor.com/worldmayor_2004/tirana_history.html
Andorra: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/how-did-andorra-get-its-name.html
Yerevan: http://traveltoarmenia.am/history-of-yerevan/147/
Vienna: https://www.etymonline.com/word/vienna
Baku: http://www.window2baku.com/eng/9002toponimbaku.htm
Minsk: http://minsksssf.blogspot.com/2013/07/etymology-and-historical-names.html
Brussels: https://www.etymonline.com/word/brussels
Sarajevo: https://www.sarajevotimes.com/read-how-some-cities-in-bih-got-their-names/
Sofia: https://www.etymonline.com/word/sofia
Zagreb: https://www.croatiaweek.com/how-croatian-cities-towns-got-their-names/
Nicosia: http://kypros.org/Cyprus/nicosia.html
Prague: https://www.etymonline.com/word/prague
Copenhagen: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Copenhagen#etymonline_v_28873
Tallinn: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Tallinn#etymonline_v_49426
Helsinki: https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Helsinki
Paris: https://www.etymonline.com/word/paris
Tbilisi: https://geohistory.today/tbilisi/
Berlin: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Berlin#etymonline_v_11059
Athens: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Athena?ref=etymonline_crossreference
Budapest: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Budapest#etymonline_v_27474
Reykjavik: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Reykjavik#etymonline_v_37311
Dublin: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Dublin#etymonline_v_25812
Rome: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Rome#etymonline_v_15182
Nur-Sultan: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47638619
Pristina: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pristina
Riga: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riga
Vaduz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_capital_city_name_etymologies
Vilnius: http://regionai.stat.gov.lt/en/vilniaus_apskritis/vilniaus_miesto_savivaldybe.html
Luxembourg City: https://www.etymonline.com/word/luxembourg
Valletta: http://mymalta.guide/other-landmarks/monument-to-jean-de-valette
Chișinău: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi%C8%99in%C4%83u#Etymology
Monaco City: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/how-did-monaco-get-its-name.html
Podgorica: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podgorica
Amsterdam: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Amsterdam#etymonline_v_37927
Hague: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Hague#etymonline_v_34258
Skopje: https://www.britannica.com/place/North-Macedonia/History#ref476734
Oslo: https://www.etymonline.com/word/oslo
Warsaw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw#Etymology_and_names
Lisbon: http://www.lisbon-guide.info/about/history_lisbon
Bucharest: http://www.fareaway.com/2009/02/bucharest-the-capital-of-romania-named-after-a-shepherd-called-bucur/all/1/
Moscow: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Moscow#etymonline_v_32526
San Marino: https://catholicexchange.com/st-marinus
Belgrade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Belgrade#Etymology
Bratislava: https://www.etymonline.com/word/bratislava
Ljubljana: https://izi.travel/en/5a08-the-origin-of-the-name-ljubljana/en
Madrid: https://theculturetrip.com/europe/spain/articles/the-story-of-how-madrid-got-its-name/
Stockholm: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Stockholm#etymonline_v_22107
Bern: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Bern#etymonline_v_27040
Ankara: https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/9062/on-the-etymology-of-ankara-phrygian-%E1%BC%8C%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B1
Kiev: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Kiev#etymonline_v_35295
London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGCe_hCer-4
Vatican: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Vatican#etymonline_v_4661