Interesting facts about capital cities and historical facts: 1. London:The founder of this city was “King Lood”. In 17th BC, King Lud developed a city and named it as “sear Lud” ( meaning Lud’s city). Afterwards, the city name was changed by the kings to “Sear Ludeun”. After some time, the Romans used to call it by the name as “Landineum”. After some years the name “London’’ was fixed and the same name is being continued. 2. Addis Ababa: Capital of Ethiopia . In native language, the meaning of the capital name is “new flower”. It is said that in the half of the 20th century, the wife of the Emperor Menilek suggested this name. In Spanish language, the meaning of Addis Ababa is “heaven”. 3. Havana: The capital of “Cuba”. It derived its name from the name of “Habaguevanex”, the leader of “Torino” people. 4. Bhagyanagaram: presently it is being called as “Hyderabad”, the capital of “Andhrapradesh”, a southern state in India. Bhagyanagaram derived its name from the name of “Bhagyamati”, a noble royal lady of kingdom of Hyderabad , lived in 17th century. 5. City of Seven Hills: There are two cities bearing this name. A. Rome: Capital of Italy. B. Tirumala: The famous Hindu pilgrimage centre in the state of Andhra Pradesh, in South India, It is the abode of Sri Lord Venkateswara and is regarded as the richest pilgrimage centre, next to Vatican City. … [Read more...]