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| Toronto |
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Location | 2008 Summer Olympics |
Toronto (, colloquially pronounced or ) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth-most populous municipality in...
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| Istanbul |
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City/Town | 2008 Summer Olympics |
Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other names of Istanbul) is Europe's most populous city (the world's 3rd largest city proper) and Turkey's cultural and financial center. The city covers 27 districts of the Istanbul...
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| Osaka |
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City/Town | 2008 Summer Olympics |
is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū.
The city is the capital of Osaka Prefecture. Often dubbed the second city of Japan, Osaka was historically the commercial...
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| Paris |
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City/Town | 2008 Summer Olympics |
Paris ( in English; in French) is the capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the River Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region (also known as the "Paris Region"; ). The city of Paris within...
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| Vancouver, British Columbia |
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Location | 1980 Winter Olympics |
Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is bounded by the Strait of Georgia, the Fraser River, the Coast Mountains, and the city of Burnaby. Vancouver is named after...
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| Östersund |
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City/Town | 2002 Winter Olympics |
Östersund (, "Åstersånn") is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth largest lake, Storsjön,...
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| Quebec City |
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Location | 2002 Winter Olympics |
Quebec City (French: Ville de Québec, or simply Québec) ( or ) is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second largest city in the province, after Montreal. Quebec City is about...
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| Sydney |
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City/Town | 2000 Summer Olympics |
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.28 million (2006 estimate). It is the state capital of New South Wales, and the site of the first British colony in Australia, established in 1788...
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| Beijing |
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Location | 2000 Summer Olympics |
Beijing (Chinese: ) is a city in northern China and the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipalities of the PRC, which are equivalent to provinces in China's administrative structure. Beijing is one of the Four...
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| Berlin |
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Location | 2000 Summer Olympics |
Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million in its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city. It is the second most populous city and the ninth most populous urban area in the European...
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| Manchester |
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Location | 2000 Summer Olympics |
Mancunian (or Mancs) is a dialect, and the name given to the people of Manchester, England, and surrounding areas within Greater Manchester.
The dialect itself differs to other Northern English dialects. This is most noticeable with words ending in...
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| Lyon |
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Location | 1920 Summer Olympics |
||-||}Lyon, also known as Lyons in English, is a city in east-central France. Its name is pronounced in French and or in English. Lyon is the third-largest French city, the first being Paris and the second Marseille. It is a major centre of...
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| Amsterdam |
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Location | 1920 Summer Olympics |
Amsterdam (pronounced ) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country. The city, which had a population of 747,290 on 1 January 2008, comprises the northern part of the...
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| Detroit |
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Location | 1952 Summer Olympics |
Detroit (, pronounced ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Wayne County. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwest region of the United States. Located north of Windsor, Ontario, Detroit is the...
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| Los Angeles |
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City/Town | 1952 Summer Olympics |
Los Angeles (, in Spanish) is the largest city in the state of California and the second largest in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated an alpha world city and has an estimated...
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| Minneapolis-St. Paul |
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Location | 1952 Summer Olympics |
Minneapolis-Saint Paul is the most populous urban area in the state of Minnesota, United States, and is composed of 188 cities and townships. Built around the Mississippi, Minnesota and St. Croix rivers, the area is also nicknamed the Twin Cities...
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| Philadelphia |
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Location | 1952 Summer Olympics |
Philadelphia , commonly referred to as Philly but officially and formally the City of Philadelphia, is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the sixth most populous city in the United States. It is the fifth largest metropolitan area by population in...
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| Chicago |
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Location | 1952 Summer Olympics |
Chicago is the largest city by population in the state of Illinois and the Midwest, and a dominant center of finance, industry and culture in the region. The city during much of its history was known informally as America's "Second City." It is...
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| Helsinki |
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Location | 1952 Summer Olympics |
Helsinki (in Finnish; ), or Helsingfors (in Swedish; ) is the capital and largest city of Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is 569,892 (31...
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| Åre |
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City/Town | Östersund | 1994 Winter Olympics |
Åre (pronounced ore-eh) is a skiing resort (pop. 1,300) in Åre Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden. It is not the seat of the municipality, which is Järpen.
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