Sorry Hellenes, but there is plenty of places in the world that are named after the conquours far after the time that the conquours have left.

Just check out the Commonwealth Nations of the world and you will find plenty of colonial names from Britain, France and the Netherlands.

New Zealand... that is named after an area in the Netherlands.

I have never heard a Dutch man complain about that.

Likewise the inverse is true, just because Melbourne in Australia has a large Greek speaking and Greek ethnic group it does not make Melbourne part of Greece.

Name Adm. C C 2001-03-18 f
1 Athínai ATT 745,514
2 Thessaloníki MAK 363,987
3 Piraiévs ATT 175,697
4 Pátrai PEL 161,114
5 Peristérion ATT 137,918
6 Iráklion KRI 133,012
7 Lárisa THE 124,786
8 Kallithéa ATT 109,609
9 Níkaia ATT 93,086
10 Kalamariá MAK 87,255