Thank you. As I said, I’d wondered. The only correction I’d make is that many ancient cities such as Heliopolis and Neapolis, indeed the Acropolis, and tons of places that Alexander modestly named Alexandropolis are referred to in English with that suffix. Constantinople and, as you pointed out, Adrianople are exceptions. Your explanation makes sense and I appreciate receiving it
No worries.
When I moved yo Poland in 2010 I realized how many place names in English are just weird in light if their original names.
And, digging deeper into English’s messy origins tells one a lot about different words etymology