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Or English speakers calling München Munich.
But you must admit, that for English speaker not only the Ü , but also the CH are really big challenges. I feel like they done their best with Munich here.
But anyways, I would be in favor of changing it for the original upper bavarian "MINGA"
The first record mentioning Munic says that it’s called “forum apud Munichen” (1158). So “Munich” is just a case where an old world survived the centuries in exile, while the people living nearby changed it around.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnchen#Etymologie
Both have the same ‚distance‘ to Munichen albeit changing differently. The English pronunciation is an abomination though. Moon-Jen would be preferable from my POV.
The closest you can comfortably pronounce it in English would be something like Moonkin, so Munich is probably for the best.
Boomken
Cöln -> Cologne
There's a few in that region.
Aix-la-Chapelle -> Aachen Liège -> Luik -> Lüttich Gand -> Ghent or Gent?