History of eponymous cities
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Of course, Cyropolis, the city of Cyrus, would be a good precedent.
Founded by Cyrus the Great in 544 BCE to mark the northeastern border of his Achaemenid empire.
The Wikipedia article is somewhat lacking, but Encyclopaedia Iranica mentions this:
The alternative name Kuréschata probably reflects Iranian *Kuru(š)-kaθa-, lit. “the (reinforced) settlement of Kuruš/Cyrus”
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