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I feel, that 市の名前 as [name of the city] is somewhat unnatural, but I can not
explain to myself why I should use 都市の名前 instead. Jisho says that 市 is a noun
and no restriction to use it.

Maybe the problem is just in sounding?

For example, if we use 市の名前 it is ok in written text but in speech it becomes
[shi-no-namae] = [name of death] or [itchi-no-namae] = [name of one], and only
for that reason Japanese use 都市の名前 which produces nicely [toschi-no-mae] =
[city's name] = [name of city].

Is that logic right?
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Name of the city 都市の名前 vs 市の名前
To begin with, 都市 and 市 are different concepts, and they are usually **not**
interchangeable. Please read this first: [What is the difference between 市,
都市, 都会 and 市街](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/48973/5010)

市の名前 is a perfectly valid and natural expression as long as you know you are
actually referring to some 市. But when you don't know the name of a city, you
may not know if its really a 市, either, so 都市の名前 may be the more useful choice
in many situations. For example, New York and Paris are both undoubtedly 都市,
and I know New York is a 市, but I don't know if Paris is technically a 市...
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