This isn't specific to Paris. It seems http://geoname-lookup.ubuntu.com does not support substrings at all, I tried "Londo", "Berli", "Augsb", etc. But it does seem to cut on non-ASCII Unicode characters, which is even worse: E. g. http://geoname-lookup.ubuntu.com/?query=Berl delivers "Berlīne".
This isn't specific to Paris. It seems http:// geoname- lookup. ubuntu. com does not support substrings at all, I tried "Londo", "Berli", "Augsb", etc. But it does seem to cut on non-ASCII Unicode characters, which is even worse: E. g. http:// geoname- lookup. ubuntu. com/?query= Berl delivers "Berlīne".