curl -O http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/countryInfo.txt
curl -O http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/admin1CodesASCII.txt
curl -O http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/cities15000.zip
unzip cities15000.zip
./geonames_cities_sqlite.pl geonames.sqlite3 \
    countryInfo.txt cities15000.txt admin1CodesASCII.txt

sqlite> SELECT * FROM geoname_fulltext WHERE longname MATCH '"paris*"' ORDER BY population DESC;   
2988507|Paris, Ile-de-France, France|Paris|Ile-de-France|France|2138551|48.85341|2.3488|Europe/Paris
4717560|Paris, Texas, United States|Paris|Texas|United States|25171|33.66094|-95.55551|America/Chicago
3023645|Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Ile-de-France, France|Cormeilles-en-Parisis|Ile-de-France|France|21973|48.97111|2.20491|Europe/Paris
3725276|Fond Parisien, Ouest, Haiti|Fond Parisien|Ouest|Haiti|18256|18.50583|-71.97667|America/Port-au-Prince
sqlite> 

[
   {
      "id":5392171,
      "value":"San Jose, California, United States",
      "admin1":"California",
      "asciiname":"San Jose",
      "country":"United States",
      "latitude":37.33939,
      "longitude":-121.89496,
      "timezone":"America\/Los_Angeles",
      "population":945942,
      "tokens":[
         "San",
         "Jose",
         "California",
         "United",
         "States"
      ]
   },
   {
      "id":1689395,
      "value":"San Jose del Monte, Central Luzon, Philippines",
      "admin1":"Central Luzon",
      "asciiname":"San Jose del Monte",
      "country":"Philippines",
      "latitude":14.81389,
      "longitude":121.04528,
      "timezone":"Asia\/Manila",
      "population":357828,
      "tokens":[
         "San",
         "Jose",
         "del",
         "Monte",
         "Central",
         "Luzon",
         "Philippines"
      ]
   },
   {
      "id":3621849,
      "value":"San Jose, Costa Rica",
      "admin1":"San Jose",
      "asciiname":"San Jose",
      "country":"Costa Rica",
      "latitude":9.93333,
      "longitude":-84.08333,
      "timezone":"America\/Costa_Rica",
      "population":335007,
      "tokens":[
         "San",
         "Jose",
         "Costa",
         "Rica"
      ]
   }
]