List of city name changes

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This is a list of cities which changed their name over the course of history.

see also: Names of European cities in different languages.

Contents

[edit] Afghanistan

[edit] Algeria

  • Ikosium → Icosium → Algiers
  • Géryville → El-Bayadh
  • Cirta → Constantine
  • Hippo Regius → Bône → Annaba
  • Rusicade → Philippeville → Skikda
  • Castellum Tingitanum → Orléansville → El Asnam → Chlef
  • Malaca → Calama → Guelma
  • Colomb-Béchar → Béchar
  • Saint André de Mers-el-Kébir → Mers-el-Kébir

[edit] Argentina

  • La Plata → Ciudad Eva Perón → La Plata

[edit] Armenia

See List of renamed cities in Armenia

[edit] Australia

[edit] Azerbaijan

See List of renamed cities in Azerbaijan

[edit] Belarus

See List of renamed cities in Belarus

[edit] Belgium

[edit] Bosnia and Hercegovina

[edit] Brunei

[edit] Bulgaria

[edit] Canada

[edit] British Columbia

[edit] Manitoba

[edit] New Brunswick

[edit] Nunavut

[edit] Ontario

[edit] Prince Edward Island

[edit] Québec

[edit] Saskatchewan

[edit] China


[edit] Colombia

  • Bacatá → Santa Fe de Bacatá → Bogotá → Santa Fe de Bogotá → Bogotá
  • Obando → Puerto Inírida → Inirida
  • Cartagena de Indias → Cartagena
  • Patriarca San José → Cucúta → San José de Cucúta → Cucúta
  • Valle de Upar Ciudad de los Santos Reyes de Valledupar Valle Dupar Valledupar
  • Nuestra Señora Santa María de los Remedios del Cabo de la Vela Nuestra Señora de los Remedios del Río de la Hacha Riohacha
  • Barbudo → Santiago de Sompayón → Tamalameque → Santiago de Sompayón Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de El Banco → El Banco
  • San Jerónimo de Buenavista → Pereira
  • Apiay → Villavicencio
  • Pueblo Viejo →San Francisco de Quibdó → Quibdó
  • San Bonifacio de Ibagué del valle de las Lanzas → Ibagué
  • San Antonio → Leticia
  • Santa Cruz de Pizarro → Santa Cruz de San José → Sitionuevo → Sitio Nuevo

[edit] Congo, Democratic Republic (Belgian Kongo, Zaire)

A number of places became cities under a Belgian colonial name, or rather two: in Dutch and French (the Belgian official languages), but were later renamed, such as:

[edit] Croatia

[edit] Czech Republic

[edit] Dominican Republic

[edit] Egypt

Many cities had Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Latin names

  • Syene → Aswan
  • Iunyt, Ta-senet → Latopolis → Laton → Lato → Esna

[edit] Estonia

See List of renamed cities in Estonia


[edit] France

Most cities had an ancient name, usually in Latin, often of older Celtic origin

[edit] Germany

see also List of cities and towns in East Prussia for towns now in Poland, Russia or Lithuania

[edit] Greece

[edit] Georgia

See List of renamed cities in Georgia

[edit] Hungary

[edit] India

[edit] Indonesia

[edit] Iran

[edit] Ireland

During the British occupation, many town names in Ireland were changed. These reverted to their Irish originals following independence.

[edit] Israel

[edit] Italy

From history, most Italian cities have Latin names, some have Greek or Etruscan names.

[edit] Japan

[edit] Kazakhstan

See List of renamed cities in Kazakhstan

[edit] Korea

[edit] Kyrgyzstan

See List of renamed cities in Kyrgyzstan

[edit] Lebanon

[edit] Lithuania

see also List of cities and towns in East Prussia

See List of renamed cities in Lithuania

[edit] Libya

[edit] Malaysia

[edit] Montenegro

[edit] Morocco

[edit] Mozambique

  • Lourenço Marques → Maputo

[edit] Myanmar

[edit] Netherlands

[edit] Norway

  • Oslo → Christiania → Kristiania →Oslo
  • Kaupangen → Nidaros → Trondhjem → Nidaros → Trondheim
  • Fredrikshald → Halden

[edit] Paraguay

[edit] Poland

see also List of cities and towns in East Prussia

[edit] Portugal

[edit] Romania

[edit] Russia

see also List of cities and towns in East Prussia

See List of renamed cities and towns in Russia

[edit] Serbia

[edit] Singapore

[edit] Slovakia

  • Kaschau → Kassa Košice
  • Pressburg, Pozsony → Bratislava
  • Besztercebánya → Banská Bystrica

[edit] Slovenia

  • Egida → Capris → Justinopolis → Caput Histriae → Koper
  • Laibach → Ljubljana

[edit] South Africa

[edit] Spain

[edit] Syria

[edit] Tajikistan

See List of renamed cities in Tajikistan

[edit] Turkey

Many cities were founded by the Ancient Greeks or their contemporaries, and renamed by the Romans, and later again by Muslim Turks

[edit] European (Eastern Thrace)

[edit] Anatolia (Asia Minor)

[edit] Turkmenistan

See List of renamed cities in Turkmenistan

[edit] Ukraine

See List of renamed cities in Ukraine

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] England

[edit] Northern Ireland

  • Doire → Derry → Londonderry → Londonderry or Derry

[edit] Scotland

[edit] United States

[edit] Uzbekistan

See List of renamed cities in Uzbekistan

[edit] Vietnam

  • Tourane -> Đà Nẵng (Danang)
  • Tống Bình → Long Đỗ → Đại La → Thăng Long → Đông Đô → Đông Kinh → Bắc Thành → Thăng Long → Hà Nội (Hanoi)
  • Hai Pho → Faifo → Hội An (Hoi An)
  • Prey Nokor → Gia Ðịnh → Saigon → Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh (Ho Chi Minh City)
  • Phu Xuan → Huế (Hue)
  • Ke Van → Ke Vinh → Vinh Giang → Vinh Doanh → Vinh Thi → Vinh

[edit] Zimbabwe (former (Southern) Rhodesia)

[edit] Sources and References

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This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
  • Westermann, Groβer Atlas zur Weltgeschichte (in German)
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