List of city name changes

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This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time.

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see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States

Afghanistan

Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Belarus

Belgium

Bolivia

Botswana

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Brunei

Bulgaria

Canada

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Nunavut

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Québec

Saskatchewan

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

†Name change in English due to replacement of postal romanization with the pinyin system. The Chinese name is unchanged.

Colombia

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo

Croatia

Czech Republic

Dominican Republic

Egypt

Many cities had Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Latin names

Equatorial Guinea

Estonia

Eswatini

Finland

France

See also List of French cities renamed during the Revolution  [ fr ]

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

The Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Greenland

Guyana

Hong Kong

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Iran

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Libya

Lithuania

Madagascar

Malawi

Mauritius

Malaysia

Mexico

Republic of Moldova

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

In many cases, the English name of the city changed due to different romanization systems, while the Burmese native remained unchanged.

Namibia

Netherlands

North Korea

†Japanese name during Korea under Japanese rule (1910–1945). The Korean name is unchanged.

North Macedonia

Norway

Pakistan

Peru

Paraguay

Philippines

Poland

1 Cities in western Poland whose names were changed when Poland gained independence from Germany in 1918.
2 German cities from 1918 to 1939 that became part of Poland after 1945.

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Seychelles

Singapore

Name change in English due to replacement of older romanization methods with the pinyin system. The Chinese name is unchanged.

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

South Korea

†Japanese name during Korea under Japanese rule (1910–1945). The Korean name is unchanged.
‡Name change in English due to replacement McCune-Reischauer with the Revised Romanization method in 2000. The Korean name is unchanged.

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan

†Chinese name unchanged.

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

United Kingdom

England

Scotland

Northern Ireland

United States

Alaska

Arizona

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois

[7]

Iowa

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

*Name used by the United States Board on Geographic Names from 1891 to 1911. The name used by the city in its official documents and on its seal was unchanged.

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Vietnam

Zambia

Zimbabwe

See also

Sources and references

  1. ↑ "Ballarat History". Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "City of Melbourne - History and heritage". Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Službene stranice Općine Novi Travnik - O Novom Travniku". www.ont.gov.ba.
  4. ↑ "Repulse Bay to officially change name to Naujaat July 2 | CBC News".
  5. ↑ "Fisher Fields".
  6. ↑ "Службен весник на НРМ, 31/36" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "Name Index to Illinois Local Governments". Illinois State Archive. Springfield, Illinois: Illinois Secretary of State . Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Robbinsville History". www.robbinsville-twp.org. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Handbook of Texas". Tshaonline.org. 11 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  10. ↑
  11. ↑ "Between the Forks | Irving, TX - Official Website". City of Irving – Irving Archives.
  12. ↑ Spanish Texas, Texas State Historical Society: The Handbook of Texas Online
  13. ↑ Patoski, Joe Nick "It's Just Different Here", Preservation , July/August 2010, page 38
  14. ↑ Laura Arksey (3 October 2009), "Spokane Falls (later renamed Spokane) is incorporated as a first-class city on November 29, 1881.", HistoryLink , Seattle: History Ink, The original Act of Incorporation spelled the city's name correctly, but the territorial printing office incorrectly spelled it as Spokan Falls, a phonetic spelling that was used elsewhere during the period, including on the 1880 census. This spelling was also used for Spokane's first newspaper, the Spokan Times.
  15. ↑ "Name changes and rows".

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