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List of city name changes

List of city name changes is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of city name changes rather than just read about it. In short: 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. see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States Afghanistan Alexandria Ariana → Herat Alexandria Arachosia → Kandahar Alexandria in O…

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Reference excerpt

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

Afghanistan Alexandria Ariana → Herat Alexandria Arachosia → Kandahar Alexandria in Opiania → Ghazni Alexandria on the Oxus → Ai-Khanoum Bactra → Balkh Adina Pur → Jalalabad

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 Saldae → Bougie → Béjaïa Fort Laperrine → Tamanrasset

Angola

Argentina La Plata → Ciudad Eva Perón (1952) → La Plata (1955) Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María del Buen Aire → Buenos Aires

Armenia

Australia

New South Wales Blackman's Flat → Orange Currajong → Bushman's → Parkes Dumbletown → Beverly Hills Germanton → Holbrook Mayday Hills → Beechworth

Northern Territory Port Darwin → Palmerston → Darwin Stuart → Alice Springs

Queensland Limestone Station → Ipswich

South Australia Hummock Hill → Whyalla Mobilong → Murray Bridge

Tasmania Emu Bay → Burnie

Victoria Ballaarat → Ballarat Bearbrass → Melbourne Belfast → Port Fairy Bendigo's Creek → Sandhurst → Bendigo Bryan Creek Crossing → Coleraine Emerald Hill → South Melbourne Flooding Creek → Sale McGuire's Punt → Sheppardtown → Shepparton

Western Australia Newcastle → Toodyay

Austria Fucking → Fugging (1836) Fucking → Fugging (2021) Mattersdorf → Mattersburg (1926)

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Belarus

Belgium Charnoy → Charleroi (1666)

Bolivia Charará → General Eugenio Alejandrino Garay (1955) Fortín General Camacho / Fortín López de Filippis → Mariscal José Félix Estigarribia (1944)

Botswana Gaberones → Gaborone (1969)

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosanska Dubica → Kozarska Dubica (1992) Bosanska Gradiška → Gradiška Bosanska Kostajnica → Kostajnica Bosanski Brod → Brod Bosanski Novi → Novi Grad Bosanski Šamac → Šamac Bosansko Petrovo Selo → Petrovo Delminium → Županjac → Županj-potok → Županjac → Duvno → Tomislavgrad → Duvno → Tomislavgrad Drvar → Titov Drvar (1981) → Drvar (1991) Hvoča → Foča → Srbinje → Foča Novi Travnik → Pucarevo (1980 - 1992) → Novi Travnik Skender Vakuf → Kneževo Široki Brig → Lištica (1952 - 1992) → Široki Brijeg

Brazil Adolfo Konder → Vidal Ramos Embu → Embu das Artes Felisberto Caldeira → São Gonçalo do Rio Preto Hamônia → Ibirama Hansa Humboldt → Corupá Jabaeté → Viana Neu-Zürich → Dalbérgia → Neu Breslau → Presidente Getúlio Nossa Senhora do Desterro → Florianópolis (1893) Nova Danzig → Cambé Palmira → Santos Dumont Filipeia de Nossa Senhora das Neves → Paraíba → João Pessoa Porto dos Casais → Porto Alegre Presidente Soares → Alto Jequitibá Lugar de Barra → Manaus (1832) → São José da Barra do Rio Negro (1848) → Manaus (1856) São José del Rey → Tiradentes (1889) Veado → Siqueira Campos → Guaçuí Vila do Espírito Santo → Vila Velha Vila Nova do Espírito Santo → Vitória Vila Rica → Ouro Preto São Salvador → Bahia → Salvador

Brunei Brunei Town (Bandar Brunei) → Bandar Seri Begawan (1970) Brooketon → Muara Padang Berawa → Seria

Bulgaria Ratiaria → Archar Asenovgrad → Stanimaka → Asenovgrad (1934) Scaptopara → Cuma-i Bala (Yukarı Cuma) → Gorna Dzhumaya → Blagoevgrad Orhanie → Botevgrad Pyrgos → Burgaz →Burgas Hadzhioglu Pazardzhik → Tolbukhin (1949) → Dobrich (1990) Dupniche → Marek → Stanke Dimitrov → Dupnitsa Nevrokop → Gotse Delchev Ortaköy → Ivailovgrad Pautalia → Velbazhd → Köstendil → Kyustendil Golyama Kutlovitsa → Kutlofça → Ferdinand (1890)→ Mihailovgrad (1945) → Montana (1993) Mesembria → Misivri→ Nesebar Tatar Pazardzhik → Pazardzhik Kendros (Kendrisos/Kendrisia) → Odryssa → Eumolpia → Philipopolis → Trimontium → Ulpia → Flavia → Julia → Paldin/Ploudin → Poulpoudeva → Filibe → Plovdiv Anchialos → Tuthom → Anhyolu → Anhialo → Pomorie Ruschuk (Rusčuk) → Rousse Şumnu → Shumen → Kolarovgrad (1950) → Shumen (1965) Durostorum → Dorostol → Drastar → Silistre → Silistra Bashmakli → Ahiçelebi → Smolyan Serdica → Sredets → Triaditsa → Sofya →Sofia Beroe → Vereya (Beroya) → Ulpia Augusta Trajana → Irinopolis → Boruy → Vereya → Eski Zağra → Zheleznik → Stara Zagora Golyamo Konare → Saedinenie Eski Dzhumaia (Eski Cuma) → Targovishte Vassiliko → Tsarevo → Michurin → Tsarevo Odesos → Varna → Stalin (1949)→ Varna (1956) Tarnovgrad → Tarnovo → Tırnova → Tarnovo → Veliko Tarnovo Bononia → Bdin → Vidin

Canada

Alberta Hobbema → Maskwacis

British Columbia Fort George → Prince George Fort Camosun → Fort Victoria → Victoria Westbank → West Kelowna Granville → Vancouver ch’átlich → Sechelt

Manitoba Prince of Wales Fort → Churchill

New Brunswick Fort LaTour → Saint John Léger Corner → Dieppe Ste. Anne's Point → Fredericton

Nunavut Frobisher Bay → Iqaluit Repulse Bay → Naujaat

Ontario Hens and Chickens Harbour → Collingwood New Johnstown → Cornwall Rat Portage → Kenora Fort Frontenac → Kingston Ebytown → Berlin → Kitchener (see Berlin to Kitchener name change) Newark → Niagara-on-the-Lake Bytown → Ottawa Scott's Plains → Peterborough Shipman's Corners → St. Catharines Sainte-Anne-des-Pins → Sudbury → Greater Sudbury Fort Rouillé → Toronto → York → Toronto Aqueduct → Merritsville → Welland

Prince Edward Island Port la Joie → Charlottetown

Québec Asbestos → Val-des-Sources Hochelaga → Ville-Marie → Mont-Royal → Montreal Hull → Gatineau

Saskatchewan Oskana (Romanized as Wascana) → Regina Prussia → Leader

Central African Republic Gribingui → Fort-Crampel → Crampel → Kaga-Bandoro Fort-Brusseaux → Markounda

Chad

Faya → Largeau → Faya-Largeau → Faya (proposed) Fort Archambault → Sarh Fort-Foureau → Kousséri Fort Lamy → N'Djamena

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Example 1 — a first encounter with List of city name changes

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Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to List of city name changes before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about List of city name changes ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of List of city name changes

In research: List of city name changes appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of city name changes in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of city name changes is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics City name changes, Lists by country, Lists of cities by toponymy, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for List of city name changes outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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