List of city name changes

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

see also: Names of European cities in different languages.

Contents 1 Afghanistan 2 Algeria 3 Argentina 4 Belgium 5 Bosnia and Hercegovina 6 Brunei 7 Canada 7.1 British Columbia 7.2 Manitoba 7.3 New Brunswick 7.4 Nunavut 7.5 Ontario 7.6 Prince Edward Island 7.7 Québec 7.8 Saskatchewan 8 China 9 Croatia 10 Czech Republic 11 Egypt 12 Estonia 13 Finland 14 France 15 Germany 16 Hungary 17 India 18 Indonesia 19 Iran 20 Israel 21 Italy 22 Japan 23 Kazakhstan 24 Korea 25 Kyrgyzstan 26 Lebanon 27 Libya 28 Lithuania 29 Malaysia 30 Morocco 31 Mozambique 32 Myanmar 33 Netherlands 34 Norway 35 Paraguay 36 Poland 37 Portugal 38 Romania 39 Russia 40 Serbia and Montenegro 41 Slovakia 42 Slovenia 43 South Africa 44 Spain 45 Syria 46 Tajikistan 47 Turkey 48 Ukraine 49 United Kingdom 49.1 England 49.2 Northern Ireland 49.3 Scotland 50 United States 51 Uzbekistan 52 Zimbabwe

Afghanistan

• Bactra → Balkh

Algeria

• Cirta → Constantine
• Hippo Regius → Bône → Annaba

Argentina

• La Plata → Ciudad Eva Perón → La Plata

Belgium

• Cortoriacum → Kortrijk (Courtrai)
• Gandava → Ghent

Bosnia and Hercegovina

• Bosanska Gradiška → Gradiška → Bosanska Gradiška
• Hvoča → Foča → Srbinje → Foča

Brunei

• Brunei Town → Bandar Seri Begawan

Canada

British Columbia

• Fort Camosun → Fort Victoria → Victoria
• Wu'muthkweyum → Vancouver

Manitoba

• Prince of Wales Fort → Churchill

New Brunswick

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

Nunavut

• Frobisher Bay → Iqaluit

Ontario

• Bytown → Ottawa
• Ebytown → Berlin → Kitchener (see Berlin to Kitchener name change)
• Fort Frontenac → Kingston
• Newark → Niagara-on-the-Lake
• New Johnstown → Cornwall
• Sainte-Anne-des-Pins → Sudbury → Greater Sudbury
• Shipman's Corners → St. Catharines
• Toronto → York → Toronto

Prince Edward Island

• Port la Joie → Charlottetown

Québec

• Hochelaga → Ville Marie → Mount Royal → Montréal
• Stadacona → Québec City

Saskatchewan

• Pile o' Bones → Regina

China

• Ji → Yanjing → Zhongdu → Dadu → Jingshi → Beijing (AKA Peking) → Beiping (AKA Peiping) → Beijing
• Canton → Guangzhou
• Jinling → Nanjing
• Bianliang → Bianjing → Kaifeng
• Lin'an → Hangzhou
• Amoy → Xiamen
• Chang'an → Xi'an
• Yinxu → Anyang
• Tan-tung → Andong → Dandong
• Shenyang → Shengjiang → Fengtianfu → Mukden → Fengtian → Shenyang
• Ch'ing-ni-wa → Port Arthur → Dalnyi → Dairen; Ryojun → Luda → Dalian

Croatia

• Agram → Zagreb
• Fiume → Rijeka
• Mursa → Osijek
• Ragusa → Dubrovnik
• Spalatum → Spalato → Split

Czech Republic

• Německý Brod → Havlíčkův Brod
• Zlín → Gottwaldov → Zlín

Egypt

• Syene → Aswan

Estonia

• Reval → Tallinn
• Dorpat → Tartu

Finland

• Helsingfors → Helsinki

France

• Antipolis → Antibes
• Aquae Sextiae → Aix-en-Provence
• Arausio → Orange
• Arelate → Arles
• Argentoratum → Strassburg → Strasbourg
• Augustodunum → Autun
• Augustonemetum → Clermont-Ferrand
• Autricum → Carnotum → Chartres
• Avennio → Avignon
• Burdigala → Bordeaux
• Caesarodunum → Tours
• Carcaso → Carcassonne
• Cenabum → Orléans
• Cularo → Gratianopolis → Grenoble
• Durocortorum → Reims
• Gesoriacum → Bononia → Boulogne-sur-Mer
• Limonum → Poitiers
• Lugdunum → Lyon
• Lutetia → Paris
• Massilia → Marseille
• Mediolanum Aulercorum → Évreux
• Metis → Metz
• Narbo → Narbonne
• Nemausus → Nîmes
• Noviodunum Aeduorum → Nevirnum → Nevers
• Senones → Sens
• Tolosa → Toulouse
• Turnacum Nerviorum → Tournai
• Valentia → Valence
• Vienna → Vienne

Germany

• Aquisgranum → Aix-la-Chapelle → Aachen
• Augusta Treverorum → Trier
• Augusta Vindelicorum → Augsburg
• Aurelia Aquensi → Baden-Baden
• Batavis → Passau
• Bona → Bonn
• Castellum apud Confluentes → Koblenz
• Castra Regina → Regensburg
• Chemnitz → Karl-Marx-Stadt → Chemnitz
• Colonia Agrippina → Cologne (Köln)
• Colonia Nemetum → Speyer
• Constantia → Konstanz
• Fürstenberg (Oder) → Stalinstadt → Eisenhüttenstadt
• Moguntiacum → Mainz
• Sorviodurum → Straubing

Hungary

• Dunapentele → Sztálinváros (1949) → Dunaújváros (1961)
• Tiszaszederkény → Leninváros (1970) → Tiszaújváros (1990)

India

• Madras → Chennai (changed August 1996)
• Fort William → Calcutta → Kolkata (changed January 2001)
• Mumba → Boa Baia → Bombay → Mumbai (changed 1995 or 1996)
• Pataliputra → Patna
• Pondicherry → Puduchery
• Poona → Pune
• Qila Rai Pithora → Siri → Tughluqabad → Jahanpanah → Kotla Firoz Shah → Purana Qila → Shahjahanabad → Delhi
• Trivandrum → Thiruvananthapuram
• Quilon → Kollam
• Aleppey → Alappuzha
• Cochin → Kochi
• Calicut → Kozhikode
• Coimbatore → Koyamutthoor
• Indravati → Umravti → Amravati

Indonesia

• Bencoolen → Bengkulu
• Port Numbay → Hollandia → Kota Baru → Sukarnopura → Jayapura → Port Numbay?
• Kalapa → Jayakarta → Batavia → Jakarta
• Makasar → Ujungpandang → Makassar
• Tanjungkarang-Telukbetung → Bandar Lampung
• Aceh → Kotaraja → Banda Aceh

Iran

• Ecbatana → Hamadan

Israel

• Acre → Ptolemais → Acre → Akko/Akka
• Yvus → Yerushalayim → Ilea Capitolina → Al-Quds → Yerushalayim/Al-Quds (Jerusalem)
• Ashkelon → Ascalon (Majdal) → Ashqelon
• Joppa → Jaffa → Tel Aviv-Yafo

Italy

• Acragas → Agrigentum → Agrigento
• Beneventum → Benevento
• Bozen; Bozen-Bolzano
• Bononia → Bologna
• Brundisium → Brindisi
• Carales → Cagliari
• Crotona → Crotone
• Florentia → Florence (Firenze)
• Genua → Genoa (Genova)
• Mediolanum → Milan (Milano)
• Messana → Messina
• Mutina → Modena
• Neapolis → Napolis → Naples (Napoli)
• Panormus → Palermo
• Pisae → Pisa
• Rhegium → Reggio di Calabria
• Rome → Colonia Lucia Annia Commodiana → Rome (Roma)
• Syracuse → Siracusa
• Taras → Tarentum → Taranto

Japan

• Edo → Tokyo

Kazakhstan

• Akmolinsk → Tselinograd → Aqmola → Astana
• Verny → Alma-Ata → Almaty

Korea

• Hanseong → Gyeongseong → Keijo → Seoul
• Wonsanjin → Gensan → Wonsan
• Pusan → Fusan → Pusan → Busan
• Sinuiju → Shingeishu → Sinuiju → Sineuiju
• Wanggŏmsŏng → Sŏgyŏng → Ryugyŏng; Kisŏng; Hwangsŏng; Rangrang; Sŏgyŏng; Sŏdo; Hogyŏng; Changan; Heijo → Pyongyang → Pyeongyang
• Dalgubeol → Taegu → Daegu
• Hanbot → Taejon → Daejeon
• Ungjin → Kongju → Gongju

Kyrgyzstan

• Pishpek → Frunze → Bishkek

Lebanon

• Berytus → Beirut
• Heliopolis → Baalbek
• Sidon → Saida
• Tyre → Sur

Libya

• Oea → Tripoli

Lithuania

• Kowno, Kovno → Kaunas
• Memel → Klaipėda
• Wilno, Vilna → Vilnius
• Kapsukas → Marijampolė

Malaysia

• Jesselton → Kota Kinabalu
• Port Swettenham → Port Klang

Morocco

• Tingis → Tangier

Mozambique

• Lourenço Marques → Maputo

Myanmar

• Akyab → Sittwe
• Amherst → Kyaikkame
• Bassein → Pathein
• Maymyo → Pyin U Lwin
• Moulmien → Mawlamyine
• Myohaung → Mrauk U
• Pagan → Bagan
• Pegu → Bago
• Prome → Pyay
• Dagon → Rangoon → Yangon
• Sandoway → Thandwe
• Syriam → Thanlyin
• Tavoy → Dawei
• Yaunghwe → Nyaung Shwe

Netherlands

• Noviomagus Batavorum (or Batavodurum) → Nijmegen
• Traiectum ad Mosam → Maastricht
• Traiectum Eriditum → Utrecht

Norway

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

Paraguay

• Puerto Flor de Lis → Puerto Presidente Stroessner → Ciudad del Este
• Ajos → Coronel Oviedo

Poland

• Dzierzgoń → Neu Christburg → Christburg → Dzierzgoń
• Reichenbach → Dzierżoniów
• Łęg → Lyck → Ełk
• Gdynia → Gotenhafen → Gdynia
• Nowa Wieś → Lötzen → Giżycko
• Hirschberg → Jelenia Góra
• Katowice → Stalinogród → Katowice
• Rast → Rastenburg → Kętrzyn
• Lignica→ Liegnitz → Legnica
• Łódź → Litzmannstadt → Łódź
• Żądzbork → Mrągowo
• Nowe Miasto Korczyn → Nowy Korczyn
• Margrabowa → Treuburg → Olecko
• Pazluk → Hollandt → Preußisch Holland → Pasłęk
• Piasek → Piaski Luterskie → Piaski
• Melcekuke → Mehlsack → Pieniężno
• Pisz → Johannisburg → Pisz
• Ortulfsburg → Ortelsburg → Szczytno
• Waldenburg → Wałbrzych
• Wejherowska Wola → Neustadt → Wejherowo → Neustadt → Wejherowo
• Wielka Wieś → Władysławowo
• Zabrze → Hindenburg → Zabrze

Portugal

• Aeminium → Coimbra
• Bracara Augusta → Braga
• Conimbriga → Condeixa-a-Nova
• Iebora → Évora
• Olisipo → Al-Usbuna → Lisbon (Lisboa)
• Pax Iulia → Beja
• Portus Cale → Porto (Oporto)
• Sheberina → Serpa
• Sintara → Sintra

Romania

• Axiopolis →Cernavodă
• Abruttus → Abrud
• Ad Mediam → Băile Herculane
• Aegyssus → Tulcea
• Ampelum → Zlatna
• Apulum → Bălgrad → Gyulafehérvár → Alba Iulia
• Arrubium → Măcin
• Braşov → Oraşul Stalin → Braşov
• Bucureşci → Bucureşti (Bucharest)
• Calatis → Mangalia
• Carsium → Hârşova
• Cibinum → Hermannstadt → Nagyszeben → Sibiu
• Dierna → Orşova
• Jassy → Iaşi
• Marosvásárhely → Târgu Mureş
• Napoca → Klausenburg → Kolozsvár → Cluj → Cluj-Napoca
• Noviodunum → Isaccea
• Porolissum → Zalău
• Potaissa → Turda
• Temesvár → Timişoara
• Tomis → Constanţa
• Drobeta → Turnu Severin → Drobeta-Turnu Severin

Russia

See List of city name changes in Russia and Soviet Union

Serbia and Montenegro

• Cattaro → Kotor
• Naissus → Nis
• Singidunum → Belgrade
• Sirmium → Sremska Mitrovica
• Titograd → Podgorica

Slovakia

• Kaschau → Kosice
• Pressburg, Pozsony → Bratislava

Slovenia

• Laibach → Ljubljana

South Africa

• Pietersburg; Polokwane
• Pretoria → Tshwane

Spain

• Abula → Ávila
• Acci → Guadix
• Aurasiola → Orihuela
• Augusta Emerita → Mérida
• Barcino → Barcino Nova → Barcelona
• Brigantium → Caronium → Corunna → La Coruña → A Coruña
• Caesaraugusta → Saraqusta → Zaragoza
• Carthago Nova → Cartagena
• Colonia Caecilia Metellinum → Medellín
• Colonia Iulia Romula → Hispalis → Isbilia → Seville (Sevilla)
• Colonia Norba Caesarina → Norba → Cáceres
• Colonia Patricia → Corduba → Córdoba
• Complutum → Alcalá de Henares
• Dertosa → Tortosa
• Dianinum → Denia
• Egara → Tarrasa → Terrassa
• Gades → Cádiz
• Gerunda → Gerona → Girona
• Ilerda → Lérida → Lleida
• Ilice → Elche
• Legio → León
• Lucentum → Laquant → Alicante
• Lucus Augusti → Lugo
• Malaca → Málaga
• Onuba → Huelva
• Pompaelo → Pamplona
• Saguntum → Sagunto
• Salamantica → Salamanca
• Tarraco → Tarraco nova → Tarragona
• Toletum → Toledo

Syria

• Aleppo → Beroea → Aleppo
• Emesa → Homs
• Hamath → Hama
• Laodicea → Latakia
• Palmyra → Tadmor

Tajikistan

• Dyushambe → Stalinabad → Dushanbe
• Khodzhent → Leninabad → Khujand

Turkey

• Adrianople → Edirne
• Alexandretta → Iskenderun
• Amida → Diyarbakır
• Amisus → Samsun
• Ancyra → Angora → Ankara
• Antioch → Antakya
• Attalia → Adalia → Antalya
• Byzantium → Constantinople → Istanbul
• Cius → Prusa → Bursa
• Edessa → Sanli Urfa (Şanlıurfa)
• Halicarnassus → Bodrum
• Iconium → Konya
• Magnesia → Manisa
• Mazaca → Caesarea Mazaca → Kayseri
• Melitene → Malatya
• Nicaea → İznik
• Nicomedia → İzmit/Kocaeli
• Pergamon → Bergama
• Sinope → Sinop
• Smyrna → İzmir
• Theodosiopolis → Erzurum
• Trapezus → Trebizond → Trabzon

Ukraine

• Elisavetgrad → Zinovyevsk → Kirovo → Kirovohrad
• Lviv (Lwow, Lvov) → Lemberg → Lviv
• Stanislavov → Ivano-Frankivsk
• Yekaterinoslav → Dnipropetrovsk (Dnepropetrovsk)

United Kingdom

England

• Aquae Solis → Bath
• Brycgstow → Bristol
• Camulodunum → Colchester
• Deva → Caester → Chester
• Dubris → Dover
• Durnovaria → Dorchester
• Durovurnum → Canterbury
• Efrawg → Eboracum/Eburacum → Eoferwic → Jorvik → York
• Glevum → Gloucester
• Isca Dumnoniorum → Exeter
• Lindum → Lincoln
• Londinium → Lundenwic → Lundenburgh → London
• Luguvallium → Carlisle
• Pons Aelius → Monkchester → Newcastle upon Tyne
• Ratae Coritanorum → Kaerleir → Leicester
• Tigguo Cobauc → Snottingaham → Nottingham

Northern Ireland

• Doire → Derry → Londonderry → Londonderry/Derry

Scotland

• Dun Eideann → Edinburgh
• Glascu → Glasgow

United States

• Alburquerque → Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Cleaveland → Cleveland, Ohio
• Dearborn → Chicago, Illinois
• Fort Orange → Albany → Willemstad → Albany
• Gay Head, Massachusetts → Aquinnah, Massachusetts
• Halfway, Oregon → Half.com, Oregon
• Hot Springs, New Mexico → Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
• Jernigan → Orlando
• Losantisville → Cincinnati, Ohio
• Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania → Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
• New Amsterdam → New York
• North Tarrytown, New York → Sleepy Hollow, New York
• Pig's Eye → St. Paul, Minnesota
• Swilling's Mill → Hellinwg Mill → Mill City → East Phoenix → Phoenix, Arizona
• Vermilionville → Lafayette, Louisiana
• Wintonbury → Bloomfield, Connecticut
• Yerba Buena → San Francisco, California

Uzbekistan

• Maracanda → Samarkand

Zimbabwe

• Enkeldoorn → Chivhu
• Essexvale → Esigodini
• Fort Victoria → Masvingo
• Gatooma → Kadoma
• Gwelo → Gweru
• Hartley → Chegutu
• Marandellas → Marondera
• Matopos → Matobo
• Melsetter → Chimanimani
• Que Que → Kwekwe
• Salisbury → Harare
• Selukwe → Shurugwi
• Shabani → Zvishavane
• Sinoia → Chinhoyi
• Umtali → Mutare
• Wankie → Hwangeru:Переименованные города