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EspañolLIST OF CITY NAME CHANGES
This is a list of cities which changed their name over the course of history.
''see also:'' Names of European cities in different languages.
★ Bactra → Balkh
★ 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
★ La Plata → Ciudad Eva Perón → La Plata
''See List of renamed cities in Armenia''
★ Sturt → Alice Springs (NT)
★ Mayday Hills → Beechworth (NSW)
★ Bendigo's Creek → Sandhurst → Bendigo (VIC)
★ Emu Bay → Burnie (TAS)
★ Port Darwin → Palmerston → Darwin (NT)
★ Limestone StaTion → Ipswich (QLD)
★ Mobilong → Murray Bridge (SA)
★ Currajong → Parkes (NSW)
★ Belfast → Port Fairy (TAS)
★ Hummock Hill → Whyalla (SA)
''See List of renamed cities in Azerbaijan''
''See List of renamed cities in Belarus''
★ Aduatuca → Tongeren
★ Cortoriacum → Kortrijk (Courtrai)
★ Gandava → Ghent
★ Orolaunum → Arlon
★ Turnacum Nerviorum → Tournai
★ Bosanska Gradiška → Gradiška → Bosanska Gradiška
★ Hvoča → Foča → Srbinje → Foča
★ Nossa Senhora do Desterro → Florianópolis
★ Paraíba → João Pessoa
★ São José da Barra do Rio Negro → Manaus
★ Vila Rica → Ouro Preto
★ Porto dos Casais → Porto Alegre
★ Porto Acre → Xapuri
★ Brunei Town → Bandar Seri Begawan
★ Agatopolis → Ahtopol
★ Ratiaria → Archar
★ Scaptopara → Gorna Dzhumaya → Blagoevgrad
★ Orhanie → Botevgrad
★ Scaphida → Pyrgos → Burgas
★ Hadzhioglu Pazardzhik → Tolbuhin → Dobrich
★ Diranava → Dryanovo
★ Dupniche → Marek → Stanke Dimitrov → Dupnitsa
★ Nevrokop → Gotse Delchev
★ Ortaköy → Ivailovgrad
★ Pautalia → Velbăzhd → Kyustendil
★ Golyama Kutlovitsa → Ferdinant → Mihailovgrad → Montana
★ Mesembria → Nesebăr
★ Tatar Pazardzhik → Pazardzhik
★ Plevne → Pleven
★ Philipopolis → Trimontium → Păldin/Pulpudeva → Filibe → Plovdiv
★ Ruschuk (Rusčuk) → Rousse
★ Kolarovgrad → Shumen
★ Durostorum → Dorostol → Drăstăr → Silistra
★ Bashmakli → Smolyan
★ Serdica → Sredets → Triaditsa → Sofia
★ Apolonia → Sozopolis → Sozopol
★ Beroe → Verea → Boruy → Eski Zagra → Stara Zagora
★ Eski Dzhumaia → Tărgovishte
★ Vassiliko → Tsarevo → Michurin → Tsarevo
★ Odesos → Stalin → Varna
★ Tărnovgrad → Veliko Tărnovo
★ Bononia → Bdin → Vidin
★ Vratitsa → Vratsa
★ Fort George → Prince George
★ Fort Camosun → Fort Victoria → Victoria
★ Wu'muthkweyum → Vancouver
★ Prince of Wales Fort → Churchill
★ Fort LaTour → Saint John
★ Léger Corner → Dieppe
★ Ste. Anne's Point → Fredericton
★ Frobisher Bay → Iqaluit
★ Bytown → Ottawa
★ Ebytown → Berlin → Kitchener (''see Berlin to Kitchener name change'')
★ Fort Frontenac → Kingston
★ Newark → Niagara-on-the-Lake
★ New Johnstown → Cornwall
★ Rat Portage → Kenora
★ Sainte-Anne-des-Pins → Sudbury → Greater Sudbury
★ Shipman's Corners → St. Catharines
★ Toronto → York → Toronto
★ Port la Joie → Charlottetown
★ Hochelaga → Ville Marie → Mount Royal → Montréal
★ Stadacona → Québec City
★ Hull → Gatineau
★ Pile o' Bones → Regina
★ Amoy → Xiamen
★ Ji → Yanjing → Zhongdu → Dadu → Jingshi → Khanbalik (as Mongol capital) → Beijing (aka Peking) → Beiping (aka Peiping) → Beijing
★ Canton → Guangzhou
★ Chang'an → Xi'an
★ Jinling → Nanjing
★ Bianliang → Bianjing → Kaifeng
★ Lin'an → Hangzhou
★ Yinxu → Anyang
★ Tan-tung → Andong → Dandong
★ Shenyang → Shengjiang → Fengtianfu → Mukden → Fengtian → Shenyang
★ Ch'ing-ni-wa → Lüshunkou (aka Port Arthur) → Dalnyi → Dairen; Ryojun → Luda → Dalian
★ 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
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:
★ Albertstad = Albertville → Kalemie
★ Coquilhatstad = Coquihatville → Mbandaka
★ Costermansstad = Costermansville → Bukavu
★ Elisabethstad = Elisabethville → Lubumbashi
★ Jadotstad = Jadotville → Likasi
★ Leopoldstad = Léopoldville → Kinshasa
★ Port Franqui → Ilebo
★ Stanleystad = Stanleyville → Kisangani
★ Agram, Zagrab → Zagreb
★ Sankt Veit am Fluß → Fiume → Rijeka
★ Iader → Jadera → Zara → Zadar
★ Mursa → Essegg, Eszék → Osijek
★ Ragusa → Dubrovnik
★ Spalatum → Spalato → Spljet → Split
★ Německý Brod → Havlíčkův Brod
★ Zlín → Gottwaldov → Zlín
★ Santo Domingo → Ciudad Trujillo (1936-1961) → Santo Domingo
Many cities had Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Latin names
★ Syene → Aswan
★ Iunyt, Ta-senet → Latopolis → Laton → Lato → Esna
''See List of renamed cities in Estonia''
Most cities had an ancient name, usually in Latin, often of older Celtic origin
★ Agedincum → Sens
★ Aginnum → Agen
★ Andemantunum → Langres
★ Antipolis → Antibes
★ Aquae Sextiae → Aix-en-Provence
★ Arausio → Orange
★ Arelate → Arles
★ Argentoratum → Strassburg → Strasbourg
★ Augustobona → Troyes
★ Augustodunum → Autun
★ Augustodurum → Bayeux
★ Augustonemetum → Clermont-Ferrand
★ Autessiodurum → Auxerre
★ Autricum → Carnotum → Chartres
★ Avaricum → Bourges
★ Avennio → Avignon
★ Bagacum → Bavai
★ Burdigala → Bordeaux
★ Caesarodunum → Tours
★ Carcaso → Carcassonne
★ Cenabum → Cenabum Aureliani → Aurelianum → Orléans
★ Cularo → Gratianopolis → Grenoble
★ Divodurum → Metz
★ Divona → Cahors
★ Durocortorum → Reims
★ Elimberris → Auch
★ Forum Iulii → Fréjus
★ Gesocribate → Brest
★ Gesoriacum → Bononia → Bonen (aan zee)/ Boulogne-sur-Mer
★ Iluro → Oléron
★ Iuliomagus → Angers
★ Lapurdum → Bayonne
★ Limonum → Poitiers
★ Lugdunum → Lyon
★ Lutetia → Paris
★ Massilia → Marseille
★ Matisco → Macon
★ Mediolanium → Saintes
★ Mediolanum Aulercorum → Évreux
★ Metis → Metz
★ Narbo Martius → Narbonne
★ Nemausus → Nîmes
★ Nemetacum → Arras
★ Noviodunum Aeduorum → Nevirnum → Nevers
★ Portus Namnetum → Nantes
★ Rotomagus → Rouan
★ Samarobriva → Amiens
★ Segodunum → Rodez
★ Senones → Sens
★ Tolosa → Toulouse
★ Valentia → Valence, Drôme
★ Vesontio → Besançon
★ Vienna → Vienne
:see also List of cities and towns in East Prussia for towns now in Poland, Russia or Lithuania
★ Aquisgranum → Aix-la-Chapelle → Aachen
★ Augusta Treverorum → Trier
★ Augusta Vindelicorum → Augsburg
★ Aurelia Aquensi → Baden-Baden
★ Barmen-Elberfeld → Wuppertal
★ 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
★ Banitsa → Vevi
★ Boimitsa → Axioupoli
★ Kailar → Ptolemaida
★ Khandak → Candia → Heraklion
★ Lamia → Zitouni → Lamia
''See List of renamed cities in Georgia''
★ Wismar-MacKenzie-Christianburg → Linden
★ Dunapentele → Sztálinváros (1949) → Dunaújváros (1961)
★ Sövényháza → Ópusztaszer (1974)
★ Pernyepuszta → Pernyebánya (1945) → Petőfibánya (1948)
★ Tiszaszederkény → Leninváros (1970) → Tiszaújváros (1990)
★ Madras → Chennai (changed August 1996)
★ Fort William → Calcutta → Kolkata (changed January 2001)
★ Mumba → Boa Baia → Bombay → Mumbai (changed 1995 or 1996)
★ New Bombay → Navi Mumbai
★ Baroda → Vadodra
★ 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
★ Palghat → Palakkad
★ Thrishivaperur → Trichur → Thrissur
★ Cannanore → Kannur
★ Indravati → Umravti → Amravati
★ Bangalore → Bengalooru → Bengalooru
★ Bangkahulu → Bencoolen → Bengkulu
★ Buitenzorg → Bogor
★ Port Numbay → Hollandia → Kota Baru → Sukarnopura → Jayapura
★ Kalapa → Jayakarta → Batavia → Jakarta
★ Makasar → Ujungpandang → Makassar
★ Tanjungkarang-Telukbetung → Bandar Lampung
★ Aceh → Kotaraja → Banda Aceh
★ Ecbatana → Hagmatana → Hamadan
★ Aspadana → Isfahan
During the British occupation, many town names in Ireland were changed. These reverted to their Irish originals following independence.
★ Mostrim → Edgeworthstown
★ Dun Leary → Kingstown → Dún Laoghaire
★ Daingean → Philipstown → Daingean
★ Port Laoighise → Maryborough → Portlaoise
★ Cove → Queenstown → Cobh
★ Dingle → An Daingean [Uí Chúis]
★ Acre → Ptolemais → Acre → Akko/Akka
★ Yvus → Yerushalayim → Ilea Capitolina → Al-Quds → Yerushalayim/Al-Quds (Jerusalem)
★ Ashkelon → Ascalon (Majdal) → Ashqelon
★ Joppa → Jaffa → Tel Aviv-Yafo
★ Raanania→ Ra'anana
From history, most Italian cities have Latin names, some have Greek or Etruscan names.
★ Acragas → Agrigentum → Agrigento
★ Beneventum → Benevento
★ Bozen; Bolzano
★ Felsina → Bononia → Bologna
★ Brundisium → Brindisi
★ Carales → Cagliari
★ Crotona → Crotone
★ Florentia → Florence (Firenze)
★ Genua → Genoa (Genova)
★ Lavinium → Lavinio
★ 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
★ Heiankyo → Kyoto
★ Edo → Tokyo
''See List of renamed cities in Kazakhstan''
★ 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
''See List of renamed cities in Kyrgyzstan''
★ Berytus → Beirut
★ Heliopolis → Baalbek
★ Sidon → Saida
★ Tyre → Sur
:see also List of cities and towns in East Prussia
''See List of renamed cities in Lithuania''
★ Oea → Tripoli
★ Jesselton → Kota Kinabalu
★ Port Swettenham → Port Klang
★ Cattaro → Kotor
★ Tingis → Tangier
★ Lourenço Marques → Maputo
★ Akyab → Sittwe
★ Amherst → Kyaikkame
★ Bassein → Pathein
★ Maymyo → Pyin U Lwin
★ Moulmein → Mawlamyaing
★ Myohaung → Mrauk U
★ Pagan → Bagan
★ Pegu → Bago
★ Prome → Pyay
★ Dagon →& Rangoon → Yangon
★ Sandoway → Thandwe
★ Syriam → Thanlyin
★ Tavoy → Dawei
★ Yaunghwe → Nyaung Shwe
★ Noviomagus Batavorum (or Batavodurum) → Nijmegen
★ Traiectum ad Mosam → Maastricht
★ Traiectum Eriditum → Utrecht
★ Oslo → Christiania → Kristiania →Oslo
★ Kaupangen → Nidaros → Trondhjem → Nidaros → Trondheim
★ Fredrikshald → Halden
★ Puerto Flor de Lis → Puerto Presidente Stroessner → Ciudad del Este
★ Ajos → Coronel Oviedo
:see also List of cities and towns in East Prussia
★ Aleksandrowo → Aleksandrów Pograniczny → Aleksandrów Kujawski
★ Jędrzychów → Andrzychów → Andrychów
★ Barcino → Barcin
★ Wartberge → Wartenburg → Nowowiejsk → Barczewo
★ Brido → Wartha → Bardo
★ Neu Berlin → Berlinchen → Barlinek
★ Rosenthal → Bartenstein → Bartoszyce
★ Barwica → Bärwalde → Barwice
★ Biała → Zülz → Biała
★ Gajle → Biała → Gehlen → Gehlenburg → Biała Piska
★ Brzegi → Białe Brzegi → Białobrzegi
★ Biały Bór → Baldenburg → Biały Bór
★ Bielszczany Stok → Białystok
★ Biała → Langenbielau → Bielawa
★ Lignica → Fürstenwald → Beroldestadt → Bernstadt → Bierutów
★ Bischofsburg → Biskupiec
★ Strowangen → Bischofstein → Bistein → Bisztynek
★ Błaszkowice → Błaszki
★ Richnow → Reichenau → Rychwałd → Bogatynia
★ Gross-Born → Borne Sulinowo
★ Brusseberge → Brunsberg → Braunsberg → Braniewo
★ Brwinowo → Brwinów
★ Wysoki Brzeg → Brieg → Brzeg
★ Brzeg → Dyhernfurth → Brzeg Dolny
★ Busk → Busko → Busko Zdrój
★ Bydgoszcz → Bromberg → Bydgoszcz → Bromberg → Bydgoszcz
★ Bystrzyce → Habelschwerdt → Bystrzyca Kłodzka
★ Bytom → Beuthen an der Oder → Białobrzezie → Bytom Odrzański
★ Łoza → Kulmsee → Chełmża
★ Freienwalde → Chociwel
★ Konice → Konigesberge → Königsberg in der Neumark → Chojna
★ Chorzów → Königshütte → Chorzów
★ Arnswalde → Choszczno
★ Tempelburg → Czaplinek
★ Czarne → Hammerstein → Czarne → Hammerstein → Czarne
★ Rothenburg → Czerwieńsk
★ Dzierzgoń → Neu Christburg → Christburg → Dzierzgoń
★ Reichenbach → Dzierżoniów
★ Łęg → Lyck → Ełk
★ Gdynia → Gotenhafen → Gdynia
★ Nowa Wieś → Lötzen → Giżycko
★ Landsberg → Landsberg an der Warthe → Gorzów Wielkopolski
★ Hirschberg → Jelenia Góra
★ Katowice → Stalinogród → Katowice
★ Rast → Rastenburg → Kętrzyn
★ Lignica → Liegnitz → Legnica
★ Łódź → Litzmannstadt → Łódź
★ Sensburg → Mrągowo
★ Nowe Miasto Korczyn → Nowy Korczyn
★ Margrabowa → Treuburg → Olecko
★ Pazluk → Hollandt → Preußisch Holland → Pasłęk
★ Piasek → Piaski Luterskie → Piaski
★ Melcekuke → Mehlsack → Pieniężno
★ Pisz → Johannisburg → Pisz
★ Słupsk → Stolp → Słupsk
★ Ortulfsburg → Ortelsburg → Szczytno
★ Waldenburg → Wałbrzych
★ Wejherowska Wola → Neustadt → Wejherowo → Neustadt → Wejherowo
★ Wielka Wieś → Władysławowo
★ Włocławek → Leslau → Włocławek
★ Wrocisław → Wrocław → Preßlau → Breslau → Wrocław
★ Zabrze → Hindenburg → Zabrze
★ Zielona Góra → Grünberg → Zielona Góra
★ 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
★ Axiopolis → Cernavodă
★ Abruttus → Abrud
★ Ad Mediam → Băile Herculane
★ Aegyssus → Tulcea
★ Ampelum → Zlatna
★ Apulum → Bălgrad → Gyulafehérvár → Alba Iulia
★ Arrubium → Măcin
★ Kronstadt → 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
:see also List of cities and towns in East Prussia
''See List of renamed cities and towns in Russia''
★ Naissus → Niš
★ Singidunum → Beograd
★ Sirmium → Sremska Mitrovica
★ Temasek → Singapore
★ Kaschau → Kassa Košice
★ Pressburg, Pozsony → Bratislava
★ Besztercebánya → Banská Bystrica
★ Assling → Jesenice
★ Bischofslack → Škofja Loka
★ Celeia → Cilli → Celje
★ Egida → Capris → Justinopolis → Caput Histriae → Koper/Capodistria
★ Emona → Laibach → Ljubljana
★ Marburg → Maribor
★ Poetovio → Pettau → Ptuj
★ Pietersburg → Polokwane
★ Potgietersrus → Mokopane
★ Ellisrus → Lephalale
★ Louis Trichardt → Makhado → Louis Trichardt
★ Messina → Musina
★ Phalaborwa → BaPhalaborwa
★ Lyttleton → Verwoerdburg → Centurion
★ Abula → Ávila
★ Acci → Guadix
★ Aurariola → Orihuela
★ Augusta Emerita → Mérida
★ Azaña → Numancia de la Sagra (1936, by enemies of Manuel Azaña).
★ Barcino → Barcino Nova → Barcelona
★ Bayona de Tajuña → Titulcia (since the owner did not want to remind Ferdinand VII of Spain of his captivity at Bayonne).
★ Brigantium → Caronium → Corunna → La Coruña → A Coruña
★ Colonia Caecilia Metellinum → Medellín
★ Colonia Iulia Romula → Hispalis → Isbilia → Seville (Sevilla)
★ Colonia Norba Caesarina → Norba → Cáceres
★ Colonia Patricia → Corduba → Qurtuba → Córdoba
★ Complutum → Alcalá de Henares
★ Dertosa → Tortosa
★ Dianinum → Denia
★ Egara → Tarrasa → Terrassa
★ El Ferrol → El Ferrol del Caudillo → Ferrol
★ Fuenterrabía → Hondarribia
★ Gadir → Gades → Cádiz
★ Gasteiz → Nueva Victoria → Vitoria-Gasteiz
★ Guernica → Guernica y Luno → Gernika-Lumo
★ Guecho → Getxo
★ Gerunda → Gerona → Girona
★ Ilerda → Lérida → Lleida
★ Illice → Elche / Elx
★ Legio → León
★ Lejona → Leioa
★ Akra Leuke → Lucentum → Laquant → Alicante
★ Lucus Augusti → Lugo
★ Mainake → Malaca → Málaga
★ Mahón → Maó
★ Onuba → Huelva
★ Pompaelo → Pamplona
★ Qart Hadast → Carthago Nova → Cartagena
★ Quintanilla → Quintanilla de Onésimo
★ Saguntum → Murviedro / Morvedre → Sagunto
★ Salduba → Caesaraugusta → Saraqusta → Zaragoza
★ Sos → Sos del Rey Católico
★ Helmantica → Salamantica → Salamanca
★ Tarraco → Tarraco nova → Tarragona
★ Toletum → Tulaytula → Toledo
★ Villa Real → Ciudad Real
★ Aleppo → Beroea → Aleppo
★ Emesa → Homs
★ Hamath → Hama
★ Laodicea → Latakia
★ Palmyra → Tadmor
''See List of renamed cities in Tajikistan''
Many cities were founded by the Ancient Greeks or their contemporaries, and renamed by the Romans, and later again by Muslim Turks
★ Hadrianopolis/Adrianople → Edirne
★ Byzantion → Byzantium → Constantinopolis/Constantinople → Istanbul
★ Alexandretta → İskenderun
★ Amida → Diyarbakır
★ Amisus → Samsun
★ Ancyra → Angora → Ankara
★ Antioceia -> Antiochia/Antioch → Antakya
★ Archelais -> Aksaray
★ Attalia → Attalea → Adalia → Antalya
★ Bythinion/Bythinium → Claudiopolis → Bolu
★ Chalkedon → Chalcedon
★ Cius → Prusa → Bursa
★ Dorylaeum -> Eskişehir
★ Edessa → Sanli Urfa (Şanlıurfa)
★ Ephesos → Ephesus -> Efes
★ Halikarnassos → Halicarnassus → Bodrum
★ Iconium → Konya
★ Kyzikos → Cyzicus
★ Magnesia → Manisa
★ Mazaca → Caesarea Mazaca → Kayseri
★ Melitene → Malatya
★ Mylasa -> Milas
★ Nikaia → Nicaea → İznik
★ Nicomedia → İzmit/Kocaeli
★ Pergamon → Pergamum → Bergama
★ Sinope → Sinop
★ Smyrna → İzmir
★ Theodosiopolis → Erzurum
★ Tralles → Aydın
★ Trapezon → Trapezus → Trebizond → Trabzon
''See List of renamed cities in Turkmenistan''
''See List of renamed cities in Ukraine''
★ Aquae Sulis → Bath
★ Brycgstow → Bristol
★ Camulodunum → Colchester
★ Cantiacorum → Durovurnum → Canterbury
★ Deva → Caester → Chester
★ Dubris → Dover
★ Durnovaria → Dorchester
★ Efrawg → Eboracum/Eburacum → Eoferwic → Jorvik → York
★ Glevum → Gloucester
★ Isca Dumnoniorum → Exeter
★ Lindum Colonia → Lincoln
★ Londinium → Lundenwic → Lundenburgh → London
★ Luguvallium → Carlisle
★ Pons Aelius → Monkchester → Newcastle upon Tyne
★ Ratae Corieltauvorum → Kaerleir → Leicester
★ Tigguo Cobauc → Snottingaham → Nottingham
★ Doire → Derry → Londonderry (Derry is still used by a majority of the city's population)
★ Arderyth → Airdrie
★ Aberbrothock → Arbroath
★ Inverayr → Ayr
★ Alclud → Ail Chluaidh → Dumbarton
★ Alec-tum → Dùn Dèagh → Dundee
★ Dùn Phàrlain → Dunfermline
★ Dun Eideann → Edinburgh
★ Glascu → Glasgow
★ Cadzow → Hamilton
★ Inbhir Uraidh → Inverury → Inverurie
★ Jeddart → Jedburgh
★ Kirkcaudy → Kirkcaldy
★ Lithgae → Linlithgow
★ Pasgill → Paisley
★ St John's Toun (St Johnstone) → Perth
★ Newark → Port Glasgow
★ Cell Rígmonaid → Kilrymont → Muckross → St Andrews
★ Strivelyn → Stirling
★ Cambusnethan → Wishawtown → Wishaw
★ Alburquerque → Albuquerque, New Mexico
★ Charleston → St. Charles, Illinois
★ Charles Towne → Charleston, South Carolina
★ Clark → DISH, Texas
★ Cleaveland → Cleveland, Ohio
★ Cowford → Jacksonville, Florida
★ Dearborn → Chicago, Illinois
★ East Detroit → Eastpointe, Michigan
★ Fort Duquesne → Fort Pitt → Pittsburgh → Pittsburg → Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
★ Fort Orange → Albany → Willemstad → Albany, New York
★ Gay Head, Massachusetts → Aquinnah, Massachusetts
★ Hot Springs, New Mexico → Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
★ Jernigan → Orlando, Florida
★ Lancaster → Lincoln, Nebraska
★ Losantisville → Cincinnati, Ohio
★ Marysville → Corvallis, Oregon
★ Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania → Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
★ New Amsterdam → New York, New York
★ North Tarrytown, New York → Sleepy Hollow, New York
★ Pig's Eye → St. Paul, Minnesota
★ Plantation of Penacook → Rumford → Concord, New Hampshire
★ Providence → Anne Arundel Towne → Annapolis, Maryland
★ Sing Sing → Ossining, New York
★ Spokan Falls → Spokane, Washington
★ Swilling's Mill → Hellinwg Mill → Mill City → East Phoenix → Phoenix, Arizona
★ Terminus → Marthasville → Atlanta, Georgia
★ Vermilionville → Lafayette, Louisiana
★ Wintonbury → Bloomfield, Connecticut
★ Yerba Buena → San Francisco, California
''See List of renamed cities in Uzbekistan''
★ 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
★ 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 → Hwange
(incomplete)
★
★ Westermann, ''Groβer Atlas zur Weltgeschichte'' (in German)
''see also:'' Names of European cities in different languages.
Afghanistan
★ Bactra → Balkh
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
Argentina
★ La Plata → Ciudad Eva Perón → La Plata
Armenia
''See List of renamed cities in Armenia''
Australia
★ Sturt → Alice Springs (NT)
★ Mayday Hills → Beechworth (NSW)
★ Bendigo's Creek → Sandhurst → Bendigo (VIC)
★ Emu Bay → Burnie (TAS)
★ Port Darwin → Palmerston → Darwin (NT)
★ Limestone StaTion → Ipswich (QLD)
★ Mobilong → Murray Bridge (SA)
★ Currajong → Parkes (NSW)
★ Belfast → Port Fairy (TAS)
★ Hummock Hill → Whyalla (SA)
Azerbaijan
''See List of renamed cities in Azerbaijan''
Belarus
''See List of renamed cities in Belarus''
Belgium
★ Aduatuca → Tongeren
★ Cortoriacum → Kortrijk (Courtrai)
★ Gandava → Ghent
★ Orolaunum → Arlon
★ Turnacum Nerviorum → Tournai
Bosnia and Hercegovina
★ Bosanska Gradiška → Gradiška → Bosanska Gradiška
★ Hvoča → Foča → Srbinje → Foča
Brazil
★ Nossa Senhora do Desterro → Florianópolis
★ Paraíba → João Pessoa
★ São José da Barra do Rio Negro → Manaus
★ Vila Rica → Ouro Preto
★ Porto dos Casais → Porto Alegre
★ Porto Acre → Xapuri
Brunei
★ Brunei Town → Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria
★ Agatopolis → Ahtopol
★ Ratiaria → Archar
★ Scaptopara → Gorna Dzhumaya → Blagoevgrad
★ Orhanie → Botevgrad
★ Scaphida → Pyrgos → Burgas
★ Hadzhioglu Pazardzhik → Tolbuhin → Dobrich
★ Diranava → Dryanovo
★ Dupniche → Marek → Stanke Dimitrov → Dupnitsa
★ Nevrokop → Gotse Delchev
★ Ortaköy → Ivailovgrad
★ Pautalia → Velbăzhd → Kyustendil
★ Golyama Kutlovitsa → Ferdinant → Mihailovgrad → Montana
★ Mesembria → Nesebăr
★ Tatar Pazardzhik → Pazardzhik
★ Plevne → Pleven
★ Philipopolis → Trimontium → Păldin/Pulpudeva → Filibe → Plovdiv
★ Ruschuk (Rusčuk) → Rousse
★ Kolarovgrad → Shumen
★ Durostorum → Dorostol → Drăstăr → Silistra
★ Bashmakli → Smolyan
★ Serdica → Sredets → Triaditsa → Sofia
★ Apolonia → Sozopolis → Sozopol
★ Beroe → Verea → Boruy → Eski Zagra → Stara Zagora
★ Eski Dzhumaia → Tărgovishte
★ Vassiliko → Tsarevo → Michurin → Tsarevo
★ Odesos → Stalin → Varna
★ Tărnovgrad → Veliko Tărnovo
★ Bononia → Bdin → Vidin
★ Vratitsa → Vratsa
Canada
British Columbia
★ Fort George → Prince George
★ 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
★ Rat Portage → Kenora
★ 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
★ Hull → Gatineau
Saskatchewan
★ Pile o' Bones → Regina
China
★ Amoy → Xiamen
★ Ji → Yanjing → Zhongdu → Dadu → Jingshi → Khanbalik (as Mongol capital) → Beijing (aka Peking) → Beiping (aka Peiping) → Beijing
★ Canton → Guangzhou
★ Chang'an → Xi'an
★ Jinling → Nanjing
★ Bianliang → Bianjing → Kaifeng
★ Lin'an → Hangzhou
★ Yinxu → Anyang
★ Tan-tung → Andong → Dandong
★ Shenyang → Shengjiang → Fengtianfu → Mukden → Fengtian → Shenyang
★ Ch'ing-ni-wa → Lüshunkou (aka Port Arthur) → Dalnyi → Dairen; Ryojun → Luda → Dalian
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
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:
★ Albertstad = Albertville → Kalemie
★ Coquilhatstad = Coquihatville → Mbandaka
★ Costermansstad = Costermansville → Bukavu
★ Elisabethstad = Elisabethville → Lubumbashi
★ Jadotstad = Jadotville → Likasi
★ Leopoldstad = Léopoldville → Kinshasa
★ Port Franqui → Ilebo
★ Stanleystad = Stanleyville → Kisangani
Croatia
★ Agram, Zagrab → Zagreb
★ Sankt Veit am Fluß → Fiume → Rijeka
★ Iader → Jadera → Zara → Zadar
★ Mursa → Essegg, Eszék → Osijek
★ Ragusa → Dubrovnik
★ Spalatum → Spalato → Spljet → Split
Czech Republic
★ Německý Brod → Havlíčkův Brod
★ Zlín → Gottwaldov → Zlín
Dominican Republic
★ Santo Domingo → Ciudad Trujillo (1936-1961) → Santo Domingo
Egypt
Many cities had Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Latin names
★ Syene → Aswan
★ Iunyt, Ta-senet → Latopolis → Laton → Lato → Esna
Estonia
''See List of renamed cities in Estonia''
France
Most cities had an ancient name, usually in Latin, often of older Celtic origin
★ Agedincum → Sens
★ Aginnum → Agen
★ Andemantunum → Langres
★ Antipolis → Antibes
★ Aquae Sextiae → Aix-en-Provence
★ Arausio → Orange
★ Arelate → Arles
★ Argentoratum → Strassburg → Strasbourg
★ Augustobona → Troyes
★ Augustodunum → Autun
★ Augustodurum → Bayeux
★ Augustonemetum → Clermont-Ferrand
★ Autessiodurum → Auxerre
★ Autricum → Carnotum → Chartres
★ Avaricum → Bourges
★ Avennio → Avignon
★ Bagacum → Bavai
★ Burdigala → Bordeaux
★ Caesarodunum → Tours
★ Carcaso → Carcassonne
★ Cenabum → Cenabum Aureliani → Aurelianum → Orléans
★ Cularo → Gratianopolis → Grenoble
★ Divodurum → Metz
★ Divona → Cahors
★ Durocortorum → Reims
★ Elimberris → Auch
★ Forum Iulii → Fréjus
★ Gesocribate → Brest
★ Gesoriacum → Bononia → Bonen (aan zee)/ Boulogne-sur-Mer
★ Iluro → Oléron
★ Iuliomagus → Angers
★ Lapurdum → Bayonne
★ Limonum → Poitiers
★ Lugdunum → Lyon
★ Lutetia → Paris
★ Massilia → Marseille
★ Matisco → Macon
★ Mediolanium → Saintes
★ Mediolanum Aulercorum → Évreux
★ Metis → Metz
★ Narbo Martius → Narbonne
★ Nemausus → Nîmes
★ Nemetacum → Arras
★ Noviodunum Aeduorum → Nevirnum → Nevers
★ Portus Namnetum → Nantes
★ Rotomagus → Rouan
★ Samarobriva → Amiens
★ Segodunum → Rodez
★ Senones → Sens
★ Tolosa → Toulouse
★ Valentia → Valence, Drôme
★ Vesontio → Besançon
★ Vienna → Vienne
Germany
:see also List of cities and towns in East Prussia for towns now in Poland, Russia or Lithuania
★ Aquisgranum → Aix-la-Chapelle → Aachen
★ Augusta Treverorum → Trier
★ Augusta Vindelicorum → Augsburg
★ Aurelia Aquensi → Baden-Baden
★ Barmen-Elberfeld → Wuppertal
★ 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
Greece
★ Banitsa → Vevi
★ Boimitsa → Axioupoli
★ Kailar → Ptolemaida
★ Khandak → Candia → Heraklion
★ Lamia → Zitouni → Lamia
Georgia
''See List of renamed cities in Georgia''
Guyana
★ Wismar-MacKenzie-Christianburg → Linden
Hungary
★ Dunapentele → Sztálinváros (1949) → Dunaújváros (1961)
★ Sövényháza → Ópusztaszer (1974)
★ Pernyepuszta → Pernyebánya (1945) → Petőfibánya (1948)
★ 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)
★ New Bombay → Navi Mumbai
★ Baroda → Vadodra
★ 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
★ Palghat → Palakkad
★ Thrishivaperur → Trichur → Thrissur
★ Cannanore → Kannur
★ Indravati → Umravti → Amravati
★ Bangalore → Bengalooru → Bengalooru
Indonesia
★ Bangkahulu → Bencoolen → Bengkulu
★ Buitenzorg → Bogor
★ Port Numbay → Hollandia → Kota Baru → Sukarnopura → Jayapura
★ Kalapa → Jayakarta → Batavia → Jakarta
★ Makasar → Ujungpandang → Makassar
★ Tanjungkarang-Telukbetung → Bandar Lampung
★ Aceh → Kotaraja → Banda Aceh
Iran
★ Ecbatana → Hagmatana → Hamadan
★ Aspadana → Isfahan
Ireland
During the British occupation, many town names in Ireland were changed. These reverted to their Irish originals following independence.
★ Mostrim → Edgeworthstown
★ Dun Leary → Kingstown → Dún Laoghaire
★ Daingean → Philipstown → Daingean
★ Port Laoighise → Maryborough → Portlaoise
★ Cove → Queenstown → Cobh
★ Dingle → An Daingean [Uí Chúis]
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
★ Raanania→ Ra'anana
Italy
From history, most Italian cities have Latin names, some have Greek or Etruscan names.
★ Acragas → Agrigentum → Agrigento
★ Beneventum → Benevento
★ Bozen; Bolzano
★ Felsina → Bononia → Bologna
★ Brundisium → Brindisi
★ Carales → Cagliari
★ Crotona → Crotone
★ Florentia → Florence (Firenze)
★ Genua → Genoa (Genova)
★ Lavinium → Lavinio
★ 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
★ Heiankyo → Kyoto
★ Edo → Tokyo
Kazakhstan
''See List of renamed cities in Kazakhstan''
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
''See List of renamed cities in Kyrgyzstan''
Lebanon
★ Berytus → Beirut
★ Heliopolis → Baalbek
★ Sidon → Saida
★ Tyre → Sur
Lithuania
:see also List of cities and towns in East Prussia
''See List of renamed cities in Lithuania''
Libya
★ Oea → Tripoli
Malaysia
★ Jesselton → Kota Kinabalu
★ Port Swettenham → Port Klang
Montenegro
★ Cattaro → Kotor
Morocco
★ Tingis → Tangier
Mozambique
★ Lourenço Marques → Maputo
Myanmar
★ Akyab → Sittwe
★ Amherst → Kyaikkame
★ Bassein → Pathein
★ Maymyo → Pyin U Lwin
★ Moulmein → Mawlamyaing
★ 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
:see also List of cities and towns in East Prussia
★ Aleksandrowo → Aleksandrów Pograniczny → Aleksandrów Kujawski
★ Jędrzychów → Andrzychów → Andrychów
★ Barcino → Barcin
★ Wartberge → Wartenburg → Nowowiejsk → Barczewo
★ Brido → Wartha → Bardo
★ Neu Berlin → Berlinchen → Barlinek
★ Rosenthal → Bartenstein → Bartoszyce
★ Barwica → Bärwalde → Barwice
★ Biała → Zülz → Biała
★ Gajle → Biała → Gehlen → Gehlenburg → Biała Piska
★ Brzegi → Białe Brzegi → Białobrzegi
★ Biały Bór → Baldenburg → Biały Bór
★ Bielszczany Stok → Białystok
★ Biała → Langenbielau → Bielawa
★ Lignica → Fürstenwald → Beroldestadt → Bernstadt → Bierutów
★ Bischofsburg → Biskupiec
★ Strowangen → Bischofstein → Bistein → Bisztynek
★ Błaszkowice → Błaszki
★ Richnow → Reichenau → Rychwałd → Bogatynia
★ Gross-Born → Borne Sulinowo
★ Brusseberge → Brunsberg → Braunsberg → Braniewo
★ Brwinowo → Brwinów
★ Wysoki Brzeg → Brieg → Brzeg
★ Brzeg → Dyhernfurth → Brzeg Dolny
★ Busk → Busko → Busko Zdrój
★ Bydgoszcz → Bromberg → Bydgoszcz → Bromberg → Bydgoszcz
★ Bystrzyce → Habelschwerdt → Bystrzyca Kłodzka
★ Bytom → Beuthen an der Oder → Białobrzezie → Bytom Odrzański
★ Łoza → Kulmsee → Chełmża
★ Freienwalde → Chociwel
★ Konice → Konigesberge → Königsberg in der Neumark → Chojna
★ Chorzów → Königshütte → Chorzów
★ Arnswalde → Choszczno
★ Tempelburg → Czaplinek
★ Czarne → Hammerstein → Czarne → Hammerstein → Czarne
★ Rothenburg → Czerwieńsk
★ Dzierzgoń → Neu Christburg → Christburg → Dzierzgoń
★ Reichenbach → Dzierżoniów
★ Łęg → Lyck → Ełk
★ Gdynia → Gotenhafen → Gdynia
★ Nowa Wieś → Lötzen → Giżycko
★ Landsberg → Landsberg an der Warthe → Gorzów Wielkopolski
★ Hirschberg → Jelenia Góra
★ Katowice → Stalinogród → Katowice
★ Rast → Rastenburg → Kętrzyn
★ Lignica → Liegnitz → Legnica
★ Łódź → Litzmannstadt → Łódź
★ Sensburg → Mrągowo
★ Nowe Miasto Korczyn → Nowy Korczyn
★ Margrabowa → Treuburg → Olecko
★ Pazluk → Hollandt → Preußisch Holland → Pasłęk
★ Piasek → Piaski Luterskie → Piaski
★ Melcekuke → Mehlsack → Pieniężno
★ Pisz → Johannisburg → Pisz
★ Słupsk → Stolp → Słupsk
★ Ortulfsburg → Ortelsburg → Szczytno
★ Waldenburg → Wałbrzych
★ Wejherowska Wola → Neustadt → Wejherowo → Neustadt → Wejherowo
★ Wielka Wieś → Władysławowo
★ Włocławek → Leslau → Włocławek
★ Wrocisław → Wrocław → Preßlau → Breslau → Wrocław
★ Zabrze → Hindenburg → Zabrze
★ Zielona Góra → Grünberg → Zielona Góra
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
★ Kronstadt → 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 also List of cities and towns in East Prussia
''See List of renamed cities and towns in Russia''
Serbia
★ Naissus → Niš
★ Singidunum → Beograd
★ Sirmium → Sremska Mitrovica
Singapore
★ Temasek → Singapore
Slovakia
★ Kaschau → Kassa Košice
★ Pressburg, Pozsony → Bratislava
★ Besztercebánya → Banská Bystrica
Slovenia
★ Assling → Jesenice
★ Bischofslack → Škofja Loka
★ Celeia → Cilli → Celje
★ Egida → Capris → Justinopolis → Caput Histriae → Koper/Capodistria
★ Emona → Laibach → Ljubljana
★ Marburg → Maribor
★ Poetovio → Pettau → Ptuj
South Africa
★ Pietersburg → Polokwane
★ Potgietersrus → Mokopane
★ Ellisrus → Lephalale
★ Louis Trichardt → Makhado → Louis Trichardt
★ Messina → Musina
★ Phalaborwa → BaPhalaborwa
★ Lyttleton → Verwoerdburg → Centurion
Spain
★ Abula → Ávila
★ Acci → Guadix
★ Aurariola → Orihuela
★ Augusta Emerita → Mérida
★ Azaña → Numancia de la Sagra (1936, by enemies of Manuel Azaña).
★ Barcino → Barcino Nova → Barcelona
★ Bayona de Tajuña → Titulcia (since the owner did not want to remind Ferdinand VII of Spain of his captivity at Bayonne).
★ Brigantium → Caronium → Corunna → La Coruña → A Coruña
★ Colonia Caecilia Metellinum → Medellín
★ Colonia Iulia Romula → Hispalis → Isbilia → Seville (Sevilla)
★ Colonia Norba Caesarina → Norba → Cáceres
★ Colonia Patricia → Corduba → Qurtuba → Córdoba
★ Complutum → Alcalá de Henares
★ Dertosa → Tortosa
★ Dianinum → Denia
★ Egara → Tarrasa → Terrassa
★ El Ferrol → El Ferrol del Caudillo → Ferrol
★ Fuenterrabía → Hondarribia
★ Gadir → Gades → Cádiz
★ Gasteiz → Nueva Victoria → Vitoria-Gasteiz
★ Guernica → Guernica y Luno → Gernika-Lumo
★ Guecho → Getxo
★ Gerunda → Gerona → Girona
★ Ilerda → Lérida → Lleida
★ Illice → Elche / Elx
★ Legio → León
★ Lejona → Leioa
★ Akra Leuke → Lucentum → Laquant → Alicante
★ Lucus Augusti → Lugo
★ Mainake → Malaca → Málaga
★ Mahón → Maó
★ Onuba → Huelva
★ Pompaelo → Pamplona
★ Qart Hadast → Carthago Nova → Cartagena
★ Quintanilla → Quintanilla de Onésimo
★ Saguntum → Murviedro / Morvedre → Sagunto
★ Salduba → Caesaraugusta → Saraqusta → Zaragoza
★ Sos → Sos del Rey Católico
★ Helmantica → Salamantica → Salamanca
★ Tarraco → Tarraco nova → Tarragona
★ Toletum → Tulaytula → Toledo
★ Villa Real → Ciudad Real
Syria
★ Aleppo → Beroea → Aleppo
★ Emesa → Homs
★ Hamath → Hama
★ Laodicea → Latakia
★ Palmyra → Tadmor
Tajikistan
''See List of renamed cities in Tajikistan''
Turkey
Many cities were founded by the Ancient Greeks or their contemporaries, and renamed by the Romans, and later again by Muslim Turks
European (Eastern Thrace)
★ Hadrianopolis/Adrianople → Edirne
★ Byzantion → Byzantium → Constantinopolis/Constantinople → Istanbul
Anatolia (Asia Minor)
★ Alexandretta → İskenderun
★ Amida → Diyarbakır
★ Amisus → Samsun
★ Ancyra → Angora → Ankara
★ Antioceia -> Antiochia/Antioch → Antakya
★ Archelais -> Aksaray
★ Attalia → Attalea → Adalia → Antalya
★ Bythinion/Bythinium → Claudiopolis → Bolu
★ Chalkedon → Chalcedon
★ Cius → Prusa → Bursa
★ Dorylaeum -> Eskişehir
★ Edessa → Sanli Urfa (Şanlıurfa)
★ Ephesos → Ephesus -> Efes
★ Halikarnassos → Halicarnassus → Bodrum
★ Iconium → Konya
★ Kyzikos → Cyzicus
★ Magnesia → Manisa
★ Mazaca → Caesarea Mazaca → Kayseri
★ Melitene → Malatya
★ Mylasa -> Milas
★ Nikaia → Nicaea → İznik
★ Nicomedia → İzmit/Kocaeli
★ Pergamon → Pergamum → Bergama
★ Sinope → Sinop
★ Smyrna → İzmir
★ Theodosiopolis → Erzurum
★ Tralles → Aydın
★ Trapezon → Trapezus → Trebizond → Trabzon
Turkmenistan
''See List of renamed cities in Turkmenistan''
Ukraine
''See List of renamed cities in Ukraine''
United Kingdom
England
★ Aquae Sulis → Bath
★ Brycgstow → Bristol
★ Camulodunum → Colchester
★ Cantiacorum → Durovurnum → Canterbury
★ Deva → Caester → Chester
★ Dubris → Dover
★ Durnovaria → Dorchester
★ Efrawg → Eboracum/Eburacum → Eoferwic → Jorvik → York
★ Glevum → Gloucester
★ Isca Dumnoniorum → Exeter
★ Lindum Colonia → Lincoln
★ Londinium → Lundenwic → Lundenburgh → London
★ Luguvallium → Carlisle
★ Pons Aelius → Monkchester → Newcastle upon Tyne
★ Ratae Corieltauvorum → Kaerleir → Leicester
★ Tigguo Cobauc → Snottingaham → Nottingham
Northern Ireland
★ Doire → Derry → Londonderry (Derry is still used by a majority of the city's population)
Scotland
★ Arderyth → Airdrie
★ Aberbrothock → Arbroath
★ Inverayr → Ayr
★ Alclud → Ail Chluaidh → Dumbarton
★ Alec-tum → Dùn Dèagh → Dundee
★ Dùn Phàrlain → Dunfermline
★ Dun Eideann → Edinburgh
★ Glascu → Glasgow
★ Cadzow → Hamilton
★ Inbhir Uraidh → Inverury → Inverurie
★ Jeddart → Jedburgh
★ Kirkcaudy → Kirkcaldy
★ Lithgae → Linlithgow
★ Pasgill → Paisley
★ St John's Toun (St Johnstone) → Perth
★ Newark → Port Glasgow
★ Cell Rígmonaid → Kilrymont → Muckross → St Andrews
★ Strivelyn → Stirling
★ Cambusnethan → Wishawtown → Wishaw
United States
★ Alburquerque → Albuquerque, New Mexico
★ Charleston → St. Charles, Illinois
★ Charles Towne → Charleston, South Carolina
★ Clark → DISH, Texas
★ Cleaveland → Cleveland, Ohio
★ Cowford → Jacksonville, Florida
★ Dearborn → Chicago, Illinois
★ East Detroit → Eastpointe, Michigan
★ Fort Duquesne → Fort Pitt → Pittsburgh → Pittsburg → Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
★ Fort Orange → Albany → Willemstad → Albany, New York
★ Gay Head, Massachusetts → Aquinnah, Massachusetts
★ Hot Springs, New Mexico → Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
★ Jernigan → Orlando, Florida
★ Lancaster → Lincoln, Nebraska
★ Losantisville → Cincinnati, Ohio
★ Marysville → Corvallis, Oregon
★ Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania → Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
★ New Amsterdam → New York, New York
★ North Tarrytown, New York → Sleepy Hollow, New York
★ Pig's Eye → St. Paul, Minnesota
★ Plantation of Penacook → Rumford → Concord, New Hampshire
★ Providence → Anne Arundel Towne → Annapolis, Maryland
★ Sing Sing → Ossining, New York
★ Spokan Falls → Spokane, Washington
★ Swilling's Mill → Hellinwg Mill → Mill City → East Phoenix → Phoenix, Arizona
★ Terminus → Marthasville → Atlanta, Georgia
★ Vermilionville → Lafayette, Louisiana
★ Wintonbury → Bloomfield, Connecticut
★ Yerba Buena → San Francisco, California
Uzbekistan
''See List of renamed cities in Uzbekistan''
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
Zimbabwe (former (Southern) Rhodesia)
★ 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 → Hwange
Sources and References
(incomplete)
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★ Westermann, ''Groβer Atlas zur Weltgeschichte'' (in German)
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