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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.

Contents

see also: Geographical renaming and Names of European cities in different languages.

Afghanistan

  • Alexandria Ariana → Herat
  • Alexandria Arachosia → Kandahar (Refer Kandahar#Name)
  • Alexandria in Opiania → Ghazni
  • Alexandria on the Oxus → Al-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

  • Amboim → Cabela → Gabela
  • Benguella → Benguela (1975)
  • Cabinda → Tchiowa (proposed)
  • Carmona → Uíge (1975)
  • Concelho → Caconda (1975)
  • Henrique de Carvalho → Saurimo (1975)
  • Huambo → Nova Lisboa → Huambo (1975)
  • Loanda → Luanda (1975)
  • Moçâmedes → Namibe (1985)
  • Novo Redondo → Sumbe (1975)
  • Kissonde → Benguela → Benguela Velha → Porto Amboim (1923) → Gunza/Porto Gabela (proposed)
  • Porto Alexandre → Tombwe/Tombua
  • Robert Williams town/Vila Robert Williams → Caála (1975)
  • Sá da Bandeira → Lubango
  • São Salvador → M'banza-Kongo (1975)
  • Santa Comba → Waku-Kungo (1975)
  • Santo António do Zaire → Soyo
  • Serpa Pinto → Menongue (1975)
  • Silva Porto → Kuito/Cuito (1975)
  • Teixeira da Silva → Bailundo/Bailunda
  • Teixeira de Sousa → Luau (1975)
  • Vila Luso → Luena (1975)
  • Vila Salazar → N'dalatando (1975)

    • Argentina

  • La Plata → Ciudad Eva Perón → La Plata

    • Armenia

    See List of renamed cities in Armenia

  • Akhta → Hrazdan
  • Alagyoz → Tsakhkahovit → Aragats (1950)
  • Artashat → Verin Ghamarlu → Artashat (1962)
  • Basarkechar → Vardenis (1945)
  • Dadakishlag → Akhundov → Punik
  • Davalou → Ararat (1935)
  • Dyuzkand → Akhuryan (1950)
  • Geryusi → Goris (1924)
  • Hamamlou → Spitak (1948)
  • Jalaloghlou → Stepanavan (1930)
  • Ghapan → Kapan (1990)
  • Karaklis → Kirovakan (1935) → Vanadzor (1993)
  • Krasnoselsk → Chambarak (1993)
  • Kumayri → Alexandropol (1840) → Leninakan (1924) → Gyumri (1990)
  • Kyavar → Novo-Bayazet/Nor Bayazet (1830) → Kamo (1959) → Gavar (1996)
  • Lusavan → Charentsavan (1967)
  • Nerkin Karanlough → Martuni (1926)
  • Sardarapat → Hoktemberyan (1932) → Armavir (1992)
  • Soylan → Azizbekov (1956) → Vayk (1994)
  • Nubarashen → Sovetashen → Nubarashen
  • Uloukhanlou → Narimanlou → Zangibasar → Razdan → Masis
  • Vagharshapat → Echmiadzin (1941) → Vagharshapat (1991)
  • Vorontsovka → Kalinino (1937) → Tashir (1991)

    • Australia

  • Stuart → Alice Springs (NT)
  • Ballaarat → Ballarat (VIC)
  • Mayday Hills → Beechworth (NSW)
  • Bendigo's Creek → Sandhurst → Bendigo (VIC)
  • Dumbletown → Beverly Hills (NSW)
  • Emu Bay → Burnie (TAS)
  • Port Darwin → Palmerston → Darwin (NT)
  • Germanton → Holbrook (NSW)
  • Limestone Station → Ipswich (QLD)
  • Bearbrass → Melbourne (VIC)
  • Mobilong → Murray Bridge (SA)
  • Blackman's Flat → Orange (NSW)
  • Currajong → Parkes (NSW)
  • Belfast → Port Fairy (VIC)
  • Flooding Creek → Sale (VIC)
  • McGuire's Punt → Sheppardtown → Shepparton (VIC)
  • Newcastle → Toodyay (WA)
  • Hummock Hill → Whyalla (SA)

    • Azerbaijan

    See List of renamed cities in Azerbaijan

  • Mardakert → Ağdərə (1991, change not recognized by the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic which controls this city)
  • Aşağı Ağcakənd → Şaumyanovsk (1938) → Aşağı Ağcakənd (1990)
  • Astraxan-Bazar → Cəlilabad (1967)
  • Beyləqan → Zhdanov (1939) → Beyləqan (1991)
  • Biləsuvar → Puşkino (1938) → Biləsuvar (1991)
  • Dəvəçi → Şabran (2010)
  • Duvannı → Sanqaçal
  • Gəncə → Elisabethpol (1805) → Gəncə (1918) → Kirovabad (1935) → Gəncə (1989)
  • Goranboy → Qasım-İsmayılov (1938) → Goranboy (1990)
  • Helenendorf → Yelenino → Xanlar (1938) → Göygöl (2008)
  • Karyagino → Füzuli (1959)
  • Xonaşen → Martuni → Xocavənd (1991, change not recognized by the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic which controls this city)
  • Noraşen → İliç[evsk] → Şərur (1991)
  • Petropavlovka → Petropavlovsk → Sabirabad (1931)
  • Port-Ilich → Liman (1999)
  • Prishib → Göytəpə
  • Qutqaşen → Qəbələ (1991)
  • Şəki → Nuxa (1840) → Şəki (1968)
  • Şəmkir → Şamxor → Şəmkir (1991)
  • Tərtər → Mir-Bəşir (1949) → Tərtər (1991)
  • Traubenfeld → Vinogradnoe Pole → Tovuz
  • Vartaşen → Oğuz (1991)
  • Xankəndi → Stepanakert (1923) → Xankəndi (1991, change not recognized by the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic which controls this city)
  • Yelizavetinka → Lüksemburq → Ağstafa (1939)
  • Yeni Şamaxı → Ağsu
  • Zubovka → Əli-Bayramlı (1938) → Şirvan (2008)
  • Pirçivan → Zəngilan (1957)

    • Bangladesh

  • Jahangir Nagar → Dacca → Dhaka
  • Chittagong → Chotogram *(both are used as both English and Bengali are official languages of Bangladesh)

    • Belarus

    See List of renamed cities in Belarus

  • Berestie (Берестье) (historical ruthenian name) → Brześć Litewski (polish name) → Brest-Litovsk (Брест-Литовск) (Russian name since 19th century as transcribed from Polish*) → Brest (Брест) (*) → Brest (Брэст)/Bierascie (Берасце) (informal)

    • Belgium

  • Charnoy (hamlet) → Charleroi (1666)

    • Botswana (formerly Bechuanaland)

  • Gaberones → Gaborone (1969)

    • Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Bosanska Gradiška → Gradiška
  • Drvar → Titov Drvar (1981) → Drvar (1991)
  • Hvoča → Foča → Srbinje → Foča
  • Delminium → Županjac → Županj-potok → Županjac → Duvno → Tomislavgrad → Duvno → Tomislavgrad

    • Brazil

  • Adolfo Konder → Vidal Ramos
  • Hamônia → Ibirama
  • Hansa Humboldt → Corupá
  • Jabaeté → Viana
  • Neu-Zürich → Dalbérgia → Neu Breslau → Presidente Getúlio
  • Nossa Senhora do Desterro → Florianópolis
  • Nova Danzig → Cambé
  • Paraíba → João Pessoa
  • Porto Acre → Xapuri
  • Porto dos Casais → Porto Alegre
  • Presidente Soares → Alto Jequitibá
  • São José da Barra do Rio Negro → Manaus
  • São José del Rey → Tiradentes
  • Veado → Siqueira Campos → Guaçuí
  • Vila do Espírito Santo → Vila Velha
  • Vila Nova do Espírito Santo → Vitória
  • Vila Rica → Ouro Preto

    • Brunei

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

    • Bulgaria

  • Ratiaria → Archar
  • Scaptopara → Cuma-i Bala (Yukarı Cuma) → Gorna Dzhumaya → Blagoevgrad
  • Orhanie → Botevgrad
  • Hadzhioglu Pazardzhik → Tolbuhin → Dobrich
  • Dupniche → Marek → Stanke Dimitrov → Dupnitsa
  • Nevrokop → Gotse Delchev
  • Ortaköy → Ivailovgrad
  • Pautalia → Velbazhd → Köstendil → Kyustendil
  • Golyama Kutlovitsa → Kutlofça → Ferdinand → Mihailovgrad → Montana
  • Mesembria → Misivri→ Nesebar
  • Tatar Pazardzhik → Pazardzhik
  • Kendros (Kendrisos/Kendrisia) → Odryssa → Eumolpia → Philipopolis → Trimontium → Ulpia → Flavia → Julia → Paldin/Ploudin → Poulpoudeva → Filibe → Plovdiv
  • Ruschuk (Rusčuk) → Rousse
  • Kolarovgrad → Şumnu → Shumen
  • 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
  • Eski Dzhumaia (Eski Cuma) → Targovishte
  • Vassiliko → Tsarevo → Michurin → Tsarevo
  • Odesos → Varna → Stalin → Varna
  • Tarnovgrad → Tarnovo → Tırnova → Tarnovo → Veliko Tarnovo
  • Bononia → Bdin → Vidin

    • Alberta

  • Hobbema → Maskwacis

    • British Columbia

  • Fort George → Prince George
  • Fort Camosun → Fort Victoria → Victoria
  • Westbank → West Kelowna
  • Wu'muthkweyum → 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

    • Ontario

  • Berlin → Kitchener, Ontario. Changed in 1916 due to Canadian involvement in the First World War, named after Lord Kitchener see Berlin to Kitchener name change
  • Fort William combined with Port Arthur = Thunder Bay
  • Hens and Chicken's Harbour → Collingwood
  • Hull -- Gatineau
  • 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
  • Shipman's Corners → St. Catharines
  • Sainte-Anne-des-Pins → Sudbury → Greater Sudbury
  • Fort Rouillé → Toronto → York → Toronto
  • Aqueduct → Merritsville → Welland
  • York → Toronto

    • Prince Edward Island

  • Port la Joie → Charlottetown

    • Québec

  • Hochelaga → Ville-Marie → Mont-Royal → Montreal
  • Stadacona → Québec City

    • Saskatchewan

  • Prussia → Leader

    • Chad

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

    • China

  • Amoy† → Hsia-men† → Xiamen
  • Ji → Yanjing → Zhongdu → Dadu → Jingshi → Khanbalik (as Mongol capital) → Peking † → Peiping → Beijing
  • Chang'an → Xi'an
  • Iling → Ichang† → Yichang
  • Jiankang →Jiangning → Jinling → Nanking† → Nanjing
  • Bianliang → Bianjing → Kaifeng
  • Lin'an → Hangchow† → Hangzhou
  • Peiping -- Peking -- Beijing
  • Soochow† - Suzhou
  • Yinxu → Anyang
  • Shenyang → Shengjing → Fengtianfu → Mukden → Fengtian → Shenyang
  • Ch'ing-ni-wa† → Lüshunkou (aka Port Arthur) → Dalnyi → Dairen; Ryojun → Luda → Dalian
  • Kweisui†→Guisui→Hohhot
  • Tihua→Dihua→Urumqi

    • †Name change in English due to replacement of outdated methods such as the postal romanization with the pinyin method. The Chinese name is unchanged.

    Colombia

  • Bacatá → Santa Fe de Bacatá → Bogotá → Santa Fe de Bogotá → Bogotá
  • Obando → Puerto Inírida → Inirida
  • Patriarca San José → Cúcuta → San José de Cucúta → Cúcuta
  • 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
  • Villaviciosa de la Concepción de la Provincia de Hatunllacta → Villaviciosa de la Concepción de San Juan de los Pastos → San Juan de Pasto
  • San Antonio → Leticia
  • Santa Cruz de Pizarro → Santa Cruz de San José → Sitionuevo → Sitio Nuevo
  • Villa Holguín→ Armenia

    • Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ex-Belgian Congo, Ex-Zaire)

    A number of places became towns/cities under a Belgian colonial name, or rather two: in Dutch (often ending in -stad) and French (often ending in -ville, also meaning 'town') (the Belgian official languages), but were later renamed in native languages, such as :

  • Albertstad = Albertville (colonial) → Kalemie
  • Boudewijnstad = Baudoinville (colonial) → Kirungu
  • Coquilhatstad = Coquihatville (colonial) → Mbandaka
  • Costermansstad = Costermansville (colonial) → Bukavu
  • Elisabethstad = Elisabethville (colonial) → Lubumbashi
  • Jadotstad = Jadotville (colonial) → Likasi
  • Leopoldstad = Léopoldville (colonial) → Kinshasa
  • Luluaburg/ Luluabourg (colonial) → Kananga
  • Bangala Station → Nieuw-Antwerpen = Nouvelle-Anvers (colonial) → Makanza
  • Ponthierstad/Ponthierville (colonial) → Ubundu
  • Port Franqui → Ilebo
  • Stanleystad = Stanleyville (colonial) → Kisangani

    • Croatia

  • Ragusa → Dubrovnik
  • Mursa → Essegg, Eszék → Osijek
  • Sankt Veit am Fluß (German) → Fiume (Italian) → Rijeka
  • Iader → Jadera → Zara → Zadar
  • Agram, Zagrab → Zagreb
  • Zaravecchia → Biograd na Moru
  • Pinguente → Buzet
  • Cherso → Cres
  • Porto Re → Kraljevica
  • Albona → Labin
  • Lesina → Hvar
  • Lussinpiccolo → Mali Lošinj
  • Cittanova (d'Istria) → Novigrad
  • Pozzo Littorio d'Arsia → Piedalbona → Podlabin
  • Dignano → Vodnjan

    • Czech Republic

  • Cukmantl (Zuckmantel) → Zlaté Hory
  • Falknov (Falkenau) → Sokolov
  • Frývaldov (Freiwaldau) → Jeseník
  • Německý Brod (Deutsch Brod) → Havlíčkův Brod
  • Německé Jablonné (Deutsch Gabel) → Jablonné v Podještědí
  • Unterwielands (Cmunt) → České Velenice → Gmünd-Bahnhof (Gmünd III) → České Velenice
  • Zlín (Zlin) → Gottwaldov → Zlín
  • Budweis → České Budějovice
  • Karlsbad → Karlovy Vary
  • Reichenberg → Liberec

    • Greenland

  • Friedrichstal → Frederiksdal → Narsarmijit (Narsaq Kujalleq)
  • Godthaab → Godthåb → Nuuk
  • Lichtenau → Alluitsoq
  • Lichtenfels → Akunnat
  • Neu-Herrnhut → Nye-Hernhut → Noorlit → Nuuk

    • Dominican Republic

  • Santo Domingo → Ciudad Trujillo (1936–1961) → Santo Domingo

    • Egypt

    Many cities had Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Latin names

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

    • Equatorial Guinea

  • Port Clarence → Santa Isabel → Malabo

    • Estonia

    See List of renamed cities in Estonia

  • Kuressaare → Kingissepa (1952) → Kuressaare (1988)
  • Reval/Revel → Tallinna (1918) → Tallinn (early 1920s)
  • Dorpat/Derpt → Jurjev (1893) → Tartu (1918)

    • Fiji

  • Lautoka → Western Fiji
  • Suva → Central Fiji

    • Finland

  • Mustasaari/Mussor → Wasa → Nikolaistad/Nikolainkaupunki → Vasa/Vaasa

    • France

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

  • Andemantunum → Langres
  • Argentoratum → Strassburg → Strasbourg
  • Augustobona → Troyes
  • Augustodunum → Autun
  • Augustodurum → Bayeux
  • Augustonemetum → Clermont-Ferrand
  • Avaricum → Bourges
  • Caesarodunum → Tours
  • Cenabum → Cenabum Aureliani → Aurelianum → Orléans
  • Condevicnum → Portus Namnetum → Nantes
  • Divodurum → Metz
  • Divona → Cahors
  • Durocortorum → Reims
  • Elimberris → Auch
  • Forum Iulii → Fréjus
  • Gesocribate → Brest
  • Gesoriacum → Bononia → Bonen (aan zee)/ Boulogne-sur-Mer
  • Iuliomagus → Angers
  • Lapurdum → Bayonne
  • Limonum → Poitiers
  • Lugdunum Convenarum → Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
  • Lugdunum Consoranorum → Saint-Lizier
  • Lutetia → Paris
  • Mediolanium → Saintes
  • Mediolanum Aulercorum → Évreux
  • Nemetacum → Arras
  • Noviodunum Aeduorum → Nevirnum → Nevers
  • Samarobriva → Amiens
  • Segodunum → Rodez

    • Gambia

  • Bathurst → Banjul (1973)
  • Georgetown → Janjanbureh

    • Georgia

    See List of renamed cities in Georgia

  • Aghbulakhi → Tetritsq'aro (1940)
  • Baghdati → Maiakovski (1940) → Baghdati (1990)
  • Barmaksizi → Tsalka (1932)
  • Bashkicheti → Dmanisi (1947)
  • Altunkale → Bogdanovka (1829) → Ninotsminda (1991)
  • Dioscurias → Savastapolis → Tskhumi → Sohumkale → Sukhumi
  • Elisabethtal → Asureti (1943)
  • Martvili → Gegechkori → Martvili (1990)
  • Kvirila → Jugeli (1920) → Zestafoni (1921)
  • Karaiazi → Gardabani (1947)
  • Khashuri → Mikhailovo (1872) → Khashuri (1918) → Stalinisi (1931) → Khashuri (1934)
  • Chörük-Qamarli → Katarinenfeld (1817) → Lüksemburgi (1921) → Bolnisi (1943)
  • Stepantsminda → Kazbegi → Stepantsminda (2006)
  • Akhalgori → Leningori → Akhalgori (1991)
  • Ozurgeti → Makharadze → Ozurgeti (1990)
  • Kharagauli → Orjonikidze → Kharagauli (1990)
  • Sarvan → Borchalo (1929) → Marneuli (1947)
  • Senaki → Mikha-Tskhakaia (1935) → Tskhakaia (1976) → Senaki (1989)
  • Shulavery → Shahumiani (1925) → Shulaveri (1991)
  • Trialeti → Molotovo (1940) → Trialeti (1957)
  • Tsarskiye Kolodtsy → Tsitelitskaro (1921) → Dedoplistskaro (1991)
  • Tskhinvali → Staliniri (1934) → Tskhinvali (1961)
  • Khoni → Tsulukidze → Khoni (1990)

    • Germany

    see also List of cities and towns in East Prussia for towns now in Poland, Russia or Lithuania
  • Augusta Vindelicorum → Augsburg
  • Aurelia Aquensi → Baden-Baden
  • Barmen-Elberfeld → Wuppertal
  • Bötzow → Oranienburg
  • Bremerhaven → Wesermünde → Bremerhaven
  • Buchhorn → Friedrichshafen
  • Chemnitz → Karl-Marx-Stadt → Chemnitz
  • Colonia Nemetum → Speyer
  • Fürstenberg (Oder) → Stalinstadt → Eisenhüttenstadt
  • Klenow → Ludwigslust
  • Lietzow → Lietzenburg → Charlottenburg
  • Lochau → Annaburg
  • Münden → Hannoversch Münden → Hann. Münden
  • Neustadt → Dorotheenstadt (in 1710 incorporated into Berlin)
  • Rixdorf → Neukölln (in 1920 incorporated into Berlin)
  • Sarre-Louis → Sarre-Libre → Saarlouis → Saarlautern → Saarlouis
  • Syburg → Carlshaven → Bad Karlshafen
  • Stadt des KdF-Wagens bei Fallersleben → Wolfsburg
  • Starigard → Aldinborg → Oldenburg in Holstein
  • Vörde → Bremervörde

    • Greece

  • Banitsa → Vevi
  • Boimitsa → Axioupoli
  • Kailar → Ptolemaida
  • Khandak → Candia → Heraklion
  • Lamia → Zitouni → Lamia
    • See also: Former toponyms in Greece and list compiled by the Institute for Neohellenic Research

    Guyana

  • Wismar-MacKenzie-Christianburg → Linden

    • Hungary

  • Dunapentele → Sztálinváros (1951) → Dunaújváros (1961)
  • Fünfkirchen → Pécs
  • Gran → Esztergom
  • Tiszaszederkény → Leninváros (1970) → Tiszaújváros (1990)
  • Waitzen → Vác

    • India

  • Bangalore → Bengaluru (2006)
  • Madras → Chennai (changed August 1996)
  • Fort William → Calcutta → Kolkata (January 2001)
  • Mumba → Boa Baia → Bombay → Mumbai (1996)
  • New Bombay → Navi Mumbai
  • Mangalore → Mangaluru
  • Mysore → Mysuru
  • Kanhiyapur → Cawnpore → Kanpur (1948)
  • Baroda → Vadodra
  • Pataliputra → Patna
  • Pondicherry → Puducherry
  • 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
  • Chirayinkil → Chirayinkeezhu
  • Kattachakonam → Kesavadasapuram
  • Palghat → Palakkad
  • Thrishivaperur → Trichur → Thrissur
  • Cannanore → Kannur
  • Saket→Ayodhya
  • Indravati → Umravti → Amravati
  • Tanjore → Thanjavur
  • Lakshmanpuri → Lakhanpur → Lakhnau → Lucknow
  • Thirusirappalli → Trichinopoly → Trichy → Tiruchirappalli
  • Jeypore → Jaipur
  • Orissa →Odisha
  • Ootacamund → Udhagamandalam
  • Mapuça → Mapusa
  • Panjim → Panaji
  • Vizagapatam → Visakhapatnam
  • Belgaum → Belagavi
  • Hubli → Hubballi
  • Gulbarga → Kalburgi
  • Bijapur → Vijayapura
  • Banaras → Varanasi
  • Gurgaon → Gurugram

    • Indonesia

  • Bandar Aceh Darussalam → Kutaradja → Banda Aceh
  • Bangkahulu → Bencoolen → Bengkulu
  • Buitenzorg → Bogor
  • Emma Haven → Teluk Bayur
  • (Sunda) Kelapa (397–1527) → Jayakarta (1527–1619) → Batavia (1619–1949) → Djakarta (1949–1972) → Jakarta
  • Port Numbay → Hollandia → Kota Baru → Sukarnopura → Jayapura
  • Makasar → Ujungpandang → Makassar
  • Meester Cornelis → Djatinegara → Jatinegara
  • Tanjungkarang-Telukbetung → Bandar Lampung
  • Telanaipura → Jambi

    • Iran

  • Qaradağ → Arasbaran
  • Bandar-e Anzali → Bandar-e Pahlavi(1925) → Bandar-e Anzali (1979)
  • Bandar Šâhpur → Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni (1979)
  • Saraskand → Hashtrud
  • Aspadana → Isfahan
  • Behdesīr → Kerman (10th century A.D.)
  • Kivi → Kowsar
  • Malek Kandi → Malekan
  • Khiyov → Meshginshahr
  • Araplar → Poldasht
  • Shapur → Salmas
  • Saujbulagh → Mahabad
  • Urmia → Rezaiyeh (1925) → Urmia (1979)

    • Ireland

  • Bagenalstown → Muine Bheag (1932)
  • Charleville → Ráth Luirc (1920s)
  • Cove → Queenstown (1849) → Cobh (1922)
  • Dún Laoghaire → Kingstown (1821) → Dún Laoghaire (1922)
  • Edgeworthstown → Mostrim (1935) → Edgeworthstown (1974)
  • Fethard → Fethard-on-Sea (1914)
  • Kells → Ceannanus Mór (1929) → Kells (1993)
  • Kingwilliamstown → Ballydesmond (1951)
  • Lisbrack → Newtownforbes (1750)
  • Maryborough → Port Laoise (1929)
  • Navan → An Uaimh (1922) → Navan (1971)
  • Newbridge → Droichead Nua (1930s)
  • Newtownbarry → Bunclody (1950)
  • Parsonstown → Birr (1920s)
  • Philipstown → Daingean (1922)

    • Italy

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

  • Maleventum → Beneventum → Benevento
  • Henna → Castrogiovanni → Enna
  • Mussolinia di Sardegna → Arborea

    • Japan

  • Akamagaseki → Shimonoseki (1902)
  • Asahi → Owariasahi (1970)
  • Edo → Tokyo (1868)
  • Fuchū → Shizuoka (1869)
  • Fukase → Matsumoto (1582)
  • Goka → Hiroshima (1591)
  • Hiroshima → Kitahiroshima (1996)
  • Hizaori → Asaka (1932)
  • Imahama → Nagahama (1575)
  • Inokuchi → Gifu (1568)
  • Kameyama → Kameoka (1869)
  • Kōriyama → Yamatokōriyama (1954)
  • Koromo → Toyota (1959)
  • Kozukata → Morioka (Keichō era)
  • Kurokawa → Wakamatsu → Aizuwakamatsu (1955)
  • Kurume → Higashikurume (1970)
  • Murayama → Musashimurayama (1970)
  • Nagaoka → Nagaokakyō (1972)
  • Naniwa → Ōsaka
  • Ōminatotanabu → Mutsu (1960)
  • Ōmiya → Hitachiōmiya (2004)
  • Oshi → Gyōda (1949)
  • Ōta → Hitachiōta (1954)
  • Ōtsu → Kotsu (672) → Ōtsu (794)
  • Ōtsu → Izumiōtsu (1942)
  • Sano → Izumisano (1948)
  • Sayama → Ōsakasayama (1987)
  • Shinobu → Fukushima (1592)
  • Takada → Bungotakada (1954)
  • Takada → Yamatotakada (1948)
  • Takada →　Jōetsu (1971)
  • Takaoka → Hirosaki (1628)
  • Tambaichi → Tenri (1954)
  • Tanabe → Kyōtanabe (1997)
  • Tsudanuma → Narashino (1954)
  • Yamato → Higashiyamato (1970)
  • Yabo → Kunitachi (1926)

    • Jordan

  • Philadelphia → Amman

    • Kazakhstan

    See List of renamed cities in Kazakhstan

  • Yasi → Shavgar (?) → Turkestan (Kazakh: Түркістан) (?)
  • Novopetrovskoye → Fort Alexandrovsky (1857) → Fort-Shevchenko (1939)
  • Ayakoz → Sergiopol (1860) → Ayagoz (Kazakh: Аягөз) (1939)
  • Aktau → Shevchenko (1964) → Aktau (Kazakh: Ақтау) (1991)
  • Dzharkent → Panfilov (1942) → Zharkent (Kazakh: Жаркент) (1991)
  • Guryev → Atyrau (Kazakh: Атырау) (1991)
  • Yaitsk → Uralsk (1775) → Oral (Kazakh: Орал) (1991)
  • Verniy → Alma-Ata (1921) → Almaty (Kazakh: Алматы) (1992)
  • Dzhezkazgan → Zhezkazgan (Kazakh: Жезқазған) (1992)
  • Novy Uzen → Zhanaozen (Kazakh: Жаңаөзен) (1992)
  • Ust-Kamennaya → Ust-Kamenogorsk (1868) → Oskemen (Kazakh: Өскемен) (1992)
  • Chu → Shu (Kazakh: Шу) (1992)
  • Yermak → Aksu (Kazakh: Ақсу) (1993)
  • Kokchetav → Kokshetau (Kazakh: Көкшетау) (1993)
  • Gavrilovka → Taldy-Kurgan (1920) → Taldykorgan (Kazakh: Талдықорған) (1993)
  • Chimkent → Shymkent (Kazakh: Шымкент) (1993)
  • Leninsk → Baikonur (Kazakh: Байқоңыр) (1995)
  • Ak-Mechet → Fort-Perovsky (1853) → Perovsk (1858) → Kyzyl-Orda (1925) → Kyzylorda (Kazakh: Қызылорда) (1996)
  • Alexeyevka → Akkol (Kazakh: Ақкөл) (1997)
  • Kustanay → Kostanay (Kazakh: Қостанай) (1997)
  • Talas → Aulie-Ata (1856) → Mirzoyan (1936) → Jambul (1938) → Zhambyl (1993) → Taraz (Kazakh: Тараз) (1997)
  • Akmolinsk → Tselinograd (1961) → Akmola (1992) → Astana (Kazakh: Астана) (1998)
  • Aktyubinsk → Aktobe (Kazakh: Ақтөбе) (1999)
  • Ridder → Leningorsk (1941) → Ridder (Kazakh: Риддер) (2002)
  • Semipalatinsk → Semey (Kazakh: Семей) (2007)

    • Kenya

  • Broderick Falls → Webuye
  • Fort Hall → Muranga
  • Thompson Falls → Nyahururu

    • North Korea

  • Sinuiju → Shingishū → Sinuiju
  • Wanggeom-seong → Pyongyang → Seogyeong → Pyongyang → Heijō → Pyongyang
  • Wonsanjin → Genzan → Wonsan
  • Songjin → Kimchaek
  • Kaesong → Gaeseong

    • South Korea

  • Tamra → Cheju → Jeju
  • Dalgubeol → Taegu → Daegu
  • Dongrae → Fusan → Pusan → Busan
  • Duingji-hyeon → Yeongi-hyeon → Jeongi-gun → Yŏn'gi → Yeongi → Sejong
  • Gulahwa Usisan → Uhwa → Heungrye-bu → Gonghwa-hyeon → Ulju → Ulsan
  • Hanbat → Taejŏn → Daejeon
  • Mujin → Muju → Kwangju → Gwangju
  • Hansanju → Hanyang → Hanseong → Gyeongseong → Seoul
  • Michuhol → Soseong-hyeon → Gyeongwon-bu → Chemulpo → Inchon → Chemulpo → Inch'ŏn → Incheon
  • Ungjin → Kongju → Gongju

    • Kyrgyzstan

    See List of renamed cities in Kyrgyzstan

  • Rybachye → Ysyk-Kel (1989) → Balykchy (1992)
  • Karakol → Przhevalsk (1889) → Karakol (1921) → Przhevalsk (1939) → Karakol (1991)
  • Pishpek → Frunze (1926) → Bishkek (1991)

    • Laos

  • Xiang Dong Xiang Thong → Vientiane (1561) → Luang Phra Bang (1695)
  • Nakhon Kala Champaknaburisi → Nakhon Champa Nakhaburisi (1713) → Nakhon Champasak (1791) → Champasak [Bassac] (1863) → Pakse (1908)

    • Latvia

    See List of renamed cities in Latvia

  • Stučka → Aizkraukle
  • Dünaburg → Borisoglebsk → (1656) → Dünaburg (1667) → Dvinsk (1893) → Daugavpils (1920)
  • Libau → Libava → Liepāja (1917)
  • Birži → Madona (1920)
  • Windau → Ventspils (parallel use until the 1920s)
  • Wenden → Cēsis (parallel use until the 1920s)
  • Schrunden → Skrunda (parallel use until the 1920s)
  • Stukmaņi → Pļaviņas (parallel use until the 1920s)
  • Sasmaka → Valdemārpils (1926)
  • Haynasch → Ainaži (1917)
  • Marienburg → Alūksne (~1750)
  • Vecauce → Auce (1924)
  • Mitau → Mītava → Jelgava (~1860)
  • Wolmar → Valmiera (parallel use until the 1920s)

    • Lebanon

  • Heliopolis → Baalbek
  • Derbly, (W)Ahlia, Mahal(l)ata, Mayza, Kayza, Athar (Phoenician/ Assyrian) → Tripolis (Greek, Latin, hence Tripoli) in most modern languages) → Atrabulus, Tarablus (al-Sham) Arabic) → Trablusşam (Turkish) → (again) Tripoli

    • Libya

  • Oea → Tripoli

    • Lithuania

    See also List of cities and towns in East Prussia See List of renamed cities in Lithuania

  • Georgenburg → Jurbarkas
  • Memel → Klaipėda (1923)
  • Pašešupys → Starapolė (1736) → Marijampolė (1758) → Kapsukas (1956) → Marijampolė (1989)
  • Šilokarčema → Šilutė (1923)
  • Vilkmergė → Ukmergė (1920s)
  • Medininkai → Varniai (16th century)
  • Sniečkus → Visaginas (1992)
  • Duoliebaičiai → Władysławów/Vladislavovas (1639) → Naumiestis → Kudirkos Naumiestis (1934)
  • Zarasai → Novoalexandrovsk (1836) → Ežerėnai (1919) → Zarasai (1929)
  • Mažeikiai → Muravyov (1899) → Mažeikiai (1918)

    • Madagascar

  • Tananarive → Antananarivo
  • Diego Suarez → Antsiranana
  • Tuléar → Toliara

    • Malaysia

  • Jesselton → Kota Kinabalu (1968)
  • Port Swettenham → Port Klang (1963)
  • Victoria → Bandar Labuan
  • Jamestown → Bayan Lepas
  • Teluk Anson → Teluk Intan
  • Port Weld → Kuala Sepetang

    • Mexico

  • Cajeme → Ciudad Obregón
  • Ciudad Real → San Cristobal de las Casas
  • Pitic → Hermosillo
  • Querétaro → Santiago de Querétaro
  • San Juan Bautista → Villahermosa
  • Tenochtitlán → Ciudad de México
  • Valladolid → Morelia
  • Zapotlán → Ciudad Guzmán

    • Moldova

    See List of renamed cities in Moldova

  • Romanovca → (1960 ?) Basarabeasca
  • Cupcini → (1960 ?) Kalininsk → (1990) Cupcini
  • Ghindești → (1950 ?) Leninskii → (1990) Ghindești
  • Hîncești → (1940) Kotovsk → (1941) Hîncești → (1944) Kotovsk → (1990) Hîncești
  • Ialoveni → (1960 ?) Kutuzov → (1990) Ialoveni
  • Sîngerei → (1940 ?) Lazovsk → (1990) Sîngerei
  • Șoldănești → (1985) Chernenko → (1988) Șoldănești
  • Biruința → (1940 ?) Suvorovo → (1990) Ștefan Vodă

    • Villages

  • Alexandru Ioan Cuza → (1940 ?) Suvorovo → (1990s) Alexandru Ioan Cuza
  • Chișcăreni → (1960 ?) Lazo → (1990) Chișcăreni

    • Montenegro

  • Berane → Ivangrad (1949) → Berane (1992)
  • Birziminium → Ribnica → Podgorica (1326) → Titograd (1946) → Podgorica (1992)

    • Morocco

  • Tingis → Tangier
  • Mazagan → El Jadida

    • Mozambique

  • Lourenço Marques → Maputo (1976)

    • Myanmar

  • Akyab → Sittwe
  • Amherst → Kyaikkami
  • Bassein → Pathein
  • Henzada → Hinthada
  • 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

    • Namibia

  • Kalkfontein → Karasburg
  • Klipfontein → Bethanie

    • Netherlands

  • Coriovallum → Heerlen
  • Kuilenburg → Culemborg
  • Noviomagus Batavorum (or Batavodurum) → Nimwegen → Nijmegen
  • Traiectum → Traiectum ad Mosam → Maastricht
  • Traiectum → Ultra Traiectum → Utrecht
  • 's Gravenhage → Den Haag
  • Forum Hadriani → Voorburg

    • Norway

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

    • Pakistan

  • Raj Shahi → Islamabad
  • Kolachi→Kalanchi→Karachi
  • Shal Kot →Quetta
  • Preshapur → Peshawar
  • Mahmood pur →Lahore
  • Sagala → Sialkot
  • Neroon Kot → Hyderabad (changed - 1768)
  • Lyallpur → Faisalabad (changed - 1977)
  • Nawabshah → Benazirabad (changed - 2008)
  • Montgomery → Sahiwal (changed - 1966)
  • Fort Sandeman → Zhob (changed - 30 July 1976)
  • Shahenshah → Hussain Shah (changed - 2004)
  • Khan Pur →Gujranwala
  • Khan Garh →Jacobabad
  • Salwan Kot→Sialkot
  • Cambell pur →Attock
  • Pepri →Bin Qasim
  • Hindu Bagh→Muslim Bagh
  • Ajodhan pur →Pakpattan
  • Rowdayana →Swat

    • Peru

  • San Pablo de Napeanos → Iquitos

    • Paraguay

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

    • Philippines

  • Albay → Legazpi
  • Cagayan de Misamis → Cagayan de Oro
  • Capiz → Roxas
  • Cavite La Punta → Cavite Nuevo → Cavite
  • Culiat → Angeles
  • Misamis → Ozamiz
  • Nueva Caceres → Naga
  • Nueva Vergara → Davao
  • Opon → Lapu-Lapu
  • Perez Dasmariñas → Dasmariñas
  • Pineda → Pasay
  • Polo → Valenzuela
  • San Felipe Neri → Mandaluyong
  • San Juan del Monte → San Juan
  • San Pedro de Macati → Makati

    • Poland

    see also List of cities and towns in East Prussia
  • Aleksandrowo → Aleksandrów Pograniczny → Aleksandrów Kujawski
  • Jędrzychów → Andrzychów → Andrychów
  • Barcino → Barcin
  • Wartberge → Wartenburg → Nowowiejsk2 → Barczewo
  • Brido → Wartha → Bardo
  • Neu Berlin → Berlinchen → Barlinek
  • Rosenthal → Bartenstein → Bartoszyce
  • Barwica → Bärwalde1 → Barwice2
  • Biała → Zülz1 → Biała2
  • Gajle → Biała → Gehlen1 → Gehlenburg → Biała Piska2
  • Brzegi → Białe Brzegi → Białobrzegi
  • Biały Bór → Baldenburg1 → Biały Bór2
  • Bielszczany Stok → Białystok
  • Biała → Langenbielau1 → Bielawa2
  • Lignica → Fürstenwald1 → Beroldestadt → Bernstadt → Bierutów2
  • Bischofsburg → Biskupiec2
  • Strowangen → Bischofstein → Bistein → Bisztynek2
  • Błaszkowice → Błaszki
  • Richnow → Reichenau1 → Rychwałd2 → Bogatynia
  • Gross-Born → Borne Sulinowo2
  • Brusseberge → Brunsberg → Braunsberg → Braniewo2
  • Brwinowo → Brwinów
  • Wysoki Brzeg → Brieg1 → Brzeg2
  • Brzeg → Dyhernfurth → Brzeg Dolny2
  • Busk → Busko → Busko Zdrój
  • Bydgoszcz → Bromberg → Bydgoszcz2 → Bromberg → Bydgoszcz2
  • Bystrzyce → Habelschwerdt1 → Bystrzyca Kłodzka
  • Bytom → Beuthen an der Oder1 → Białobrzezie2 → Bytom Odrzański
  • Łoza → Kulmsee1 → Chełmża2
  • Freienwalde → Chociwel2
  • Konice → Konigesberge1 → Königsberg in der Neumark → Chojna2
  • Chorzów → Königshütte1 → Chorzów2
  • Arnswalde → Choszczno2
  • Tempelburg → Czaplinek2
  • Czarne → Hammerstein1 → Czarne2 → Hammerstein1 → Czarne2
  • Rothenburg → Czerwieńsk2
  • Dęblin → Iwanogród → Dęblin
  • Dzierzgoń → Neu Christburg1 → Christburg → Dzierzgoń2
  • Reichenbach → Dzierżoniów2
  • Łęg → Lyck → Ełk2
  • Gdynia → Gdingen → Gdynia → Gotenhafen → Gdynia
  • Gdańsk → Danzig → Gdańsk2
  • Nowa Wieś → Lötzen → Giżycko2
  • Głogów → Glogau → Głogów2
  • Landsberg → Landsberg an der Warthe → Gorzów Wielkopolski2
  • Nowy Włodzisław → Junowłodzisław → Inowłodzisław → Inowłocław → Inowrocław → Hohensalza → Inowrocław → Hohensalza → Inowrocław
  • Biała → Janów → Janów Lubelski
  • Hirschberg → Jelenia Góra2
  • Kattowitz → Katowice → Stalinogród → Katowice
  • Wietrzna Góra → Kazimierz → Kazimierz Dolny
  • Rast → Rastenburg → Kętrzyn
  • Kladsko → Glatz → Kłodzko
  • Kołobrzeg → Kolberg → Kołobrzeg2
  • Koszalin → Köslin → Koszalin2
  • Hurthland → Friedland → Korfantów2
  • Lignica → Liegnitz1 → Legnica2
  • Łódź → Lodsch → Łódź → Litzmannstadt1 → Łódź2
  • Marienburg → Malbork → Marienburg → Malbork2
  • Berenwalde → Bärwalde → Mieszkowice2
  • Mieńsk → Mińsk → Nowomińsk → Mińsk Mazowiecki
  • Sensburg → Mrągowo
  • Florianów → Narol
  • Nowe Miasto Korczyn → Nowy Korczyn
  • Margrabowa → Treuburg1 → Olecko2
  • Pazluk → Hollandt1 → Preußisch Holland → Pasłęk2
  • Piasek → Piaski Luterskie → Piaski
  • Melcekuke → Mehlsack → Pieniężno2
  • Pisz → Johannisburg1 → Pisz2
  • Przemków → Primkenow1 → Primkenau1 → Przemków2
  • Puławy → Nowa Aleksandria → Puławy
  • Słupsk → Stolp1 → Słupsk2
  • Stettin → Szczecin2
  • Ortulfsburg → Ortelsburg → Szczytno2
  • Rogoźno → Jelitowo → Tomaszów → Tomaszów Lubelski
  • Waldenberg → Waldenburg → Wałbrzych2
  • Wejherowska Wola → Neustadt1 → Wejherowo → Neustadt1 → Wejherowo
  • Wielka Wieś → Władysławowo
  • Włodzisław → Włocław → Leslau → Włocławek → Leslau → Włocławek2
  • Wrocisław → Wrocław → Preßlau1 → Breslau → Wrocław2
  • Zabrze → Hindenburg1 → Zabrze2
  • Zawadzki → Andreashütte1 → Zawadzkie2
  • Frankenstein → Ząbkowice Śląskie2
  • Zielona Góra → Grünberg1 → Zielona Góra2
  • 1 Cities in western side that have been changed when Poland got independence from Austria-Hungary in 1918
  • 2 Former German cities during 1918-1939, and became a city in Nazi Germany, and became a Polish city after 1945.

    • Portugal

  • Aeminium → Coimbra
  • Bracara Augusta → Braga
  • Conimbriga → Condeixa-a-Nova (Coimbra)
  • Iebora → Évora
  • Olisipo → Al-Usbuna → Lisbon (Lisboa)
  • Pax Iulia → Beja
  • Portus Cale → Porto (Oporto) and Vila Nova de Gaia
  • Sheberina → Serpa
  • Sintara → Sintra
  • Villa Euracini (953) → Villa Verazin (1198) → Póvoa de Varzim (1308)

    • Romania

  • Axiopolis → Cernavodă
  • Abruttus → Abrud
  • Ad Mediam → Băile Herculane
  • Aegyssus → Tulcea
  • Ampelum → Zlatna
  • Apulum → Bălgrad → Gyulafehérvár → Alba Iulia
  • Arrubium → Măcin
  • Kronstadt → Brașov → Orașul Stalin → Brașov
  • Bucureșci → București (Bucharest)
  • Calatis → Mankalya →Mangalia
  • Carsium → Hârșova
  • Cibinum → Hermannstadt → Nagyszeben → Sibiu
  • Dierna → Orșova
  • Jassy → Yaş→ Iași
  • Marosvásárhely → Târgu Mureș
  • Napoca → Klausenburg → Kolozsvár → Cluj → Cluj-Napoca
  • Noviodunum → Isaccea
  • Varadinum (Latin) → (Nagy)várad (Magyar) → Varat (Turkish) → Großwardein (German) → Oradea Mare (Romanian) → (1925 shortening) Oradea
  • Pelendava → Craiova
  • Porolissum → Zalău
  • Potaissa → Turda
  • Temesvár → Tamışvar → Temesvár → Timișoara
  • Tomis → Constanța
  • Drobeta → Turnu Severin → Drobeta-Turnu Severin

    • Serbia

  • Horreum Margi → Ravno → Ćuprija
  • Veliki Bečkerek → Bečkerek → Petrovgrad → Zrenjanin
  • Jagodina → Svetozarevo → Jagodina
  • Kraljevo → Rankovićevo → Kraljevo
  • Naissus → Niš
  • Singidunum → Singidon → Beograd (Belgrade)
  • Taurunum → Zemun
  • Sirmium → Sremska Mitrovica
  • Užice → Titovo Užice (1946) → Užice (1992)
  • Vrbas → Titov Vrbas (1983) → Vrbas (1992)
  • Zanes → Pontes → Novi Grad → Fetislam → Kladovo
  • Zaslon → Šabac

    • Seychelles

  • Mahé (as the main island) → (1778) Victoria

    • Singapore

  • Bukit Panjang → Zhenghua → Bukit Panjang
  • Chan Chu Kang → Nee Soon → Yishun†
  • Choa Chu Kang → Chua Chu Kang
  • Kalang → Kallang
  • Kang Kar → Sengkang
  • Passier Reis → Pasir Ris
  • Peck San → Bishan†
  • Pongal → Ponggol → Punggol
  • Temasek → Singapore
  • Westhill → Chong Pang

    • †Name change in English due to replacement of outdated romanization methods with the Pinyin Romanization Method. Chinese name unchanged.

    Slovakia

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

    • Slovenia

  • Assling → Jesenice
  • Bischofslack → Škofja Loka
  • Celeia → Cilli → Celje
  • Egida → Capris → Justinopolis → Caput Histriae → Koper/Capodistria
  • Emona → Laibach → Ljubljana
  • Marburg → Maribor
  • Poetovio → Pettau → Ptuj
  • Pirano → Piran
  • Capodistria → Koper
  • Portorose → Portorož
  • Velenje → Titovo Velenje (1981) → Velenje (1991)
  • Castra ad fluvium frigidum → Ajdovščina
  • Atrans → Trojane

    • South Africa

    This section of the article can be expanded with material from the corresponding page in Afrikaans Wikipedia - but there 'voorgestel' means the name change is merely proposed, not executed

    Although many name changes have taken place officially since 1994, the previous names are still common in use, especially by the white communities (* means that all or some road signs still print the former name). This list doesn't include unofficially or proposed name changes such as Pretoria to Tshwane.

    Pre 1994

  • Albertsburg → Prince Albert (1845)
  • McHattiesburg → Balfour (1905)
  • Port Natal → Durban
  • Treurfontein → Coligny (1923)

    • Post 1994

  • Belfast → eMakhazeni (2009) *
  • Bisho → Bhisho (2004)
  • Butterworth → Gcuwa*
  • Duiwelskloof → Modjadjiskloof (2004)
  • Ellisras → Lephalale (2002)
  • Louis Trichardt → Makhado → Louis Trichardt (name change reverted)*
  • Machadodorp → eNtokozweni (2009)*
  • Malelane → Malalane (2007)*
  • Messina → Musina (2003)
  • Naboomspruit → Mookgophong (2006)
  • Nelspruit → Mbombela (2009, however Nelspruit was used during the 2010 FIFA World Cup)*
  • Nylstroom → Modimolle (2002)
  • Phalaborwa → BaPhalaborwa*
  • Pietersburg → Polokwane (2005)
  • Potgietersrus → Mokopane (2003)
  • Stanger → KwaDukuza (2006)*
  • Umtata → Mthatha (2004)
  • Verwoerdburg → Centurion (1994)
  • Warmbad/Warmbaths → Bela-Bela (2002)*
  • Waterval Boven → Emgwenya (2009)*
  • Witbank → eMalahleni (2006)

    • Spain

  • Acci → Guadix
  • Azaña → Numancia de la Sagra (1936, by enemies of Manuel Azaña).
  • Barcino → Barcino Nova → Barcelona
  • Basti → Baza
  • 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 Iulia Romula → Hispalis → Isbilia → Seville (Sevilla)
  • Colonia Norba Caesarina → Norba → Cáceres
  • Colonia Patricia → Corduba → Qurtuba → Córdoba
  • Complutum → Alcalá de Henares
  • Egara → Terrassa
  • Gasteiz → Nueva Victoria → Vitoria-Gasteiz
  • Guernica → Guernica y Luno → Gernika-Lumo
  • Onuba → Huelva
  • Sos → Sos del Rey Católico
  • Villa Real → Ciudad Real

    • Swaziland

  • Bremersdorp → Manzini (1960)
  • Buffelspruit → Mhlambanyatsi
  • Goedgegun → Nhlangano
  • Havelock Mine → Bulembu

    • Sweden

  • Bogesund → Ulricehamn
  • Bro → Christinehamn → Kristinehamn
  • Malmhaugar → Malmö
  • Tuna → Eskilstuna → Carl Gustafs stad → Eskilstuna
  • Westra Aros → Wæstaros → Västerås
  • Östra Aros → Upsala → Uppsala

    • Switzerland

  • Augusta Raurica → Kaiseraugst
  • Aventicum → Wiflispurg → Avenches
  • Eburodunum → Yverdon-les-Bains
  • Lousonna → Lausanne
  • Minnodunum → Moudon
  • Octodurus → Martigny
  • Turicum → Zürich
  • Brenno***(durum?) → Bern

    • Syria

  • Aleppo → Beroea → Halab
  • Balanea (Greek, Latin) → Baniyas (Arabic)
  • Emesa → Homs
  • (H)Amat(h)(a) (Aramean, Assyrian) → Epiphania → Epiphania, Emath(oùs) (Greek) → Hamath → Hama
  • Laodicea ad Mare → Latakia
  • Palmyra → Tadmor
  • Rasaappa, Rasappa, and Rasapi (Akadian) → Sergiopolis → Anastasiopolis (Greek & Latin) → Risapa, Rosafa (Latin) → Resafa (Arabic)

    • Taiwan

  • Quemoy → Kinmen† → Jinmen
  • Tamsui† → Danshuei
  • Sindian† → Xindian

    • †Name change in English due to replacement of outdated romanization methods with the Pinyin Romanization Method. Chinese name unchanged.

    Tajikistan

    See List of renamed cities in Tajikistan

  • Dushanbe → Stalinabad (1929) → Dushanbe (1961)
  • Khodjend → Leninabad (1939) → Khujand (1991)
  • Kurgan-Tyube → Qurghonteppa
  • Sovietabad → Ghafurov (1978)
  • Ura-Tyube → Istaravshan (2001)
  • Yangi-Bazar → Orjonikidzeabad (1936) → Qofarnihon (1992) → Vahdat (2003)

    • Tanzania

  • Bismarckburg → Kasanga
  • Tabora → Weidmannsheil → Tabora

    • Thailand

  • Ayothaya → Ayutthaya (1237)
  • Bangkok → Phra Nakhon (1782) → Krung Thep (1972)
  • Trat → Trach → Trat (1906)

    • Turkey

    Many cities were founded by the Ancient Anatolians and Greeks or their contemporaries, and renamed as Latinized by the Romans, and later again by Muslim Turks (in most cases Turkified speech)

  • Alexandretta → İskenderun
  • Amida → Diyar-ı Bekr → Diyarbekir → Diyarbakır
  • Amisus → Samsun
  • Ancyra → Angora → Ankara
  • Antiocheia -> Antiochia/Antioch → Antakya
  • Archelais -> Aksaray
  • Attalia → Attalea → Adalia → Antalya
  • Bythinion/Bythinium → Claudiopolis → Bolu
  • Byzantion → Byzantium → Constantinopolis/Constantinople → Konstantiniyye → Istanbul
  • Chalkedon → Chalcedon → Kadıköy
  • Cius → Prusa → Bursa
  • Dorylaeum -> Eskişehir
  • Edessa → Urfa → Sanli Urfa (Şanlıurfa)
  • Ephesos → Ephesus -> Efes
  • Gawar → Yüksekova
  • Hadrianopolis/Adrianople → Edirne
  • Halikarnassos → Halicarnassus → Petronium →Bodrum
  • Iconium → Konya
  • Kyzikos → Cyzicus → Kizikos
  • Magnesia → Manisa
  • Mazaca → Caesarea Mazaca → Kayseri
  • Melitene → Malatya
  • Mylasa -> Milas
  • Nikaia → Nicaea → İznik
  • Nicomedia → İznikmid → İzmit
  • Pergamon → Pergamum → Bergama
  • Sinope → Sinop
  • Smyrna → İzmir
  • Theodosiopolis → Kalikala→ Erzurum
  • Tralles → Güzelhisar → Aydın
  • Trapezon → Trapezus → Trebizond → Trabzon

    • Turkmenistan

    See List of renamed cities in Turkmenistan

  • Bekdaş → Garabogaz
  • Charjuy → Leninsk (1924) → Charjuy = Charjou = Çarjew (1927) → Turkmenabat (1999)
  • Çeleken → Hazar
  • Gazanjyk → Bereket
  • Gyzyl-arbat → Serdar (city)
  • Krasnovodsk → Turkmenbashi (1993)
  • Kushka = Guşgy → Serhetabat
  • Nebit-dag → Balkanabat
  • Poltoratsk → Ashgabat

    • Ukraine

    See List of renamed cities in Ukraine

    Crimea
  • Aluston → Lusta → Aluşta → Alushta (1784)
  • Ermeni Bazar → Armyanskiy Bazar (1786) → Armyansk (1921)
  • Karasubazar → Bilohirsk (1944)
  • Aqmeçit → Chornomorske (1944)
  • Canköy → Dzhankoy (1784)
  • Kerkinitis → Kezlev (7th century) → Gözleve → Yevpatoria (1784)
  • Theodosia → Ardabda → Kafas → Caffa → Kefe (1475) → Feodosiya (1784)
  • Sarabuz → Hvardiyske (1944)
  • Inkerman → Belokamensk (1976) → Inkerman (1991)
  • Panticapaeum → Bosporus → Korchev → Vosporo/Cerchio → Kerch
  • İslâm Terek → Kirovske (1944)
  • Kurman-Kumelĉi → Krasnohvardiyske (1944)
  • Qızıltaş → Krasnokamianka (1945)
  • Aşağı Otuz → Prymorye (1945) → Kurortne (1978)
  • Albat → Kuybysheve (1945)
  • Yedi Quyu → Sem Kolodezey (1784) → Lenine (1957)
  • Seyitler → Nyzhniohirsk (1944)
  • Büyük Onlar → Oktiabrske (1945)
  • Kaygador → Provalnoe → Dvoyakornoe → Bubnovka → Ordjonikidze (1937)
  • Yañı Küçükköy → Parkove
  • Or Qapı → Perekop (1736)
  • Curçı → Pervomaiske (1944)
  • Aşağı Kikineiz → Ponyzivka
  • Bazarçıq → Poshtove (1945)
  • Hafuz → Yuzhnaya Tochka (1938) → Primosrky (1952)
  • Aqşeyh → Rozdolne (1944)
  • Saq → Saky (1784)
  • Aqyar → Sevastopol (1826; also: Sebastopol)
  • Otuz → Shchebetovka (1944)
  • Aqmescit → Simferopol (1784)
  • Dolossı → Sovietske
  • İçki → Sovietsky (1944)
  • Eski Qırım → Staryi Krym (1783)
  • Sudaq → Sudak (1784)
    • Zaporizhia
  • Alexandrovsk → Zaporizhia (1921)
    • Luhansk
  • Yuryevka → Alchevsk (1903) → Voroshylovsk (1931) → Voroshylovsk/Alchevsk (1957) → Komunarsk (1961) → Alchevsk (1991)
  • Izium → Almaznaya (1878) → Almazna (1977)
  • Bokovo-Antratsyt → Antratsyt (1962)
  • Yekaterinovka → Artem (1923) → Artemivsk (1938)
  • Gorskoye → Hirske (1938)
  • Golubyevskiy Rudnik → Kirovsk (1962)
  • Sorokino → Krasnodon (1938)
  • Kryndachiovka → Krasnyi Luch (1920)
  • Lugansk → Voroshylovhrad (1935) → Luhansk (1958) → Voroshylovhrad (1970) → Luhansk (1990)
  • Aleksandrovka → Petro-Maryevka (1865) → Pervomaisk (1920)
  • Kadiyevka → Sergo (1937) → Kadiivka (1940) → Stakhanov (1978) → Kadiivka (2016)
    • Odessa
  • Ophiusa → Asperon → Moncastro → Akkerman (1503) → Cetatea Albă (1918) → Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky (1944)
  • Buh Khutirs → Illichivsk (1952) → Chornomorsk (2016)
  • Birzula → Kotovsk (1935) → Podilsk (2016)
  • Hacibey → Odessa (1794)
    • Mykolaiv
  • Fedorivka → Fiodorovka (1776) → Novaya Odessa (1832) → Nova Odesa (1989)
  • Kara Kerman → Özi → Ochakov (1792) → Ochakiv (1989)
  • Orlyk → Orlovsky sconce (1743) → Yekaterinsky sconce (1770) → Olviopol (1781) → Pervomaisk (1919)
  • Kostiantynivka-2 → Yuzhnoukrainsk (1987)
    • Donetsk
  • Bakhmut → Artemivsk (1924) → Bakhmut (2016)
  • Nelepovy → Artemove (1921)
  • Yuzovka → Trotsk (1924) → Stalino (1924) → Donetsk (1961)
  • Nova Khrestovka → Kirovske (1958)
  • Karakybbud → Komsomolske (1949)
  • Grishyno → Postysheve → Krasnoarmiisk → Pokrovsk (2016)
  • Dmitriyevsk → Makiivka (1931)
  • Mariupol → Zhdanov (1948) → Mariupol (1989)
  • Karlo-Libknekhtovsk → Soledar (1991)
  • Bannoe → Banne (1929) → Bannovske (1938) → Slovianohirsk (1964) → Sviatohirsk (2003)
  • Tor → Sloviansk (1784)
    • Dnipropetrovsk
  • Kamianske → Dniprodzerzhynsk (1936) → Kamianske (2016)
  • Yekaterinoslav → Novorossiysk (1797) → Yekaterinoslav (1802) → Dnipropetrovsk (Dnepropetrovsk; 1926) → Dnipro (2016)
  • Mykytyne → Slovyanske (1775) → Nikopol (1781)
  • Samara → Novomoskovsk (1782)
  • Shakhtarske → Pershotravensk (1960)
    • Kharkiv
  • Konstantingrad → Krasnohrad (1922)
  • Lykhachove → Pervomaiskyi (1952)
  • Zmiiv → Zmeyev (1656) → Hotvald (1976) → Zmiiv (1990)
    • Lviv
  • Lviv → Lwów (1356) → Lemberg (1772) → Lwów (1918) → Lviv (1939)
  • Żółkiew (until 1939) → Zhovkva → Nesterov (1951) → Zhovkva (1992)
    • Volyn
  • Lutsk → Luchesk (1427) → Łuck (1569) → Lutsk (1795) → Mikhailogorod (1850) → Luck (1915) → Łuck (1919) → Lutsk (1939)
    • Khmelnytsky
  • Proskurov → Khmelnytskyi (1954)
    • Ivano-Frankivsk
  • Stanisławów → Stanislaviv (1939) → Ivano-Frankivsk (1962)
    • Ternopil
  • Tarnopol → Ternopil (1939)
    • Uzhhorod
  • Ungvar (1248) → Užhorod (1919) → Ungvar (1938) → Uzhhorod (1944)
    • Kirovohrad
  • Yelizavetgrad (1784) → Zinovyevsk (1924) → Kirovo (1934) → Kirovohrad (1939) → Kropyvnytskyi (2016)
    • Kherson
  • Chapli → Askania (1828) → Askania Nova (1835)
  • Oleshky → Alioshki (1802) → Tsiurupynsk (1928) → Oleshky (2016)
  • Ali-Agok → Skadovskoye (1894) → Skadovsk (1933)
  • Holy → Golaya Pristan (1786) → Hola Prystan (1923)
  • Geniczi → Genichesk (1784) → Henichesk (1923)

    • England

  • Beeston → Beeston Regis (1399)
  • Bognor → Bognor Regis (1929)
  • Camulodunon (Celtic) → Camulodunum/Colonia Claudia Victricensis (Roman) → Colneceastre (10th) → Colchester
  • Celmeresfort → Chelmsford (1189)
  • Duroliponte (Roman) → Grantebrycge (9th) → Cantabrigia (16th) → Cambridge
  • Eboracum/Eburacum → Eoforwic (7th century) → Jórvík (c.866) → York
  • Leamington Priors → Royal Leamington Spa (1838)
  • Londinium → Lundenwic → London
  • Lyme → Lyme Regis (1284)
  • Lynn → King's Lynn (16th century)
  • Monkchester → Newcastle upon Tyne (1080s)
  • Staines → Staines-upon-Thames (2012)
  • Tunbridge Wells → Royal Tunbridge Wells (1909)
  • Wootton Bassett → Royal Wootton Bassett (2011)

    • Scotland

  • Achadh a' Chuirn → Waterloo
  • Ardencaple → Helensburgh
  • Cadȝow → Hamilton (15th century)
  • Cartleyhole/Clarty Hole → Abbotsford
  • Conveth → Laurencekirk
  • Dunedin (and variants) → Edinburgh
  • Friock → Friockheim
  • Hamnavoe → Stromness
  • Kiliwhimin → Fort Augustus (18th century)
  • Kilrule/Kilrymont → St Andrews
  • Maryburgh → Gordonsburgh → Duncansburgh → Fort William
  • Navermouth (Am Blàran Odhar) → Bettyhill
  • Newark → Port Glasgow (1775)
  • Obbe → Leverburgh (1920)
  • St John's Toun/St Johnstone → Perth (the old name is retained in the local football club)
  • Milton of Strathbogie → Huntly
  • Vale of Leven → Alexandria

    • Northern Ireland

  • Ballinascreen → Draperstown (1818)
  • Cromlin → Hillsborough (1661)
  • Derry → Londonderry (1613)
  • Legacorry → Richhill (c.1760)
  • Lisnagarvy → Lisburn (1662)
  • Muff → Eglinton (1858)

    • Alaska

  • Novoarkhangelsk → Sitka

    • Arizona

  • Swilling's Mill → Hellinwg Mill → Mill City → East Phoenix → Phoenix

    • California

  • Nordoff → Ojai
  • Todos Santos → Concord
  • Tuleburg → Stockton
  • Wineville → Mira Loma
  • Yerba Buena → San Francisco
  • El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de la Porciuncula → Los Angeles

    • Colorado

  • Fletcher → Aurora

    • Connecticut

  • Conway → Portland
  • East Middletown → Chatham → East Hampton
  • Fort Hoop → Newtowne → Hartford
  • Mattianuck → Dorchester → Windsor
  • Mettabasett → Middletown
  • Orford Parish → Manchester
  • Pyquag → Wethersfield
  • Saybrooke Colony → Saybrook → Deep River
  • Southfield → Suthfield → Suffield
  • Wintonbury → Bloomfield
  • West Division of Hartford → West Hartford

    • Delaware

  • Fort Casimir → Fort Trefaldighet → New Amstel → New Castle
  • Fort Christina → Fort Altena → Wilmington
  • Zwaanendael → Lewes

    • Florida

  • Alligator → Lake City
  • Cowford → Jacksonville
  • Jernigan → Orlando
  • Saint Petersburg Beach → St. Pete Beach

    • Georgia

  • Terminus → Marthasville → Atlanta

    • Illinois

  • Charleston → St. Charles
  • Fort Dearborn → Chicago

    • Iowa

  • Valley Junction → West Des Moines Both of these cities exist now

    • Louisiana

  • Vermilionville → Lafayette

    • Maryland

  • Newtown -- Leonardtown
  • Providence → Anne Arundel Towne → Annapolis
  • Riverdale -- Riverdale Park

    • Massachusetts

  • Agawam Plantation → Springfield
  • Ireland Parish → Ireland → Holyoke
  • Cold Spring → Belcher’s Town → Belchertown
  • Gay Head → Aquinnah
  • Glasgow → Blandford
  • Manchester → Manchester-by-the-Sea
  • Menotomy → Arlington
  • Minnechaug → South Wilbraham → Hampden
  • Quaboage → Quaboag → Brookfield
  • Shawmut → Boston
  • Stony Hill → Ludlow

    • Michigan

  • Avon Township → Rochester Hills, Michigan
  • Berlin → Marne
  • East Detroit → Eastpointe
  • Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit → Detroit
  • Harlow → Hog's Hallow → McDouglasville → Utica
  • Jefferson → Sterling Heights
  • Swainsville → Brooklyn
  • Bronson → Kalamazoo

    • Minnesota

  • Pig’s Eye → St. Paul

    • Nebraska

  • Lancaster → Lincoln

    • New Hampshire

  • Derryfield → Manchester
  • Hilton's Pointe → Cochecho → Northam → Dover
  • Nashuway → Nashville → Nashua
  • Number Two → Middle Monadnock → Monadnock → Jaffrey
  • Nutfield → Londonderry
  • Plantation of Penney Cook → Penney Cook → Pennacook → Rumford → Concord
  • Piscatiqua → Strawberry Hill → Portsmouth
  • Suncook → Pembroke
  • Winnacunnet → Hampton

    • New Jersey

  • Awiehawken → Weehawken
  • Bergen → Jersey City
  • Fort Nassau → Gloucester City
  • Hunt's Mills → Clinton
  • Nya Stockholm → Bridgeport
  • Sodon → Glen Gardner
  • Sveaborg → Swedesboro
  • West Paterson→ Woodland Park

    • New Mexico

  • Alburquerque → Albuquerque
  • Hot Springs → Truth or Consequences

    • New York

  • Beverwijck → Albany
  • Breuckelen → Brooklyn (borough of New York City)
  • Fort Nassau → Fort Orange → Albany → Willemstad → Albany
  • Heemstede → Hempstead
  • New Amsterdam → New York → New Orange → New York City
  • North Tarrytown → Sleepy Hollow
  • Sing Sing → Ossining, New York
  • Staaten Eylandt → Staten Island (borough of New York City)
  • Wiltwyck → Kingston,

    • North Carolina

  • Atkins Bank → Kingston → Kinston → Caswell → Kinston
  • Campbellton + Cross Creek → Fayetteville
  • Wachau → Salem → Winston-Salem
  • Fuquay Springs and Varina → Fuquay-Varina
  • Pacific → Youngsville (1875)

    • Ohio

  • Cleaveland → Cleveland
  • Gamble's Mill → Shelby
  • Losantiville → Cincinnati
  • Sellstown → Dublin

    • Oregon

  • Marysville → Corvallis

    • Pennsylvania

  • Ammansland → Darby
  • Chamassungh → Finlandia → Marcus Hook
  • Cross Keys → Intercourse
  • Fort Duquesne → Fort Pitt → Pittsburgh → Pittsburg → Pittsburgh
  • Mauch Chunk → Jim Thorpe
  • Mölndal → Yeadon
  • Northampton → Allentown
  • Printztorp → Chester
  • Tequirassy → Eddystone
  • Upland → Chester

    • Rhode Island

  • Gloucester → Glocester
  • Haversham → Westerly
  • Kings Towne → Kingstown → Rochester → North Kingston
  • Shawomet → Warwick

    • South Carolina

  • Charles Towne → Charleston
  • Kingston → Conwayborough → Conway
  • Tacapua → Startex

    • Tennessee

  • Alexandria → Jackson
  • Fort Nashborough → Nashville
  • Coal Creek → Lake City → Rocky Top

    • Texas

  • Clark → DISH
  • Gorbit → Kit → Irving
  • Waterloo → Austin
  • Dechman → Deckman → Grand Prairie
  • Emerson → Frisco City → Frisco
  • Duncan Switch → Duncanville
  • Presidio San Antonio de Bexar → San Antonio

    • Utah

  • Great Salt Lake City → Salt Lake City

    • Vermont

  • Brattleborough → Brattleboro

    • Virginia

  • Kecoughtan → Hampton
  • Tysons Corner -- Tysons

    • Washington

  • Neppel → Moses Lake

    • Wisconsin

  • Prairieville → Waukesha

    • Uzbekistan

    See List of renamed cities in Uzbekistan

  • Karmine → Navoiy (1958)
  • Rishdan → Kuybishevo → Rishtan (1977)
  • Leninsk → Asaka (1938)
  • Maracanda → Samarqand
  • Novy Margelan → Skobelev (1910) → Farg'ona (1924)
  • Qarabagish → Sovetobod (1972) → Xonobod

    • Venezuela

  • Angostura → Ciudad Bolívar (1846)
  • Santiago de León de Caracas → Caracas

    • Vietnam

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

    • Zimbabwe (all 1982)

  • Enkeldoorn → Chivhu
  • Essexvale → Esigodini
  • Fort Victoria → Masvingo (briefly called Nyanda)
  • 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

    • References

    List of city name changes Wikipedia
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