Alexandria Ariana → Herat
Alexandria Arachosia → Kandahar (Refer Kandahar#Name)
Alexandria in Opiania → Ghazni
Alexandria on the Oxus → Al-Khanoum
Bactra → Balkh
Adina Pur → Jalalabad
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
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)
La Plata → Ciudad Eva Perón → La Plata
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)
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)
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)
Jahangir Nagar → Dacca → Dhaka
Chittagong → Chotogram *(both are used as both English and Bengali are official languages of Bangladesh)
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)
Charnoy (hamlet) → Charleroi (1666)
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
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 Town (Bandar Brunei) → Bandar Seri Begawan (1970)
Brooketon → Muara
Padang Berawa → Seria
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
Hobbema → Maskwacis
Fort George → Prince George
Fort Camosun → Fort Victoria → Victoria
Westbank → West Kelowna
Wu'muthkweyum → Vancouver
ch’átlich → Sechelt
Prince of Wales Fort → Churchill
Fort LaTour → Saint John
Léger Corner → Dieppe
Ste. Anne's Point → Fredericton
Frobisher Bay → Iqaluit
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
Hochelaga → Ville-Marie → Mont-Royal → Montreal
Stadacona → Québec City
Prussia → Leader
Faya → Largeau → Faya-Largeau → Faya (proposed)
Fort Archambault → Sarh
Fort-Foureau → Kousséri
Fort Lamy → N'Djamena
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.
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
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
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
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
Santo Domingo → Ciudad Trujillo (1936–1961) → Santo Domingo
Many cities had Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Latin names
Iunyt, Ta-senet → Latopolis → Laton → Lato → Esna
Port Clarence → Santa Isabel → Malabo
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)
Lautoka → Western Fiji
Suva → Central Fiji
Finland
Mustasaari/Mussor → Wasa → Nikolaistad/Nikolainkaupunki → Vasa/Vaasa
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
Bathurst → Banjul (1973)
Georgetown → Janjanbureh
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)
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
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
Wismar-MacKenzie-Christianburg → Linden
Dunapentele → Sztálinváros (1951) → Dunaújváros (1961)
Fünfkirchen → Pécs
Gran → Esztergom
Tiszaszederkény → Leninváros (1970) → Tiszaújváros (1990)
Waitzen → Vác
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
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
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)
From history, most Italian cities have Latin names, some have Greek or Etruscan names.
Maleventum → Beneventum → Benevento
Henna → Castrogiovanni → Enna
Mussolinia di Sardegna → Arborea
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)
Philadelphia → Amman
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)
Broderick Falls → Webuye
Fort Hall → Muranga
Thompson Falls → Nyahururu
Sinuiju → Shingishū → Sinuiju
Wanggeom-seong → Pyongyang → Seogyeong → Pyongyang → Heijō → Pyongyang
Wonsanjin → Genzan → Wonsan
Songjin → Kimchaek
Kaesong → Gaeseong
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
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)
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)
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)
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
Oea → Tripoli
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)
Tananarive → Antananarivo
Diego Suarez → Antsiranana
Tuléar → Toliara
Jesselton → Kota Kinabalu (1968)
Port Swettenham → Port Klang (1963)
Victoria → Bandar Labuan
Jamestown → Bayan Lepas
Teluk Anson → Teluk Intan
Port Weld → Kuala Sepetang
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
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
Berane → Ivangrad (1949) → Berane (1992)
Birziminium → Ribnica → Podgorica (1326) → Titograd (1946) → Podgorica (1992)
Tingis → Tangier
Mazagan → El Jadida
Lourenço Marques → Maputo (1976)
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
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
Oslo → Christiania → Kristiania →Oslo
Kaupangen → Nidaros → Trondhjem → Nidaros → Trondheim
Fredrikshald → Halden
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
San Pablo de Napeanos → Iquitos
Puerto Flor de Lis → Puerto Presidente Stroessner → Ciudad del Este
Ajos → Coronel Oviedo
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.
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)
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
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
Mahé (as the main island) → (1778) Victoria
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.
Baťovany → Partizánske
Besztercebánya → Banská Bystrica
Kaschau, Kassa → Košice
Pressburg, Pozsony → Bratislava
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
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.
Albertsburg → Prince Albert (1845)
McHattiesburg → Balfour (1905)
Port Natal → Durban
Treurfontein → Coligny (1923)
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)
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
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
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)
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.
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)
Bismarckburg → Kasanga
Tabora → Weidmannsheil → Tabora
Thailand
Ayothaya → Ayutthaya (1237)
Bangkok → Phra Nakhon (1782) → Krung Thep (1972)
Trat → Trach → Trat (1906)
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
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
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)
Novoarkhangelsk → Sitka
Swilling's Mill → Hellinwg Mill → Mill City → East Phoenix → Phoenix
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
Fletcher → Aurora
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
Fort Casimir → Fort Trefaldighet → New Amstel → New Castle
Fort Christina → Fort Altena → Wilmington
Zwaanendael → Lewes
Alligator → Lake City
Cowford → Jacksonville
Jernigan → Orlando
Saint Petersburg Beach → St. Pete Beach
Terminus → Marthasville → Atlanta
Charleston → St. Charles
Fort Dearborn → Chicago
Valley Junction → West Des Moines Both of these cities exist now
Vermilionville → Lafayette
Maryland
Newtown -- Leonardtown
Providence → Anne Arundel Towne → Annapolis
Riverdale -- Riverdale Park
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
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
Pig’s Eye → St. Paul
Lancaster → Lincoln
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
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
Alburquerque → Albuquerque
Hot Springs → Truth or Consequences
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,
Atkins Bank → Kingston → Kinston → Caswell → Kinston
Campbellton + Cross Creek → Fayetteville
Wachau → Salem → Winston-Salem
Fuquay Springs and Varina → Fuquay-Varina
Pacific → Youngsville (1875)
Cleaveland → Cleveland
Gamble's Mill → Shelby
Losantiville → Cincinnati
Sellstown → Dublin
Marysville → Corvallis
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
Charles Towne → Charleston
Kingston → Conwayborough → Conway
Tacapua → Startex
Alexandria → Jackson
Fort Nashborough → Nashville
Coal Creek → Lake City → Rocky Top
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
Great Salt Lake City → Salt Lake City
Brattleborough → Brattleboro
Kecoughtan → Hampton
Tysons Corner -- Tysons
Neppel → Moses Lake
Prairieville → Waukesha
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
Angostura → Ciudad Bolívar (1846)
Santiago de León de Caracas → Caracas
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
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
