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Renamed places. Daltongunj, Jharkhand (renamed Medininagar, 2004) Ross Island (renamed Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Island, Dec 2018) Neill Island (renamed Shaheed Dweep,Dec 2018) Havelock Island (renamed Swaraj Dweep, Dec 2018) Renamed places in cities. Connaught Place (renamed Rajiv Chowk 1995),
List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names; List of adjectivals and demonyms of astronomical bodies; List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations; List of administrative division name changes; List of placenames of Indigenous origin in the Americas; List of renamed places in Angola; List of Arabic place names
Black River was renamed Draanjik River after its original Gwich'in name in 2014. [4] Chandalar River was renamed Ch'iidrinjik River and Teedrinjik River as replacements for the North and Middle forks of the river in 2015. [4] Sheldon Point was renamed Nunam Iqua in 1999, after its original Yup'ik name.
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It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time. see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States
Nuuk renamed from Godthåb in 1979, following the introduction of the Home Rule. Orenburg was renamed Chkalov from 1938 to 1957, after Valery Chkalov and renamed Orenburg in 1957. Oslo, Norway renamed Christiania when rebuilt after fire in 1624. Spelled Kristiania between 1877 and 1925 when the name returned to Oslo.
Settlement name changes especially targeted places of Afrikaans origin, such as Pietersburg (Polokwane), Nylstroom (Modimolle) and Ellisras (Lephalale), while avoiding places with Bantu or English names such as Northam, Alldays, Tzaneen and Thabazimbi. The Limpopo is the most ethnically black province in South Africa (96.7% as of 2011) and is ...