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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. see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States
These are the list of renamed places in the United States--- various political and physical entities in the U.S. that have had their names changed, though not by merger, split, or any other process which was not one-to-one. It also generally does not include differences due to a change in status, for example, a "River Bluff Recreation Area ...
The name change was due to the unflattering meaning of the original toponym (something like "Little dirty one"). Astana, Kazakhstan – renamed Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022. Kazakhstan's legislature passed a law on 20 March 2019 to rename the Central Asian nation's capital city from Astana to Nur-Sultan.
In 1920, the borough's name was changed to Oradell based on the results of a referendum, and the change was credited to the borough's second mayor, Daniel Demarest.
List of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines; List of renamed streets in Metro Manila Russia — List of renamed cities and towns in Russia Tajikistan — List of renamed cities in Tajikistan Turkey. Place name changes in Turkey Turkmenistan — List of renamed cities in Turkmenistan Uzbekistan — List of renamed cities in ...
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This article lists times that items were renamed due to political motivations. Such renamings have generally occurred during conflicts: for example, World War I gave rise to anti-German sentiment among Allied nations, leading to disassociation with German names. A political cartoon lampooning the name change of hamburger meat during World War I
This is a list of such cities, sorted by country and then by date. Where a city name has changed, the name of the city when it was a capital is listed first, followed by its modern name in brackets. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .