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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.
These are lists of renamed places by country, sorted by continent. Africa Angola ...
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.
List of renamed places in Chad; Commission for the Determination of Place Names; List of renamed places in the Republic of the Congo; D.
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 ...
See also Europe#Definition. Partitioned States: When a country is or was divided, the name of the whole is often used to refer to one of the parts, sometimes causing resentment in the other part. The name of the whole is usually used to refer to the larger part, such as 'Korea' for South Korea, and 'Germany' for the former West Germany.
Many English places derive part of their name from the river upon which they were built, but in the 16th century many English rivers were renamed with back-formations from towns on their banks. Cambridge , perhaps uniquely, illustrates both effects: originally Grontabricc , a bridge on the Granta, the name became Cantebruge and then Cambrugge ...
A. List of Adelaide obsolete suburb names; List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names; List of adjectivals and demonyms of astronomical bodies