List of city name changes

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, Names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States

Afghanistan[]

• Alexandria Ariana → Herat
• Alexandria Arachosia → Kandahar
• Alexandria in Opiania → Ghazni
• Alexandria on the Oxus → Ai-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 → → Gabela, Angola
• 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) → Moçâmedes (2016)
• Novo Redondo → Sumbe (1975)
• → Benguela → → Porto Amboim (1923) → Gunza/ (proposed)
• Porto Alexandre → Tombwe/Tombua
• 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
• Teixeira de Sousa → Luau (1975)
• Vila Luso → Luena (1975)
• Vila Robert Williams → Caála (1975)
• Vila Salazar → N'dalatando (1975)

Argentina[]

• La Plata → Ciudad Eva Perón → La Plata
• Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María del Buen Aire → Buenos Aires

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[]

• Ballaarat → Ballarat (VIC)^[1]
• Bearbrass → Melbourne (VIC)^[2]
• Belfast → Port Fairy (VIC)
• Bendigo's Creek → Sandhurst → Bendigo (VIC)
• Blackman's Flat → Orange (NSW)
• Bryan Creek Crossing → Coleraine (VIC)
• Currajong → Parkes (NSW)
• Dumbletown → Beverly Hills (NSW)
• Emerald Hill → South Melbourne (VIC)
• Emu Bay → Burnie (TAS)
• Flooding Creek → Sale (VIC)
• Germanton → Holbrook (NSW)
• Hummock Hill → Whyalla (SA)
• Limestone Station → Ipswich (QLD)
• Mayday Hills → Beechworth (NSW)
• McGuire's Punt → Sheppardtown → Shepparton (VIC)
• Mobilong → Murray Bridge (SA)
• Newcastle → Toodyay (WA)
• Port Darwin → Palmerston → Darwin (NT)
• Stuart → Alice Springs (NT)

Azerbaijan[]

• Mardakert → Ağdərə (1991, change not recognized by the Republic of Artsakh 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) → Gandzha (1918) → Kirovabad (1935) → Gäncä → Ganja, Azerbaijan (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 → Chattogram
• Barisal → Barishal
• Jessore → Jashore
• Comilla → Cumilla
• Bogra → Bogura

Belarus[]

• Berestie (historical Ruthenian name) → Brześć Litewski (Polish name) → Brest-Litovsk (Russian name since 19th century as transcribed from Polish) → Brest

Belgium[]

• Charnoy → Charleroi (1666)

Botswana[]

• Gaberones → Gaborone (1969)

Bosnia and Herzegovina[]

• Bosanska Dubica → Kozarska Dubica (1992)
• Bosanska Gradiška → Gradiška
• Bosanska Kostajnica → Kostajnica
• Bosanski Brod → Brod
• Bosanski Novi → Novi Grad
• Bosanski Šamac → Šamac
• Bosansko Petrovo Selo → Petrovo
• Delminium → Županjac → Županj-potok → Županjac → Duvno → Tomislavgrad → Duvno → Tomislavgrad
• Drvar → Titov Drvar (1981) → Drvar (1991)
• Hvoča → Foča → Srbinje → Foča
• Skender Vakuf → Kneževo

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
• Filipeia de Nossa Senhora das Neves → Paraíba → João Pessoa
• 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
• Sao Salvador → Bahia → Salvador, Brazil

Brunei[]

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

Bulgaria[]

• Ratiaria → Archar
• Asenovgrad → Stanimaka → Asenovgrad
• Scaptopara → Cuma-i Bala (Yukarı Cuma) → Gorna Dzhumaya → Blagoevgrad
• Orhanie → Botevgrad
• Pyrgos → Burgaz →Burgas
• 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
• Anchialos → Tuthom → Anhyolu → Anhialo → Pomorie
• Ruschuk (Rusčuk) → Rousse
• Şumnu → Shumen → Kolarovgrad → 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
• Golyamo Konare → Saedinenie
• Eski Dzhumaia (Eski Cuma) → Targovishte
• Vassiliko → Tsarevo → Michurin → Tsarevo
• Odesos → Varna → Stalin → Varna
• Tarnovgrad → Tarnovo → Tırnova → Tarnovo → Veliko Tarnovo
• Bononia → Bdin → Vidin

Canada[]

Alberta[]

• Hobbema → Maskwacis

British Columbia[]

• Fort George → Prince George
• Fort Camosun → Fort Victoria → Victoria
• Queen Charlotte Islands → Haida Gwaii
• Westbank → West Kelowna
• Granville → 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
• Repulse Bay → Naujaat^[3]

Ontario[]

• Hens and Chickens Harbour → Collingwood^[4]
• 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

Prince Edward Island[]

• Port la Joie → Charlottetown

Québec[]

• Asbestos → Val-des-Sources
• Hochelaga → Ville-Marie → Mont-Royal → Montreal
• Hull → Gatineau

Saskatchewan[]

• Prussia → Leader

Chad[]

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

Greater China[]

China[]

• Amoy† → Hsia-men† → Xiamen
• Ji → Yanjing → Zhongdu → Dadu → Jingshi → Khanbalik (as Mongol capital) → Peking † → Peiping → Beijing
• Fenghao (豐鎬) → Chang'an (長安) or Xijing (西京) → Daxing (大興) → Fengyuan (奉元) → Anxi (安西) → Jingzhao (京兆) → Xi'an (西安)
• Iling → Ichang† → Yichang
• Jiankang → Jiangning → Jinling → Nanking† → Nanjing
• Bianliang → Bianjing → Kaifeng
• Lin'an → Hangchow† → Hangzhou
• Soochow† → Suzhou
• Yinxu → Anyang
• Shenyang → Shengjing → Fengtianfu → Mukden → Fengtian → Shenyang
• Ch'ing-ni-wa → Lüshunkou (aka Port Arthur) → Dalnyi → Dairen; Ryojun → Lüda→ Dalian
• Kweisui† → Guisui → Hohhot
• Tihua† → Dihua → Ürümqi
• Changchun → Hsinking → Changchun

†Name change in English due to replacement of postal romanization with the pinyin system. The Chinese name is unchanged.

 Republic of China (Taiwan)[]

• Quemoy → Kinmen†
• Tamsui† → Danshui
• Sindian† → Xindian

†Chinese name 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[]

A number of places in the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo were known by Dutch or French names during the colonial period, but were renamed in native languages after independence.

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

Republic of the Congo[]

• Ncouna → Brazzaville (1884)
• Dolisie → Loubomo (1975) → Dolisie (1991)
• Jacob → Nkayi
• Rousset (1903) → Fort-Rousset (1904) → Owando (1977)^[5]
• Ponta Negra → Pointe-Noire

Croatia[]

• Militär Sanct Georgen → Đurđevac
• 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
• 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
• Ober-Thomasdorf → Waldenburg → Bělá pod Pradědem

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[]

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

Eswatini[]

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

Finland[]

• Kokkola/Gamlakarleby → Kokkola/Karleby (1977, only the Swedish name changed)
• Mustasaari/Mussor → Wasa → Nikolaistad/Nikolainkaupunki → Vasa/Vaasa
• Pargas/Parainen → Väståboland/Länsi-Turunmaa (2009) → Pargas/Parainen (2012)
• Pyhäjärvi → Pyhäsalmi (1993) → Pyhäjärvi (1996)

France[]

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

• → 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
• → Brest
• Gesoriacum → Bononia → Boulogne-sur-Mer
• Iuliomagus → Angers
• Lapurdum → Bayonne
• Limonum → Poitiers
• Lugdunum Convenarum → Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
• → Saint-Lizier
• Lutetia → Paris
• Mediolanium → Saintes
• Mediolanum Aulercorum → Évreux
• → Arras
• Noviodunum Aeduorum → Nevirnum → Nevers
• Samarobriva → Amiens
• Segodunum → Rodez

Gambia[]

• Bathurst → Banjul (1973)
• Georgetown → Janjanbureh

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
• 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[]

• Aquae Mattiacorum → Wiesbaden
• Augusta Vindelicorum → Augsburg
• Aurelia Aquensi → Baden-Baden
• Barmen-Elberfeld → Wuppertal
• Bötzow → Oranienburg
• Bremerhaven → Wesermünde → Bremerhaven
• Buchhorn → Friedrichshafen
• Chemnitz → Karl-Marx-Stadt (1953) → Chemnitz (1990)
• Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium → Cologne
• Colonia Nemetum → Speyer
• Fürstenberg (Oder) → Stalinstadt → Eisenhüttenstadt
• Klenow → Ludwigslust
• Lietzow → Lietzenburg → Charlottenburg
• Lochau → Annaburg
• Mogontiacum → Mainz
• 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
• Treuorum → Trier
• Vörde → Bremervörde

Greece[]

• Banitsa → Vevi (1926)
• Boimitsa → Axioupoli (1927)
• Kailar → Ptolemaida (1927)
• Khandak → Candia → Heraklion
• Lamia → Zitouni → Lamia
• Cydonia – Canea – Chania

Greenland[]

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

Guyana[]

• Wismar-MacKenzie-Christianburg → Linden

Hungary[]

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

India[]

• Karnavati → Ahmedabad
• Bangalore → Bengaluru (2006)
• Madras → Chennai (1996)
• Fort William → Calcutta → Kolkata (2001)
• Bombay → Mumbai (1995)
• New Bombay → Navi Mumbai
• Mangalore → Mangaluru
• Mysore → Mysuru
• Kanhiyapur → Cawnpore → Kanpur (1948)
• Baroda → Vadodra
• Pataliputra → Patna
• Pondicherry → Puducherry
• Poona → Pune
• Ratnapur → Latur
• 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
• Ootacamund → Udhagamandalam
• Mapuça → Mapusa
• Panjim → Panaji
• Vizagapatam → Visakhapatnam
• Hubli → Hubballi
• Gulbarga → Kalburgi
• Bijapur → Vijayapura
• Banaras → Varanasi
• Gurgaon → Gurugram
• Amin → Abhimanyupur
• Rajahmundry → Rajamahendravaram
• Belgaum → Belagavi
• Allahabad → Prayagraj

Indonesia[]

• Bandar Aceh Darussalam → Kutaradja → Banda Aceh
• Bandoeng → Bandung
• Bangkahulu → Bencoolen → Bengkulu
• Batavia Centrum → Central Jakarta
• Dayeuh Sundasembawa → Chandrabhaga → Bhagasasi → Bagasi → Bekasi
• Emma Haven → Teluk Bayur
• Pakuan Pajajaran → Buitenzorg → Bogor
• Port Numbay → Hollandia → Kota Baru → Sukarnapura → Djajapura → Jayapura
• Koepang → Kupang
• Makasar → Ujungpandang → Makassar
• Meester Cornelis → Djatinegara → Jatinegara
• Pontianak Regency → Mempawah Regency
• Muara Jati → Caruban → Cirebon → Cheribon → Cirebon
• Soerabaia → Surabaja → Surabaya
• Sunda Kelapa → Jayakarta (1527) → Batavia (1619) → Djakarta (1942) → Jakarta (1972)
• Oosthaven → Tanjungkarang-Telukbetung → Bandar Lampung
• Tawang-Galunggung → Sukapura → Tasikmalaya
• Telanaipura → Jambi
• Wangsanayan → Senayan
• Weltevreden → Sawah Besar,
• Hollandia – Kotabaru - Sukarnopura – Jayapura

Iran[]

• Qaradağ → Arasbaran
• Bandar-e Anzali → Bandar-e Pahlavi (1925) → Bandar-e Anzali (1979)
• Bandar Shahpur → Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni (1979)
• Bandar Shah → Bandar Torkaman (1979)
• Saraskand → Hashtrud
• Aspadana → Spahan → Isfahan
• Behdesīr → Kerman (c. 900)
• Kermanshah → Bakhtaran (1979) → Kermanshah (1990)
• Malek Kandi → Malekan
• Dezh Shahpur → Marivan (1979)
• Khiyov → Meshginshahr
• Araplar → Poldasht
• Shahabad → Eslamabad-e Gharb (1979)
• Shahpur → Salmas
• Ariashahr, Tehran → Sadeghiyeh, Tehran (1979)
• 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 → Portlaoise (1929)
• Navan → An Uaimh (1922) → Navan (1971)
• Newbridge → Droichead Nua (1930s)
• Newtownbarry → Bunclody (1950)
• Parsonstown → Birr (1920s)
• Philipstown → Daingean (1922)
• Baile Atha Cliath – Dublin

Israel[]

• Nazareth Illit → Nof HaGalil (2019)

Italy[]

Most Italian cities have historical Latin names, and some have Greek or Etruscan names.

• Maleventum → Beneventum → Benevento
• Henna → Castrogiovanni → Enna
• Mussolinia di Sardegna → Arborea
• Littoria → Latina
• Zancle → Messina

Japan[]

• Akamagaseki → Shimonoseki (1902)
• Asahi → Owariasahi (1970)
• Edo → Tokyo (1868)
• Fuchū → Shizuoka (1869)
• Fukase → Matsumoto (1582)
• Goka → Hiroshima (1591)
• Heian-kyo → Kyoto (1899)
• 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[]

• Rabbath Ammon → Philadelphia → Amman → Ahamant → Amman
• Kerak → Al-Karak

Kazakhstan[]

• Yasi → Shavgar → Turkistan
• Novopetrovskoye → Fort Alexandrovsky (1857) → Fort-Shevchenko (1939)
• Ayakoz → Sergiopol (1860) → Ayagoz (1939)
• Aktau → Shevchenko (1964) → Aktau (1991)
• Dzharkent → Panfilov (1942) → Zharkent (1991)
• Guryev → Atyrau (1991)
• Yaitsk → Uralsk (1775) → Oral (1991)
• Verniy → Alma-Ata (1921) → Almaty (1992)
• Dzhezkazgan → Zhezkazgan (1992)
• Novy Uzen → Zhanaozen (1992)
• Ust-Kamennaya → Ust-Kamenogorsk (1868) → Oskemen (1992)
• Yermak → Aksu (1993)
• Kokchetav → Kokshetau (1993)
• Gavrilovka → Taldy-Kurgan (1920) → Taldykorgan (1993)
• Chimkent → Shymkent (1993)
• Leninsk → Baikonur (1995)
• Ak-Mechet → Fort-Perovsky (1853) → Perovsk (1858) → Kyzyl-Orda (1925) → Kyzylorda (1996)
• Alexeyevka → Akkol (Kazakh: Ақкөл) (1997)
• Kustanay → Kostanay (1997)
• Talas → Aulie-Ata (1856) → Mirzoyan (1936) → Jambul (1938) → Zhambyl (1993) → Taraz (1997)
• Aktyubinsk → Aktobe (1999)
• Ridder → Leningorsk (1941) → Ridder (2002)
• Semipalatinsk → Semey (2007)
• Akmolinsk → Tselinograd (1961) → Aqmola (1992) → Astana (1998) → Nur-Sultan (2019)^[6]

Kenya[]

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

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) → Vientiane
• Nakhon Kala Champaknaburisi → Nakhon Champa Nakhaburisi (1713) → Nakhon Champasak (1791) → Champasak [Bassac] (1863) → Pakse (1908)

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, Ahlia, Wahlia, Mahallata, Mayza, Kayza, Athar (Phoenician/Assyrian) → Tripolis (Greek, Latin) → Atrabulus, Tarablus al-Sham (Arabic) → Trablusşam (Turkish) → Tripoli

Libya[]

• Oea → Tripoli
• Euesperides → Berenice → Hesperides → Barneeq → Marsa ibn Ghazi → Bani Ghazi → Benghazi

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[]

• Hell-Ville → Andoany
• Antananarivo → Tananarive (1895) → Antananarivo (1976)
• Diégo-Suarez → Antsiranana (1975)
• Port Bergé → Boriziny
• Fénérive Est → Fenoarivo Atsinanana
• Majunga → Mahajanga (1989)
• Assada → Nosy Be
• Île Sainte-Marie → Nosy Boraha
• Tamatave → Toamasina
• Taolankarana → Fort-Dauphin (1643) → Tôlanaro (1975)
• Tuléar → Toliara (1970s)
• Brickaville → Vohibinany

Malawi[]

• Fort Hill → Chitipa (1964)^[7]
• Fort Johnston → Mangochi (1964)^[7]
• Fort Manning → Mchinji (1964)^[7]
• Mlanje → Mulanje
• Kota Kota → Nkhotakota
• Port Herald → Nsanje
• Fort Lister → Phalombe (1964)^[7]

Mauritius[]

• Port Louis → Port de La Montagne (1794) → Port Nord-Ouest (1795) → Port Napoléon (1803) → Port Louis (1810)

Malaysia[]

• Jesselton → Kota Kinabalu (1968)
• Port Swettenham → Port Klang (1963)
• Victoria → Bandar Labuan
• Jamestown → Bayan Lepas
• Teluk Anson → Teluk Intan
• Port Weld → Kuala Sepetang
• Elopura → Sandakan
• Prang Besar → Putrajaya
• Tanjung Puteri → Iskandar Puteri → Johor Bahru
• Nusajaya → Iskandar Puteri

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

Republic of Moldova[]

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

Montenegro[]

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

Morocco[]

• Tingis → Tangier
• Mazagan → El Jadida
• Tamuda → Tetuán → Tetouan
• Lixus → Larache
• Port Lyautey → Kénitra
• Anfa → Casablanca
• Fedala → Mohammedia
• Chellah → Rabat
• Mogador → Essaouira
• Zilis → Arcila → Asilah
• Morocco – Marrakesh

Mozambique[]

• António Enes → Angoche (1976)
• Chiveve → Beira (1907)
• Vila Gouveia → Catandica (1975)
• Malvérnia → Chicualacuala (1975)
• Mandigos → Vila Pery (1916) → Chimoio (1975)
• Vile Trigo de Morais → Chokwe (1997)
• Kuamba → Cuamba (1937) → Nova Freixo (1952) → Cuamba (1976)
• Gurúè → Vila Junqueiro (1959) → Gurúè (1975)
• Vila Cabral → Lichinga (1975)
• Lourenço Marques → Maputo (1976)^[8]
• Vila Luísa → Marracuene (1975)
• Salazar → Matola (1975)^[8]
• Porto Amélia → Pemba (1975)
• João Belo → Xai-Xai (1975)
• Quissico → Zavala (1975)

Myanmar[]

In many cases, the English name of the city changed due to different romanization systems, while the Burmese native remained unchanged.

• Arakan → Rakhine
• Akyab → Sittwe
• Amherst → Kyaikkami
• Bassein → Pathein
• Burmese → Bamar
• Burma → Myanmar
• Henzada → Hinthada
• Maymyo → Pyin U Lwin
• Moulmein → Mawlamyaing
• Mergui → Myeik
• Myohaung → Mrauk U
• Pagan → Bagan
• Pegu → Bago
• Prome → Pyay
• Dagon → Rangoon → Yangon
• Sandoway → Thandwe
• Syriam → Thanlyin
• Karen → Kayin
• Tavoy → Dawei
• Tenasserim → Tanintharyi
• Yaunghwe → Nyaung Shwe

Namibia[]

• Kalkfontein → Karasburg (1939)^[9]
• Klipfontein → Bethanie
• Schuckmannsburg → Luhonono (2013)^[10]

Netherlands[]

• Coriovallum → Heerlen
• Kuilenburg → Culemborg
• Noviomagus Batavorum (or Batavodurum) → Nimwegen → Nijmegen
• Traiectum → Traiectum ad Mosam → Maastricht
• Traiectum → Ultra Traiectum → Utrecht
• Forum Hadriani → Voorburg
• Zwaagwesteinde → De Westereen

North Korea[]

• Sinuiju → Shingishū† → Sinuiju
• Wanggeom-seong → Pyongyang → Seogyeong → Pyongyang → Heijō† → Pyongyang
• Wonsanjin → Genzan† → Wonsan
• Songjin → Kimchaek (1952)
• Songrim → Genjihō (1916) → Songrim (1945)

†Japanese name during Korea under Japanese rule (1910–1945). The Korean name is unchanged.

Norway[]

• Oslo → Christiania (1624) → Kristiania → Oslo (1925)
• Kaupangen → Nidaros → Trondhjem → Nidaros → Trondheim
• Fredrikshald → Halden
• Bjørgvin → Bergen

Pakistan[]

• Raj Shahi → Islamabad
• Kolachi → Kalanchi→Karachi
• Shal Kot →Quetta
• Preshapur → Peshawar
• Sagala → Sialkot
• Neroon Kot → Hyderabad (1768)
• Lyallpur → Faisalabad (1977)
• Nawabshah → Benazirabad (2008)
• Montgomery → Sahiwal (1966)
• Fort Sandeman → Zhob (1976)
• Khan Garh → Jacobabad
• Salwan Kot → Sialkot
• Campbellpur → Attock
• Pipri → Bin Qasim
• Hindu Bagh → Muslim Bagh
• Ajodhan → Pakpattan
• Rowdayana → Swat
• Pushkalavati → Charsadda

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
• Tagui-ig → Taguig
• Montalban → Rodriguez

Poland[]

• 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
• Stargard Szczeciński → Stargard (2016)
• 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 Poland whose names were changed when Poland gained independence from Germany in 1918.
² German cities from 1918 to 1939 that became part of Poland 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)
• Callatis → Mankalya → Mangalia
• Carsium → Hârșova
• Cibinum → Hermannstadt → Nagyszeben → Sibiu
• Dierna → Orșova
• Jassy → Yaş → Iași
• Marosvásárhely → Târgu Mureș
• Napoca → Klausenburg → Kolozsvár → Cluj → Cluj-Napoca
• Noviodunum → Isaccea
• Onești → Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1965) → Onești (1996)
• Orasul Stalin – Braşov
• 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

Russia[]

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[]

• L'Établissement → Victoria

Singapore[]

• Bukit Panjang → Zhenghua → Bukit Panjang
• Chan Chu Kang → Nee Soon → Yishun†
• 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 older romanization methods with the pinyin system. The Chinese name is unchanged.

Slovakia[]

• Šafaríkovo → Tornaľa
• Šimonovany → 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 Fluvio Frigido → Ajdovščina
• Atrans → Trojane

South Africa[]

Although many name changes have taken place officially since the end of apartheid in 1994, many of the previous names are still common in use, especially by White South Africans, and some name changes have been officially reverted.

Pre-1994[]

• Albertsburg → Prince Albert (1845)
• Pampoenkraal → Durbanville (1886)
• McHattiesburg → Balfour (1905)
• Port Natal → Durban
• Treurfontein → Coligny (1923)

Post-1994[]

• Belfast → eMakhazeni (2009)^[11]
• Bisho → Bhisho (2004)
• Bochum → Senwabarwana
• Butterworth → Gcuwa
• Cala → Kala (2004)
• Dendron → Mogwadi
• Duiwelskloof → Modjadjiskloof (2004)^[12]
• Ellisras → Lephalale (2002)
• Encobo → Ngcobo (2004)
• Grahamstown → Makhanda (2018)
• Hectorspruit → Emjejane (2005)
• Idutywa → Dutywa (2004)
• Louis Trichardt → Makhado → Louis Trichardt
• Lydenburg → Mashishing (2006)
• Machadodorp → eNtokozweni (2009)^[11]
• Mafeking → Mafikeng (1980, upon incorporation into Bophuthatswana) → Mahikeng (2010)
• Malelane → Malalane (2007)
• Messina → Musina (2003)
• Soekmekaar → Morebeng (Morbeng)
• Naboomspruit → Mookgophong (Mookgopong) (2006)
• Nelspruit → Mbombela^[11] (2009)
• Nylstroom → Modimolle (2002)^[13]
• Phalaborwa → BaPhalaborwa
• Piet Retief → emKhondo (2010)
• Pietersburg → Polokwane (2005)
• Port Elizabeth → Gqeberha (2021)
• Potgietersrus → Mokopane (2003)
• Sophiatown → Triomf (1954) → Sophiatown (2006)
• Stanger → KwaDukuza (2006)
• Umtata → Mthatha (2004)
• Vaalwater → Mabatlane (2006)→ Vaalwater (2007)
• Verwoerdburg → Centurion (1994)
• Warmbad/Warmbaths → Bela-Bela (2002)
• Waterval Boven → Emgwenya (2009)^[11]*
• Witbank → eMalahleni (2006)

South Korea[]

• Cheju (1397) → Jeju‡
• Dalgubeol → Taegu (757 AD) → Daegu‡
• Dongrae (before 1914) → Fusan (1914) → Pusan† (1945) → Busan‡
• Duingji-hyeon → Yŏn'gi → Yeongi‡ → Sejong (2012)
• Usisan → Uhwa → Heungrye-bu → Gonghwa-hyeon → Ulju (1018 AD) → Ulsan (1413)
• Hanbat → Taejŏn → Daejeon‡
• Mujin → Muju → Kwangju → Gwangju‡
• Hansanju → Hanyang → Hanseong → Gyeongseong/Keijō (1910) → Seoul (1945)
• Michuhol → Soseong-hyeon → Gyeongwon-bu → Inch'ŏn (1413) → Jinsen† (1910) → Chemulpo (1945)→ Inch'ŏn (1945) → Incheon‡
• Ungjin → Kongju → Gongju‡
• Silchon-eup → Gonjiam-eup (Gwangju, Gyeonggi) (2011)
• Doam-myeon → Daegwallyeong-myeon (Pyeongchang) (2007)

†Japanese name during Korea under Japanese rule (1910–1945). The Korean name is unchanged.
‡Name change in English due to replacement McCune-Reischauer with the Revised Romanization method in 2000. The Korean name is unchanged.

Spain[]

• Acci → Guadix
• Adobrica → Ferrol → Ferrol del Caudillo (1938) → Ferrol (1982)
• Azaña → Numancia de la Sagra (1936)
• Barcino → Barcino Nova → Barcelona
• Basti → Baza
• Bayona de Tajuña → Titulcia
• Brigantium → Caronium → Corunna → La Coruña → A Coruña
• Caesaraugusta → Zaragoza
• Colonia Iulia Romula → Hispalis → Ishbiliya → 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

Sweden[]

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

Switzerland[]

• Aarmühle → Interlaken
• Augusta Raurica → Kaiseraugst
• Aventicum → Wiflispurg → Avenches
• Eburodunum → Yverdon-les-Bains
• Lousonna → Lausanne
• Minnodunum → Moudon
• Octodurus → Martigny
• Turicum → Zürich

Syria[]

• Beroea → Aleppo
• 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, Rasapi (Akadian) → Sergiopolis → Anastasiopolis (Greek, Latin) → Risapa, Rosafa (Latin) → Resafa (Arabic)

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 in Turkey were founded by Anatolians or Greeks, and renamed in Latin by the Romans, and later renamed against by the Turks.

• 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[]

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

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)
• Qızıltaş → Krasnokamianka (1945)
• Yedi Quyu → Sem Kolodezey (1784) → Lenine (1957)
• Büyük Onlar → Oktiabrske (1945)
• Yañı Küçükköy → Parkove
• Or Qapı → Perekop (1736)
• Curçı → Pervomaiske (1944)
• Aşağı Kikineiz → Ponyzivka
• Aqşeyh → Rozdolne (1944)
• Saq → Saky (1784)
• Aqyar → Sevastopol (1826)
• Aqmescit → Simferopol (1784)
• Dolossı → Sovietske
• Eski Qırım → Staryi Krym (1783)
• Sudaq → Sudak (1784)

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast[]

• Kamianske → Dniprodzerzhynsk (1936) → Kamianske (2016)
• Yekaterinoslav → Novorossiysk (1797) → Yekaterinoslav (1802) → Dnipropetrovsk (Dnepropetrovsk; 1926) → Dnipro (2016)^[14]
• Mykytyne → Slovyanske (1775) → Nikopol (1781)
• Samara → Novomoskovsk (1782)
• Shakhtarske → Pershotravensk (1960)

Donetsk Oblast[]

• 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)

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast[]

• Stanisławów → Stanislaviv (1939) → Ivano-Frankivsk (1962)

Kharkiv Oblast[]

• Konstantingrad → Krasnohrad (1922)
• Lykhachove → Pervomaiskyi (1952)
• Zmiiv → Zmeyev (1656) → Hotvald (1976) → Zmiiv (1990)

Kherson Oblast[]

• 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)

Khmelnytskyi Oblast[]

• Proskurov → Khmelnytskyi (1954)

Kyiv Oblast[]

• Chernobyl –> Chornobyl'
• Pereiaslav → Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi (1943) → Pereiaslav (2019)

Kirovohrad Oblast[]

• Yelizavetgrad (1784) → Zinovyevsk (1924) → Kirovo (1934) → Kirovohrad (1939) → Kropyvnytskyi (2016)

Luhansk Oblast[]

• 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)

Lviv Oblast[]

• Lviv → Lwów (1356) → Lemberg (1772) → Lwów (1918) → Lviv (1939)
• Żółkiew (until 1939) → Zhovkva → Nesterov (1951) → Zhovkva (1992)

Mykolaiv Oblast[]

• Fedorivka → Fiodorovka (1776) → Novaya Odessa (1832) → Nova Odesa (1989)
• Kara Kerman → Özi → Ochakov (1792) → Ochakiv (1989)
• Orlyk → Orlovsky (1743) → Yekaterinsky (1770) → Olviopol (1781) → Pervomaisk (1919)
• Kostiantynivka-2 → Yuzhnoukrainsk (1987)

Odessa Oblast[]

• Ophiusa → Asperon → Moncastro → Akkerman (1503) → Cetatea Albă (1918) → Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky (1944)
• Buh Khutirs → Illichivsk (1952) → Chornomorsk (2016)
• Birzula → Kotovsk (1935) → Podilsk (2016)

Ternopil Oblast[]

• Tarnopol → Ternopil (1939)

Volyn Oblast[]

• Lutsk → Luchesk (1427) → Łuck (1569) → Lutsk (1795) → Mikhailogorod (1850) → Luck (1915) → Łuck (1919) → Lutsk (1939)

Zakarpattia Oblast[]

• Ungvar (1248) → Užhorod (1919) → Ungvar (1938) → Uzhhorod (1944)
• Munkács → Mukačevo (1919) → Munkács (1938) → Mukacheve (1945) → Mukachevo (2017)

Zaporizhzhia Oblast[]

• Alexandrovsk → Zaporizhzhia (1921)

United Kingdom[]

England[]

• Beeston → Beeston Regis (1399)
• Bognor → Bognor Regis (1929)
• Camulodunon (Celtic) → Camulodunum, Colonia Claudia Victricensis (Roman) → Colneceastre (10th century) → Colchester
• Celmeresfort → Chelmsford (1189)
• Duroliponte (Roman) → Grantebrycge (9th century) → Cantabrigia (16th century) → Cambridge
• Eboracum, Eburacum → Eoforwic (7th century) → Jórvík (c. 866) → York
• Leamington Priors → Royal Leamington Spa (1838)
• Londinium → Lundenwic → Lundone → London
• Lyme → Lyme Regis (1284)
• Lynn → King's Lynn (16th century)
• Monkchester → Newcastle upon Tyne (1080s)
• Piddletown → Puddletown (late 1950s)
• Staines → Staines-upon-Thames (2012)
• Tunbridge Wells → Royal Tunbridge Wells (1909)
• Wootton Bassett → Royal Wootton Bassett (2011)

Scotland[]

• 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
• 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)

United States[]

Alaska[]

• Barrow → Utqiaġvik
• Novoarkhangelsk → Sitka

Arizona[]

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

California[]

• Baden → South San Francisco
• Bakersville → Waterford
• El Toro → Lake Forest
• Grover City → Grover Beach
• Nordoff → Ojai
• Todos Santos → Concord
• Tuleburg → Stockton
• Wineville → Mira Loma
• Yerba Buena → San Francisco

Colorado[]

• Fletcher → Aurora
• Union Colony → Greeley

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

Delaware[]

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

Florida[]

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

Georgia[]

• Terminus → Marthasville → Atlanta

Idaho[]

• Desmet → Tensed
• Eagle Rock → Idaho Falls
• Market Lake → Roberts

Illinois[]

• Alcoa → Alorton — in St. Clair County
• Allin → Stanford — in McLean County
• Amity → Pocohontas — in Bond County; name also used for an old plat in Cornell, Livingston County
• Ardmore → Villa Park — in DuPage County
• Area → Mundelein — in Lake County
• Athens → New Athens — in St. Clair County; name now used by Athens, Menard County
• Baden → New Baden — in Clinton and St. Clair counties
• Beechwood → Mounds — in Pulaski County
• Benton → Williamsville — in Sangamon County
• Berrian → Kewanee — in Henry County
• Blackberry → Elburn — in Kane County
• Bolton → Stonefort — in Saline and Williamson counties
• Bowensburg → Bowen — in Hancock County
• Bradly City → Bradley — in Kankakee County
• Butler → Cherry Valley — in Winnebago County; name now used by Butler, Montgomery County
• Camden → Lincoln — in Logan County; name now used by Camden, Schuyler County
• Camden Mills → Milan — in Rock Island County
• Centerville → Cuba — in Fulton County; name also used for several other settlements named Centerville
• Centerville → Millstadt — in St. Clair County; name also used for several other settlements named Centerville
• Centerville → Ripley — in Brown County; name also used for several other settlements named Centerville
• Centerville → Woodstock — in McHenry County; name also used for several other settlements named Centerville
• Charleston → Brimfield — in Peoria County; name now used by Charleston, Coles County
• Charleston → St. Charles — in DuPage and Kane counties; name now used by Charleston, Coles County
• Charleston → St. Charles — in Kane and DuPage counties; name now used by Charleston, Coles County
• Chatham → Sterling — in Whiteside County; name now used by Chatham, Sangamon County
• Chillicothe → Indianola — in Vermilion County; name now used by Chillicothe, Peoria County
• Clarkesville or Clarksville → Sciota — in McDonough County; name also used for unincorporated Clarksville, Coles County
• Clement → Huey — in Clinton County
• Clintonville → South Elgin — in Kane County
• Coloma → Du Bois — in Washington County
• Concord → Danvers — in McLean County; name now used by Concord, Morgan County
• Crescent → Crescent City — in Iroquois County
• Crotty → Seneca — in Grundy and LaSalle counties
• Dallas → Indianola — in Vermilion County
• Dement → Creston — in Ogle County
• Dunleith → East Dubuque — in Jo Daviess County
• East Chicago Heights → Ford Heights — in Cook County
• East Wood River → Wood River — in Madison County
• Elk Hart City → Elkhart — in Logan County
• Ellsworth → Lostant — in LaSalle County; name now used by Ellsworth, McLean County
• Elyda → Winnebago — in Winnebago County
• Emporium City → Mound City — in Pulaski County
• Fairfield → Mendon — in Adams County; name now used by Fairfield, Wayne County
• Fairfield → Pleasant Hill — in Pike County; name now used by Fairfield, Wayne County
• Florence → Oregon — in Ogle County; name now used by Florence, Pike County
• Fordville → Energy — in Williamson County
• Fordyce → Gorham — in Jackson County
• Fort Dearborn → Chicago
• Ft. Sheridan → Highwood — in Lake County
• Georgetown → Newark — in Kendall County; name now used by Georgetown, Vermilion County
• Georgetown → Steeleville — in Randolph County; name now used by Georgetown, Vermilion County
• Glascoe → Glasford — in Peoria County
• Glendale → Glendale Heights — in DuPage County; name also used for unincorporated Glendale, Pope County
• Grand Cote → Coulterville — in Randolph County
• Greenfield → LaMoille — in Bureau County; name now used by Greenfield, Greene County
• Grossdale → Brookfield — in Cook County
• Halidayburg → Kane — in Greene County
• Hanover → Metamora — in Woodford County; name now used by Hanover, Jo Daviess County
• Harlem → Forest Park — in Cook County; name also used for unincorporated Harlem, Winnebago County
• Harrison → Cedarville — in Stephenson County; name also used for two unincorporated places named Harrison
• Harvester → Burr Ridge — in DuPage County
• Henderson → Knoxville — in Knox Township, Knox County east of Galesburg; name now used by nearby Henderson, Henderson Township, Knox County north of Galesburg
• Hilton → East Peoria — in Tazewell County
• Howard → Durand — in Winnebago County
• Howlet → Riverton — in Sangamon County
• Humphrey → Tovey — in Christian County
• Huston → Mulberry Grove — in Bond County
• Illinoistown → East St. Louis — in St. Clair County
• Independence → Oakland — in Coles County
• Indiantown → Tiskilwa — in Bureau County
• Jamestown → Riverton — in Sangamon County; name also used for unincorporated Jamestown, Clinton County
• Juliet → Joliet — in Will County
• Keokuk Junction → Golden — in Adams County
• Lane → Rochelle — in Ogle County; name also used for unincorporated Lane, DeWitt County
• Lapier → Altona — in Knox County
• Laurel Hill → Table Grove — in Fulton County
• Liberty → Burnt Prairie — in White County; name now used by Liberty, Adams County
• Liberty → Rockwood — in Randolph County; name now used by other Liberty, Adams County
• Little Fort → Waukegan — in Lake County
• Lodi → Maple Park — in Kane County; also other communities formerly named Lodi
• Lysander → Pecatonica — in Winnebago County
• Mantua → Washburn — in Woodford County
• Marysville → Potomac — in Vermilion County
• Mechanicsburg → Mascoutah — in St. Clair County; name now used by Mechanicsburg, Sangamon County
• Melrose → Melrose Park — in Cook County; name also used for unincorporated Melrose, Clark County
• Middleton → Iuka — in Marion County
• Midway → Kansas — in Edgar County; name also used for several unincorporated places named Midway
• Mill Creek → Old Mill Creek — in Lake County; name now used by Mill Creek, Union County
• Millersburg → Pierron — in Bond and Madison counties; name also used for unincorporated Millersburg, Mercer County
• Milton → Humboldt — in Coles County; name now used by Milton, Pike County
• Monsanto → Sauget — in St. Clair County
• Morristown → New Milford — in Winnebago County
• Mt. Pleasant → Farmer City — in DeWitt County
• New Liberty → Willow Hill — in Jasper County; name now used by New Liberty, Pope County
• New Rutland → Rutland — in LaSalle County
• New Salem → West Salem — in Edwards County; also the name of several unincorporated places named New Salem
• Niles Centre → Skokie — in Cook County
• North Bloomington → Normal — in McLean County
• Oak Grove → Green Oaks — in Lake County; name now used by Oak Grove, Rock Island County
• Oak Grove Park → Germantown Hills — in Woodford County
• Oak Grove Park → Oak Grove — in Rock Island County
• Oakbrook → Oak Brook — in DuPage County
• Ogle Station → Ashton — in Lee County
• Park Forest South → University Park — in Cook and Will counties
• Pecatonica → Rockton — in Rockton Township, Winnebago County; name now used by Pecatonica, Pecatonica Township, Winnebago County
• Pembroke → Hopkins Park — in Kankakee County
• Pleasantville → Ipava — in Fulton County
• Portland → Blue Island — in Cook County
• Portland → Oglesby — in LaSalle County
• Postville → Lincoln — in Logan County
• Prairie City → Toledo — in Cumberland County; name now used by Prairie City, McDonough County
• Prospect Park → Glen Ellyn — in DuPage County
• Rand → Des Plaines — in Cook County
• Randall → East Galesburg — in Knox County
• Rantoul → Alma — in Marion County; name now used by Rantoul, Champaign County
• Reeves → Cambria — in Williamson County
• Richmond → Richview — in Washington County; name now used by Richmond, McHenry County
• Ridgeville → Evanston — in Cook County
• Rome → Dix — in Jefferson County; name also used for unincorporated Rome, Peoria County
• Rose Clare → Rosiclare — in Hardin County
• Saline → Grantfork — in Madison County
• Schaumburg Center → Schaumburg — in Cook County
• Sheridan → Good Hope — in McDonough County; name now used by Sheridan, LaSalle County
• Shermerville → Northbrook — in Cook County
• South Pass → Cobden — in Union County
• Specialville → Dixmoor — in Cook County
• Spring Forest → Willow Springs — in Cook and DuPage counties
• St. Marye → Beaverville — in Iroquois County
• Stephenson → Rock Island — in Rock Island County
• Sunnyside → Johnsburg — in McHenry County
• Sunrise Ridge → Wonder Lake — in McHenry County
• Sutton → Bentley — in Hancock County; name also used for unincorporated Sutton, Cook County
• Tazewell → Spring Bay — in Woodford County
• Tessville → Lincolnwood — in Cook County
• Turner → West Chicago — in DuPage County
• Uniontown → Washburn — in Woodford County; name also used for unincorporated Uniontown, Knox County
• Urbana → Freeburg — in St. Clair County; name now used by Urbana, Champaign County
• Utopia → Oakbrook Terrace — in DuPage County
• Van Buren → St. Francisville — in Lawrence County
• Victoria → Phillipstown — in White County; name now used by Victoria, Knox County
• Vienna → Astoria — in Fulton County; name now used by Vienna, Johnson County
• Waldron → Aroma Park — in Kankakee County
• Walnut Grove → Altona — in Knox County; name also used for unincorporated places named Walnut Grove
• Wappello → Hanover — in Jo Daviess County
• Wau-Bun → Northfield — in Cook County
• West Hammond → Calumet City — in Cook County
• Westhaven → Orland Hills — in Cook County
• Whitfield → Leland — in LaSalle County
• Wilson → Illiopolis — in Sangamon County; name also used for unincorporated Wilson, Lake County
• Winchester → Wilmington — in Will County; name now used by Winchester, Scott County
• Windsor → Tiskilwa — in Bureau County; name now used by Windsor, Shelby County and as the usual name for legal New Windsor, Mercer County
• Wiona → Malden — in Bureau County
• Worcester → Barry — in Pike County
• Xenia → Atlanta — in Logan County; name now used by Xenia, Clay County
• Yellow Creek → Pearl City — in Loran Township, Stephenson County; name also used for nearby unincorporated Yellow Creek, Kent Township, Stephenson County
• York → Thomson — in Carroll County; name also used for unincorporated York, Clark County
• Young America → Kirkwood — in Warren County

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Iowa[]

• Kanesville → Council Bluffs
• Springfield → Maquoketa
• Valley Junction → West Des Moines

Louisiana[]

• Vermilionville → Lafayette

Maryland[]

• Berlin → Brunswick
• Newtown → Leonardtown
• Providence → Anne Arundel Towne → Annapolis
• Riverdale → Riverdale Park

Massachusetts[]

• Agawam Plantation → Springfield
• Cold Spring → Belcher's Town → Belchertown
• Dale of Hope → Hopedale
• Fall River → Troy → Fall River
• Gay Head → Aquinnah
• Glasgow → Blandford
• Ireland Parish → Ireland → Holyoke
• Manchester → Manchester-by-the-Sea
• Marlbury → Marlborough
• Menotomy → Arlington
• Minnechaug → South Wilbraham → Hampden
• Quaboage → Quaboag → Brookfield
• Shawmut → Boston
• Stony Hill → Ludlow

Michigan[]

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

Minnesota[]

• Pig's Eye → St. Paul

Nebraska[]

• Lancaster → Lincoln

Nevada[]

• Horn Silver → Hornsilver → Goldpoint → Gold Point

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[]

• Acquackanonk → Clifton
• Awiehawken → Weehawken
• Bergen → Jersey City
• Boiling Springs Township → East Rutherford
• Delford → Oradell
• East Paterson → Elmwood Park
• Fort Nassau → Gloucester City
• Hunt's Mills → Clinton
• Madison Township (Middlesex County) → Old Bridge Township
• Maidenhead Township → Lawrence Township
• Matawan Township → Aberdeen
• Nya Stockholm → Bridgeport
• Passaic Township → Long Hill Township
• Raritan Township (Monmouth County) → Hazlet
• Second River → Belleville
• Sodon → Glen Gardner
• South Orange Township → Maplewood
• Sveaborg → Swedesboro
• Turkey or Turkey Town → New Providence
• Washington Township → Robbinsville Township^[16]
• 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 → Caswel → Kinston
• Campbellton + Cross Creek → Fayetteville
• Fuquay Springs and Varina → Fuquay-Varina
• Pacific → Youngsville (1875)
• Wachau → Salem → Winston-Salem

Ohio[]

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

Oregon[]

• Halfway → Half.com →Halfway
• Marysville → Corvallis
• Skinner's Mudhole → Eugene

Pennsylvania[]

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

*Name used by the United States Board on Geographic Names from 1891 to 1911. The name used by the city in its official documents and on its seal was unchanged.

Rhode Island[]

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

South Carolina[]

• Charles Towne → Charleston
• Jeffers → Blaney → Elgin
• Kingston → Conwayborough → Conway
• Tacapua → Startex

Tennessee[]

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

Texas[]

• Clark → DISH
• Dechman → Deckman → Grand Prairie
• Duncan Switch → Duncanville^[17]
• Emerson → Frisco City → Frisco^[18]
• Fillmore → Plano (1852)
• Gorbit → Kit → Irving^[19]
• Presidio San Antonio de Bexar → San Antonio^[20]
• Waterloo → Austin^[21]

Utah[]

• Evansville → Lehi
• Grayson → Blanding
• Great Salt Lake City → Salt Lake City
• Pleasant Green → Magna

Vermont[]

• Brattleborough → Brattleboro

Virginia[]

• Cumberland → Mystic Falls
• Kecoughtan → Hampton
• Mt. Pleasant → Mt. Jackson
• Mud Lick→ Big Lick → Roanoke
• Shryock → Edinburg
• Staufferstadt → Strasburg
• Tom's Creek → Toms Brook
• Tysons Corner → Tysons

Washington[]

• Neppel → Moses Lake
• Spokane Falls → Spokane^[22]
• Tolt → Carnation → Tolt → Carnation
• Vera → Veradale

Wisconsin[]

• Prairieville → Waukesha

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
• Djiring → Di Linh
• 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 → Sài Gòn (Saigon) → Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh (Ho Chi Minh City)
• Phu Xuan → Huế
• Ke Van → Ke Vinh → Vinh Giang → Vinh Doanh → Vinh Thi → Vinh

Zambia[]

• Bancroft → Chililabombwe (1967)^[23]
• Fort Jameson → Chipata (1967)^[23][24]
• Broken Hill → Kabwe (1967)^[23][24]
• Feira → Luangwa (1964)^[24]
• Fort Roseberry → Mansa (1967)^[23][24]
• Abercorn → Mbala (1967)^[23][24]

Zimbabwe[]

All name changes below occurred in 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

See also[]

• List of administrative division name changes
• Neighborhood rebranding in New York City

Sources and references[]

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Missing or empty |title= (help)
• Westermann, Großer Atlas zur Weltgeschichte (in German)
• Of Bangalore, Bengaluru and Belagavi^[25]
• "Pandektis: Name Changes of Settlements in Greece". Archived from the original on 10 March 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2009. List compiled by the (Greek) National Documentation Centre (EKT)