List of city name changes

This is a list of cities which changed their name over the course of history.

Afghanistan

Bactra → Balkh

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

Angola

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)

Argentina

La Plata → Ciudad Eva Perón → La Plata

Armenia

See List of renamed cities in Armenia

Australia

Sturt → Alice Springs (NT)
Ballaarat → Ballarat (VIC)
Mayday Hills → Beechworth (NSW)
Bendigo's Creek → Sandhurst → Bendigo (VIC)
Emu Bay → Burnie (TAS)
Blackman's Flat → Orange (NSW)
Port Darwin → Palmerston → Darwin (NT)
Germanton → Holbrook (NSW)
Limestone StaTion → Ipswich (QLD)
Bearbrass → Melbourne (VIC)
Mobilong → Murray Bridge (SA)
Currajong → Parkes (NSW)
Belfast → Port Fairy (TAS)
Flooding Creek → Sale (VIC)
McGuire's Punt → Sheppardtown → Shepparton (VIC)
Hummock Hill → Whyalla (SA)
Dumbletown → Beverly Hills (NSW)

Azerbaijan

See List of renamed cities in Azerbaijan

Belarus

See List of renamed cities in Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosanska Gradiška → Gradiška → Bosanska Gradiška
Drvar → Titov Drvar (1981) → Drvar (1991)
Hvoča → Foča → Srbinje → Foča

Brazil

Nossa Senhora do Desterro → Florianópolis
Paraíba → João Pessoa
São José da Barra do Rio Negro → Manaus
Vila Rica → Ouro Preto
Porto dos Casais → Porto Alegre
Porto Acre → Xapuri
Nova Danzig → Cambé
Hansa Humboldt → Corupá
Harmônia → Ibirama

Brunei

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

Bulgaria

Agatopolis → Ahtopol
Ratiaria → Archar
Scaptopara → Gorna Dzhumaya → Blagoevgrad
Orhanie → Botevgrad
Scaphida → Pyrgos → Burgas
Hadzhioglu Pazardzhik → Tolbuhin → Dobrich
Diranava → Dryanovo
Dupniche → Marek → Stanke Dimitrov → Dupnitsa
Nevrokop → Gotse Delchev
Ortaköy → Ivailovgrad
Pautalia → Velbazhd → Kyustendil
Golyama Kutlovitsa → Ferdinand → Mihailovgrad → Montana
Mesembria → Nesebar
Tatar Pazardzhik → Pazardzhik
Plevne → Pleven
Philipopolis → Trimontium → Paldin/Pulpudeva → Filibe → Plovdiv
Ruschuk (Rusčuk) → Rousse
Kolarovgrad → Shumen
Durostorum → Dorostol → Drastar → Silistra
Bashmakli → Smolyan
Serdica → Sredets → Triaditsa → Sofia
Apolonia → Sozopolis → Sozopol
Beroe → Vereya (Beroya) → Ulpia Augusta Trajana → Irinopolis → Boruy → Vereya → Eski Zagra → Zheleznik → Stara Zagora
Eski Dzhumaia → Targovishte
Vassiliko → Tsarevo → Michurin → Tsarevo
Odesos → Varna → Stalin → Varna
Tarnovgrad → Tarnovo → Veliko Tarnovo
Bononia → Bdin → Vidin
Vratitsa → Vratsa

Canada

British Columbia

Fort George → Prince George
Fort Camosun → Fort Victoria → Victoria
Westbank → West Kelowna
Wu'muthkweyum → Vancouver

Manitoba

Prince of Wales Fort → Churchill

New Brunswick

Fort LaTour → Saint John
Léger Corner → Dieppe
Ste. Anne's Point → Fredericton

Nunavut

Frobisher Bay → Iqaluit

Ontario

Bytown → Ottawa
Ebytown → Berlin → Kitchener (see Berlin to Kitchener name change)
Fort Frontenac → Kingston
Newark → Niagara-on-the-Lake
New Johnstown → Cornwall
Rat Portage → Kenora
Sainte-Anne-des-Pins → Sudbury → Greater Sudbury
Shipman's Corners → St. Catharines
Fort Rouillé → Toronto → York → Toronto
Aqueduct → Merritsville → Welland

Prince Edward Island

Port la Joie → Charlottetown

Québec

Hochelaga → Ville-Marie → Mont-Royal → Montreal
Stadacona → Québec City

Saskatchewan

Pile o' Bones → Regina

Chad

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

People's Republic of China

Amoy† → Hsia-men → Xiamen
Ji → Yanjing → Zhongdu → Dadu → Jingshi → Khanbalik (as Mongol capital) → Peking† → Peiping → Beijing
Canton† → Guangzhou
Chang'an → Xi'an
Chinchow† → Jinzhou
Chunking† → Chongqing
Jinling → Nanking† → Nanjing
Kirin† → Jilin
Bianliang → Bianjing → Kaifeng
Lin'an → Hangchow† → Hangzhou
Soochow† - Suzhou
Yinxu → Anyang
Tan-tung† → Andong → Dandong
Tientsin† → Tianjin
Shenyang → Shengjing → Fengtianfu → Mukden → Fengtian → Shenyang
Ch'ing-ni-wa† → Lüshunkou (aka Port Arthur) → Dalnyi → Dairen; Ryojun → Luda → Dalian
Swatow† → Shan-t'ou → Shantou
Quemoy† → Chin-men→ Jinmen
Tsinan† → Chi-nan → Jinan

†Name change in English due to replacement of outdated romanization methods such as the Chinese Postal Map Romanization method with the Pinyin Romanization Method. 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
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 became cities under a Belgian colonial name, or rather two: in Dutch and French (the Belgian official languages), but were later renamed, such as:

Albertstad = Albertville → Kalemie
Coquilhatstad = Coquihatville → Mbandaka
Costermansstad = Costermansville → Bukavu
Elisabethstad = Elisabethville → Lubumbashi
Jadotstad = Jadotville → Likasi
Leopoldstad = Léopoldville → Kinshasa
Port Franqui → Ilebo
Stanleystad = Stanleyville → Kisangani

Croatia

Agram, Zagrab → Zagreb
Pinguente → Buzet
Iader → Jadera → Zara → Zadar
Albona → Labin
Mursa → Essegg, Eszék → Osijek
Cittanova → Novigrad
Parenzo → Poreč
Pola → Pula
Ragusa → Dubrovnik
Rovigno → Rovinj
Sankt Veit am Fluß → Fiume → Rijeka
Spalatum → Spalato → Spljet → Split
Dignano → Vodnjan
Laurana → Lovran
Cirquenizza → Crikvenica
Segnia → Senj
Lussinpiccolo → Mali Lošinj
Zaravecchia → Biograd na Moru
Sebenico → Šibenik
Porto Re → Kraljevica
Pisino → Pazin
Lesina → Hvar
Curzola → Korčula
Cherso → Cres
Abbazia → Opatija
Castelli → Kaštela
Castua → Kastav
Comiza → Komiža
Pagu → Pag
Nona → Nin
Buccari → Bakar
Vodizze → Vodice

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
Pilsen → Plzeň
Karlsbad → Karlovy Vary

Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo → Ciudad Trujillo (1936-1961) → Santo Domingo

Egypt

Many cities had Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Latin names

Syene → Aswan
Iunyt, Ta-senet → Latopolis → Laton → Lato → Esna

Equatorial Guinea

Port Clarence → Santa Isabel → Malabo

Estonia

See List of renamed cities in Estonia

France

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

Agedincum → Sens
Aginnum → Agen
Andemantunum → Langres
Antipolis → Antibes
Aquae Sextiae → Aix-en-Provence
Arausio → Orange
Arelate → Arles
Argentoratum → Strassburg → Strasbourg
Augustobona → Troyes
Augustodunum → Autun
Augustodurum → Bayeux
Augustonemetum → Clermont-Ferrand
Autessiodurum → Auxerre
Autricum → Carnotum → Chartres
Avaricum → Bourges
Avennio → Avignon
Bagacum → Bavai
Burdigala → Bordeaux
Caesarodunum → Tours
Carcaso → Carcassonne
Cenabum → Cenabum Aureliani → Aurelianum → Orléans
Cularo → Gratianopolis → Grenoble
Divodurum → Metz
Divona → Cahors
Durocortorum → Reims
Elimberris → Auch
Forum Iulii → Fréjus
Gesocribate → Brest
Gesoriacum → Bononia → Bonen (aan zee)/ Boulogne-sur-Mer
Iluro → Oléron
Iuliomagus → Angers
Lapurdum → Bayonne
Limonum → Poitiers
Lugdunum → Lyon
Lutetia → Paris
Massilia → Marseille
Matisco → Mâcon
Mediolanium → Saintes
Mediolanum Aulercorum → Évreux
Metis → Metz
Narbo Martius → Narbonne
Nemausus → Nîmes
Nemetacum → Arras
Noviodunum Aeduorum → Nevirnum → Nevers
Portus Namnetum → Nantes
Rotomagus → Rouen
Samarobriva → Amiens
Segodunum → Rodez
Senones → Sens
Strasburg → Strasbourg
Tolosa → Toulouse
Valentia → Valence, Drôme
Vesontio → Besançon
Vienna → Vienne
Wissemburg → Wissembourg

Gambia

Bathurst → Banjul (1973)
Georgetown → Janjanbureh

Germany

see also List of cities and towns in East Prussia for towns now in Poland, Russia or Lithuania

Aquisgranum → Aachen
Arckenow → Erkenau → Erkener → Erkner
Augusta Treverorum → Trier
Augusta Vindelicorum → Augsburg
Aurelia Aquensi → Baden-Baden
Barmen-Elberfeld → Wuppertal
Batavis → Passau
Bona → Bonn
Bötzow → Oranienburg
Bremerhaven → Wesermünde → Bremerhaven
Buchhorn → Friedrichshafen
Castellum apud Confluentes → Koblenz
Castra Regina → Regensburg
Chemnitz → Karl-Marx-Stadt → Chemnitz
Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium → Cologne (Köln)
Colonia Nemetum → Speyer
Constantia → Konstanz
Everswolde → Neustadt-Eberswalde → Eberswalde-Finow
Fürstenberg (Oder) → Stalinstadt → Eisenhüttenstadt
Klenow → Ludwigslust
Lietzow → Lietzenburg → Charlottenburg
Liubice → Lübeck
Lochau → Annaburg
Moguntiacum → Mainz
Neustadt → Dorotheenstadt (in 1710 incorporated into Berlin)
Rixdorf → Neukölln
Sarre-Louis → Sarre-Libre → Saarlouis → Saarlautern → Saarlouis
Syburg → Carlshaven → Bad Karlshafen
Sorviodurum → Straubing
Stadt des KdF-Wagens bei Fallersleben → Wolfsburg
Starigard → Aldinborg → Oldenburg in Holstein
Vörde → Bremervörde

Georgia

See List of renamed cities in Georgia

Greece

Banitsa → Vevi
Boimitsa → Axioupoli
Kailar → Ptolemaida
Khandak → Candia → Heraklion
Lamia → Zitouni → Lamia

See also: Former toponyms of Greek places and list compiled by the Institute for Neohellenic Research

Guyana

Wismar-MacKenzie-Christianburg → Linden

Hungary

Dunapentele → Sztálinváros (1949) → Dunaújváros (1961)
Sövényháza → Ópusztaszer (1974)
Pernyepuszta → Pernyebánya (1945) → Petőfibánya (1948)
Tiszaszederkény → Leninváros (1970) → Tiszaújváros (1990)

India

See List of renamed Indian public places

Madras → Chennai (changed August 1996)
Fort William → Calcutta → Kolkata (changed January 2001)
Mumba → Boa Baia → Bombay → Mumbai (changed 1995 or 1996)
New Bombay → Navi Mumbai
Kanhiyapur → Cawnpore → Kanpur (change effective 1948)
Baroda → Vadodra
Pataliputra → Patna
Pondicherry → Puduchery
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
Palghat → Palakkad
Thrishivaperur → Trichur → Thrissur
Cannanore → Kannur
Indravati → Umravti → Amravati
Bangalore → Bengaluru
Mysore → Mysuru
Gulbarga → Kalburgi
Hubli → Hubballi
Shimoga → Shivamogga
Chikamagalur → Chikkamagaluru
Bellary → Ballary
Bijapur → Vijapura
Hospet → Hosapete
Tumkur → Tumakuru
Kaup → Kapu
Belgaum → Belagavi
Tanjore → Thanjavur
Thirusirappalli → Trichinopoly → Trichy → Tiruchirappalli
Jeypore → Jaipur
Ootacamund → Udhagamandalam
Mapuça → Mapusa
Panjim → Panaji

Indonesia

Bangkahulu → Bencoolen → Bengkulu
Buitenzorg → Bogor
Port Numbay → Hollandia → Kota Baru → Sukarnopura → Jayapura
Kalapa → Jayakarta → Batavia → Jakarta
Makasar → Ujungpandang → Makassar
Tanjungkarang-Telukbetung → Bandar Lampung
Aceh → Kotaraja → Banda Aceh
Telanaipura → Jambi
Emma Haven → Teluk Bayur

Iran

Ecbatana → Hagmatana → Hamadan
Aspadana → Isfahan
shiraz → fars
gonbad bryan → shahdad kerman
rayn → anar→ kerman
mehroeeh→ kahnvg→ kerman
maymand→ shahre babak→ kerman
shahdad→ kerman
gesk→ zarand→ kerman
terz→ ravar→ kerman
sarcheshmah→ rafsanjan→ kerman
dosary→ jeroft→ kerman
knar sandal→ jeroft→ kerman
kahor→ bam→ kerman
fahraj→ bam→ kerman
lalehzar→ bardser→ kerman

Ireland

Mostrim → Edgeworthstown
Dún Laoghaire - Dun Leary → Kingstown → Dún Laoghaire
Daingean → Philipstown → Daingean
Port Laoighise → Maryborough → Portlaoise
Cove → Queenstown → Cobh
Eblana → Dublin
Dingle → An Daingean [Uí Chúis]

Italy

From history, most Italian cities have Latin names, some have Greek or Etruscan names.

Akragas → Agrigentum → Girgenti → Agrigento
Beneventum → Benevento
Felsina → Bononia → Bologna
Brundisium → Brindisi
Carales → Cagliari
Kroton → Crotona → Crotone
Florentia → Florence (Firenze)
Genua → Genoa (Genova)
Lavinium → Lavinio
Mediolanum → Milan (Milano)
Messana → Messina
Mutina → Modena
Neapolis → Napolis → Naples (Napoli)
Olbia → Terranova Pausania → Olbia
Panormus → Palermo
Pisae → Pisa
Rhegium → Reggio di Calabria
Rome → Colonia Lucia Annia Commodiana → Rome (Roma)
Syracuse → Siracusa
Taras → Tarentum → Taranto
Vicetia → Vicenza

Japan

Kurokawa → Wakamatsu → Aizuwakamatsu
Suginome → Fukushima
Fukase → Matsumoto
Kozukata → Morioka
Imahama → Nagahama
Edo → Tokyo
Koromo → Toyota

Jordan

Philadelphia → Amman

Kazakhstan

See List of renamed cities in Kazakhstan

South Korea

Hanseong → Gyeongseong → Keijo → Seoul
Pusan → Fusan → Pusan → Busan
Dalgubeol → Taegu → Daegu
Hanbot → Taejon → Daejeon
Ungjin → Kongju → Gongju

North Korea

Sinuiju → Shingeishu → Sinuiju → Sineuiju
Wanggŏmsŏng → Sŏgyŏng → Ryugyŏng; Kisŏng; Hwangsŏng; Rangrang; Sŏgyŏng; Sŏdo; Hogyŏng; Changan → Heijo → Pyongyang → Pyeongyang
Wonsanjin → Gensan → Wonsan

Kyrgyzstan

See List of renamed cities in Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

See List of renamed cities in Latvia

Lebanon

Berytus → Beirut
Heliopolis → Baalbek
Sidon → Saida
Tyre → Sur

Lithuania

See List of renamed cities in Lithuania

Libya

Oea → Tripoli

Madagascar

Tananarive → Antananarivo
Diego Suárez → Antsiranana

Malaysia

Jesselton → Kota Kinabalu
Port Swettenham → Port Klang
Victoria → Bandar Labuan

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

Moldova

See List of renamed cities in Moldova

Montenegro

Birziminium → Ribnica → Podgorica (1326) → Titograd (1946) → Podgorica (1992)
Cattaro → Kotor

Morocco

Tingis → Tangier
Mazagan → El Jadida

Mozambique

Lourenço Marques → Maputo

Myanmar

Akyab → Sittwe
Amherst → Kyaikkame
Bassein → Pathein
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

Netherlands

Coriovallum → Heerlen
Noviomagus Batavorum (or Batavodurum) → Nimwegen → Nijmegen
Traiectum ad Mosam → Maastricht
Traiectum Eriditum → Utrecht

Norway

Oslo → Christiania → Kristiania →Oslo
Kaupangen → Nidaros → Trondhjem → Nidaros → Trondheim
Fredrikshald → Halden

Pakistan

Fort Sandeman → Zhob (changed - 30 July, 1976)
Lyallpur → Faisalabad (changed - 1977)
Montgomery → Sahiwal (changed - 1966)

Paraguay

Puerto Flor de Lis → Puerto Presidente Stroessner → Ciudad del Este
Ajos → Coronel Oviedo

Poland

see also List of cities and towns in East Prussia

Aleksandrowo → Aleksandrów Pograniczny → Aleksandrów Kujawski
Jędrzychów → Andrzychów → Andrychów
Barcino → Barcin
Wartberge → Wartenburg → Nowowiejsk → Barczewo
Brido → Wartha → Bardo
Neu Berlin → Berlinchen → Barlinek
Rosenthal → Bartenstein → Bartoszyce
Barwica → Bärwalde → Barwice
Biała → Zülz → Biała
Gajle → Biała → Gehlen → Gehlenburg → Biała Piska
Brzegi → Białe Brzegi → Białobrzegi
Biały Bór → Baldenburg → Biały Bór
Bielszczany Stok → Białystok
Biała → Langenbielau → Bielawa
Lignica → Fürstenwald → Beroldestadt → Bernstadt → Bierutów
Bischofsburg → Biskupiec
Strowangen → Bischofstein → Bistein → Bisztynek
Błaszkowice → Błaszki
Richnow → Reichenau → Rychwałd → Bogatynia
Gross-Born → Borne Sulinowo
Brusseberge → Brunsberg → Braunsberg → Braniewo
Brwinowo → Brwinów
Wysoki Brzeg → Brieg → Brzeg
Brzeg → Dyhernfurth → Brzeg Dolny
Busk → Busko → Busko Zdrój
Bydgoszcz → Bromberg → Bydgoszcz → Bromberg → Bydgoszcz
Bystrzyce → Habelschwerdt → Bystrzyca Kłodzka
Bytom → Beuthen an der Oder → Białobrzezie → Bytom Odrzański
Łoza → Kulmsee → Chełmża
Freienwalde → Chociwel
Konice → Konigesberge → Königsberg in der Neumark → Chojna
Chorzów → Königshütte → Chorzów
Arnswalde → Choszczno
Tempelburg → Czaplinek
Czarne → Hammerstein → Czarne → Hammerstein → Czarne
Rothenburg → Czerwieńsk
Dęblin → Iwanogród → Dęblin
Dzierzgoń → Neu Christburg → Christburg → Dzierzgoń
Reichenbach → Dzierżoniów
Łęg → Lyck → Ełk
Gdynia → Gotenhafen → Gdynia
Nowa Wieś → Lötzen → Giżycko
Landsberg → Landsberg an der Warthe → Gorzów Wielkopolski
Nowy Włodzisław → Junowłodzisław → Inowłodzisław → Inowłocław → Inowrocław → Hohensalza → Inowrocław → Hohensalza → Inowrocław
Biała → Janów → Janów Lubelski
Hirschberg → Jelenia Góra
Kattowitz → Katowice → Stalinogród → Katowice
Wietrzna Góra → Kazimierz → Kazimierz Dolny
Rast → Rastenburg → Kętrzyn
Kladsko → Glatz → Kłodzko
Hurthland → Friedland → Korfantów
Lignica → Liegnitz → Legnica
Łódź → Litzmannstadt → Łódź
Berenwalde → Bärwalde → Mieszkowice
Mieńsk → Mińsk → Nowomińsk → Mińsk Mazowiecki
Sensburg → Mrągowo
Florianów → Narol
Nowe Miasto Korczyn → Nowy Korczyn
Margrabowa → Treuburg → Olecko
Pazluk → Hollandt → Preußisch Holland → Pasłęk
Piasek → Piaski Luterskie → Piaski
Melcekuke → Mehlsack → Pieniężno
Pisz → Johannisburg → Pisz
Przemków → Primkenow → Primkenau → Przemków
Puławy → Nowa Aleksandria → Puławy
Słupsk → Stolp → Słupsk
Ortulfsburg → Ortelsburg → Szczytno
Rogoźno → Jelitowo → Tomaszów → Tomaszów Lubelski
Waldenberg → Waldenburg → Wałbrzych
Wejherowska Wola → Neustadt → Wejherowo → Neustadt → Wejherowo
Wielka Wieś → Władysławowo
Włodzisław → Włocław → Leslau → Włocławek → Leslau → Włocławek
Wrocisław → Wrocław → Preßlau → Breslau → Wrocław
Zabrze → Hindenburg → Zabrze
Zawadzki → Andreashütte → Zawadzkie
Zielona Góra → Grünberg → Zielona Góra

Portugal

Aeminium → Coimbra
Bracara Augusta → Braga
Conimbriga → Condeixa-a-Nova
Iebora → Évora
Olisipo → Al-Usbuna → Lisbon (Lisboa)
Pax Iulia → Beja
Portus Cale → Porto (Oporto)
Sheberina → Serpa
Sintara → Sintra
Villa Euracini → Vila Ueracin (1206) → Varazim (1308) → Póvoa de Varzim

Romania

Axiopolis → Cernavodă
Abruttus → Abrud
Ad Mediam → Băile Herculane
Aegyssus → Tulcea
Ampelum → Zlatna
Apulum → Bălgrad → Gyulafehérvár → Alba Iulia
Arrubium → Măcin
Kronstadt → Braşov → Oraşul Stalin → Braşov
Bucureşci → Bucureşti (Bucharest)
Calatis → Mangalia
Carsium → Hârşova
Cibinum → Hermannstadt → Nagyszeben → Sibiu
Dierna → Orşova
Jassy → Iaşi
Marosvásárhely → Târgu Mureş
Napoca → Klausenburg → Kolozsvár → Cluj → Cluj-Napoca
Noviodunum → Isaccea
Porolissum → Zalău
Potaissa → Turda
Temesvár → Timişoara
Tomis → Constanţa
Drobeta → Turnu Severin → Drobeta-Turnu Severin

Russia

See List of renamed cities and towns in Russia

Serbia

Horreum Margi → Ravno → Ćuprija
Veliki Bečkerek → Bečkerek → Petrovgrad → Zrenjanin
Jagodina → Svetozarevo → Jagodina
Kraljevo → Rankovićevo → Kraljevo
Naissus → Niš
Singidunum → Singidon → Beograd
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

Singapore

Temasek → Singapore

Slovakia

Kaschau → Kassa Košice
Pressburg, Pozsony → Bratislava
Besztercebánya → Banská Bystrica

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)

South Africa

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Pietersburg → Polokwane
Potgietersrus → Mokopane
Ellisras → Lephalale
Louis Trichardt → Makhado → Louis Trichardt
Messina → Musina
Phalaborwa → BaPhalaborwa
Lyttleton → Verwoerdburg → Centurion
Naboomspruit → Mookgophong

Spain

Abula → Ávila
Acci → Guadix
Aurariola → Orihuela
Augusta Emerita → Mérida
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 Caecilia Metellinum → Medellín
Colonia Iulia Romula → Hispalis → Isbilia → Seville (Sevilla)
Colonia Norba Caesarina → Norba → Cáceres
Colonia Patricia → Corduba → Qurtuba → Córdoba
Complutum → Alcalá de Henares
Dertosa → Tortosa
Dianinum → Denia
Egara → Tarrasa → Terrassa
El Ferrol → El Ferrol del Caudillo → Ferrol
Fuenterrabía → Hondarribia
Gadir → Gades → Cádiz
Gasteiz → Nueva Victoria → Vitoria-Gasteiz
Guernica → Guernica y Luno → Gernika-Lumo
Guecho → Getxo
Gerunda → Gerona → Girona
Ilerda → Lérida → Lleida
Illice → Elche / Elx
Legio → León
Lejona → Leioa
Lucentum → Laquant → Alicante
Lucus Augusti → Lugo
Mainake → Malaca → Málaga
Mahón → Maó
Onuba → Huelva
Pompaelo → Pamplona
Qart Hadast → Carthago Nova → Cartagena
Quintanilla → Quintanilla de Onésimo
Saguntum → Murviedro / Morvedre → Sagunto
Salduba → Caesaraugusta → Saraqusta → Zaragoza
Sos → Sos del Rey Católico
Helmantica → Salamantica → Salamanca
Tarraco → Tarraco nova → Tarragona
Toletum → Tulaytula → Toledo
Villa Real → Ciudad Real

Eswatini

Switzerland

Augusta Raurica → Kaiseraugst
Aventicum → Wiflispurg → Avenches
Eburodunum → Yverdon-les-Bains
Lousonna → Lausanne
Minnodunum → Moudon
Octodurus → Martigny
Turicum → Zürich
Brenno***(durum?) → Bern

Syria

Aleppo → Beroea → Aleppo
Emesa → Homs
Hamath → Hama
Laodicea → Latakia
Palmyra → Tadmor

Tajikistan

See List of renamed cities in Tajikistan

Tanzania

Tabora → Weidmannsheil → Tabora

Turkey

Many cities were founded by the Ancient Greeks or their contemporaries, and renamed by the Romans, and later again by Muslim Turks

European (Eastern Thrace)

Hadrianopolis/Adrianople → Edirne
Byzantion → Byzantium → Constantinopolis/Constantinople → Istanbul

Anatolia (Asia Minor)

Alexandretta → İskenderun
Amida → Diyarbakır
Amisus → Samsun
Ancyra → Angora → Ankara
Antioceia -> Antiochia/Antioch → Antakya
Archelais -> Aksaray
Attalia → Attalea → Adalia → Antalya
Bythinion/Bythinium → Claudiopolis → Bolu
Chalkedon → Chalcedon
Cius → Prusa → Bursa
Dorylaeum -> Eskişehir
Edessa → Sanli Urfa (Şanlıurfa)
Ephesos → Ephesus -> Efes
Halikarnassos → Halicarnassus → Bodrum
Iconium → Konya
Kyzikos → Cyzicus
Magnesia → Manisa
Mazaca → Caesarea Mazaca → Kayseri
Melitene → Malatya
Mylasa -> Milas
Nikaia → Nicaea → İznik
Nicomedia → İzmit/Kocaeli
Pergamon → Pergamum → Bergama
Sinope → Sinop
Smyrna → İzmir
Theodosiopolis → Erzurum
Tralles → Aydın
Trapezon → Trapezus → Trebizond → Trabzon

England

Aquae Sulis → Bath
Brycgstow → Bristol
Camulodunum → Colchester
Cantiacorum → Durovurnum → Canterbury
Deva → Caester → Chester
Dubris → Dover
Durnovaria → Dorchester
Efrawg → Eboracum/Eburacum → Eoferwic → Jorvik → York
Glevum → Gloucester
Isca Dumnoniorum → Exeter
Cambodunum → Loidis → Leodis → Leedes → Leeds
Lindum Colonia → Lincoln
Londinium → Lundenwic → Lundenburgh → London
Luguvallium → Caerluel → Carlisle
Pons Aelius → Monkchester → Newcastle upon Tyne
Ratae Corieltauvorum → Kaerleir → Leicester
Tigguo Cobauc → Snottingaham → Nottingham

Scotland

Arderyth → Airdrie
Aberbrothock → Arbroath
Inverayr → Ayr
Alclud → Ail Chluaidh → Dumbarton
Alec-tum → Dùn Dèagh → Dundee
Dùn Phàrlain → Dunfermline
Dun Eideann → Edinburgh
Glascu → Glasgow
Cadzow → Hamilton
Inbhir Uraidh → Inverury → Inverurie
Jeddart → Jedburgh
Kirkcaudy → Kirkcaldy
Lithgae → Linlithgow
Pasgill → Paisley
St John's Toun (St Johnstone) → Perth
Newark → Port Glasgow
Cell Rígmonaid → Kilrymont → Muckross → St Andrews
Strivelyn → Stirling
Cambusnethan → Wishawtown → Wishaw

United States

Alburquerque → Albuquerque, New Mexico
Charleston → St. Charles, Illinois
Charles Towne → Charleston, South Carolina
Clark → DISH, Texas
Cleaveland → Cleveland, Ohio
Cowford → Jacksonville, Florida
Dearborn → Chicago, Illinois
Earpville → Longview, Texas
East Detroit → Eastpointe, Michigan
Fort Duquesne → Fort Pitt → Pittsburgh → Pittsburg → Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Fort Orange → Albany → Willemstad → Albany, New York
Gay Head, Massachusetts → Aquinnah, Massachusetts
Gorbit → Kit → Irving, Texas
Hot Springs, New Mexico → Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Jernigan → Orlando, Florida
Lancaster → Lincoln, Nebraska
Losantiville → Cincinnati, Ohio
Marysville → Corvallis, Oregon
Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania → Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
New Amsterdam → New York → New Orange → New York, New York
North Tarrytown, New York → Sleepy Hollow, New York
Pig's Eye → St. Paul, Minnesota
Plantation of Penacook → Rumford → Concord, New Hampshire
Providence → Anne Arundel Towne → Annapolis, Maryland
Sellstown → Dublin, Ohio
Sing Sing → Ossining, New York
Spokan Falls → Spokane, Washington
Swilling's Mill → Hellinwg Mill → Mill City → East Phoenix → Phoenix, Arizona
Terminus → Marthasville → Atlanta, Georgia
Vermilionville → Lafayette, Louisiana
Wineville → Mira Loma, California
Wintonbury → Bloomfield, Connecticut
Yerba Buena → San Francisco, California

Uzbekistan

See List of renamed cities in Uzbekistan

Vietnam

Tourane → Đà Nẵng (Da Nang)
Tống Bình → Long Đỗ → Đại La → Thăng Long → Đông Đô → Đông Kinh → Bắc Thành → Thăng Long → Hà Nội (Hanoi)
Hai Pho → Faifo → Hội An (Hoi An)
Prey Nokor → Gia Ðịnh → Saigon → Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh (Ho Chi Minh City)
Phu Xuan → Huế (Hue)
Ke Van → Ke Vinh → Vinh Giang → Vinh Doanh → Vinh Thi → Vinh

Zimbabwe (all 1982)

Enkeldoorn → Chivhu
Essexvale → Esigodini
Fort Victoria → Masvingo
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

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