former name

C1289
concept

A former name is a previous designation or title by which an entity, such as a person, organization, or place, was once known before being officially changed.

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All labels observed (64)

Label Occurrences
historical city name 143
former place name 113
former name canonical 89

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: former name
Generated description
A former name is a previous designation or title by which an entity, such as a person, organization, or place, was once known before being officially changed.

Instances (672)

Instance Via concept surface
Hewletts —
Melonville former city name
Bad Warmbrunn former place name
State College for Colored Students historical name
Providence (former name of the town) former town name
يثرب اسم قديم لمدينة
Sandhurst former city name
Sovetsk
surface form: Tilsit
former name of a city
Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India former name of city
Étoile
surface form: Étoile (Paris Métro)
former name of metro station
Big Shanty former place name
Yuezhou historical city name
"Tamarán"
surface form: Tamarán
historical name
Cill Chuimein former place name
derived from earlier English name Eoforwic
surface form: Jórvík
historical city name
Nueva Segovia de Barquisimeto historical city name
King's County former county name
Victoria Point former place name
Juda former city name
Tigani former settlement name
Vermilionville former city name
Albertville former name of city
Køpmannæhafn historical name
Reckenwalde former place name
Kulja historical city name
Voroshilovsk historical city name
South Park Avenue station former name of transit station
Rivière de Champlain —
Kitaiōjima former place name
Stolp historical city name
Avenue de l’Impératrice —
San Ambrosio de Ballenary historical city name
Stanimaka —
Jomax Technologies former company name
Georgenkirchplatz former place name
Dayong former city name
Reichenau in Sachsen former name of a settlement
Hantshire —
Villa Independencia former name of a city
Puerto del Sauce former place name
The Free School historical name
Dalny former place name
Metropolitan Airport former name of airport
Han-seong historical city name
Lamar State College of Technology former name of university
Arlington State College former name of university
Revalia historical name
Revalia (Latinized)
surface form: Revalia
historical city name
Yamburg former name of a city
Simao former name of a city