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
Squires Gate Airport former airport name
Great Harbor former place name
Route Ferguson former street name
Puerto Luisa former place name
Mattress Firm Amphitheatre —
Fukaisen Road former street name
Vatapi —
Royalsborough former town name
Wierzbnik former town name
Sans Pareil —
Xicheng (historical) former place name
Ludoviciana University historical university name
Ruschuk historical city name
the Bee —
Gzhatsk former name of a populated place
Eger —
Sremska Mitrovica na Savi historical name
Cedar Rapids Collegiate Institute former name of a college
São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro historical city name
Villa de San Felipe de Austria historical city name
Shcheglovsk former city name
Kezlev historical city name
Pearl’s Town former place name
Batalpashinskaya former name of a city
Verkhneposadskaya Square former place name
Cabbagetown former place name
San Cristóbal former city name
Toyohara former city name
Beverly, New Hampshire former town name
Lake Mayaimi (historical name of Lake Okeechobee)
surface form: Lake Mayaimi
historical name
Bradentown former city name
Pokrovsk former name of a city
Xiangshan historical city name
Summersworth former city name
Shimushiru former place name
Country Club Estates former city name
Sillein (German)
surface form: Sillein
historical city name
Fort Marion —
State Teachers College at Harrisonburg former name of university
Kongmoon former English name
Treuburg former place name
Landsberg in Ostpreußen former town name
Seeburg former place name
Benkheim former place name
Johannisburg former town name
Consair historical name
Arys former place name
Willenberg former place name
Coal Creek former town name
Linkville former city name