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
Columbia Road former name of transit station
Astarabad former city name
Neapolis is the Latin name for Naples
surface form: Neapolis
historical city name
Oxenholme (historical shorter form) historical name
Leninabad was official name in Soviet period
surface form: Leninabad
former city name
Kalamazoo Baptist College historical name
Dadiangas former place name
Bad Reinerz former place name
Leninabad former city name
Angora —
Jerusalem, Southampton County, Virginia former place name
Chang-chia-kou —
Chattanooga Moccasins former team name
Umballa former name of city
Clus historical name
Old York —
Grangerville former city name
Central City former city name
Northwest Expressway —
Richmond Parkway (historical name)
surface form: Richmond Parkway
—
Sztálinváros former city name
Borinquen historical name
Lenino former district name
Bourbon-Vendée former name of a populated place
Kingstown former place name
Turtusha historical city name
Fort Victoria former name of city
Farmingbury former town name
Nova Roma historical city name
Calumet Expressway —
Carlshaven —
Redmen former team name
Sultanabad historical city name
Miyato River —
King George V National Park —
Leninsk former name of city
Cambria (Latin name for Wales)
surface form: Cambria
historical name
Ungarisch-Altenburg former town name
Menotomy former place name
Rovno historical name
Chowbent —
Bad Landeck former place name
Karkha D-Bet Slokh historical city name
Tetschen, Bohemia former place name
Tsingtau former place name
Cassovia historical name
Eddy former city name
Pocasset former place name
Al-Ruha historical city name
Bishop's College historical name of university