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
Nyanda former city name
South Worcester former place name
Mont Inaccessible (historical name)
surface form: Mont Inaccessible
historical name
Lochmoor former city name
Musée Albert Sarraut —
Maymyo former place name
Blackwell's Island former place name
Yaitsk historical city name
Olema Station former place name
Orphans former team name
Khodjend historical city name
Kingsbridge Station —
St. Thomas College historical name of university
South Danvers former city name
Chaghasarai former city name
Rybachye —
Maryborough, Queen's County (now Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland)
surface form: Maryborough, Queen's County
former name of Portlaoise
Monte Vista former city name
Marandellas former place name
Obdorsk historical city name
Nova Lisboa former name of city
Przhevalsk former city name
Oxos historical name
Compostela Valley former administrative region name
Hailes former place name
Ferris Institute former name of university
Gloriosa Santa Clara former place name
Largeau former place name
Peel Island former place name
Luso former city name
Dyce Airport —
Großwardein historical city name
Hermannstadt historical name
South Bay former town name
Oil Hill former place name
Barri Xino former neighborhood name
Osaka North Harbour Co., Ltd. former corporate name
Sebastia historical city name
Cook’s Ferry former place name
UP College Cebu —
Pulau Blakang Mati former place name
West-Northwest Route former transit line name
Idus historical name
Ruha historical city name
Bazargic historical city name
Karasu historical city name
Mecidiye historical city name
Saraqusta historical city name
Tsaryovokokshaysk former city name
Flagstaff Hill former place name