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
Hsinking historical city name
Xinjing historical city name
Light of the South historical name
Philippopolis historical city name
Fengtian historical city name
Prešporok historical city name
Charleston
surface form: Charleston (Lorain, Ohio)
former city name
Memel historical city name
Gorna Dzhumaya historical city name
Pro Player Park former name of sports venue
Emerson former city name
Pozsony historical city name
Tap Hus former place name
State–Aquarium —
King Street
surface form: King Street (Boston)
former street name
King’s Town former place name
Mangkasar historical name
Santiago de Nueva Extremadura —
Ruda former brand name
Urga historical city name
Breede weg former street name
Broadway–South Boston former name of transit station
B Street NW former street name
Northern Arizona Teachers College former institutional name
Xijing historical city name
Northern Virginia University Center of the University of Virginia former institutional name
Buckingham College former name of a college
Brickton former city name
Kongelige Frederiks Universitet (as office worker in youth)
surface form: Kongelige Frederiks Universitet
former name of university
College of Rhode Island —
Wilno historical city name
Madhura historical city name
Ordzhonikidze former name of a city
Jeld-Wen Field —
Gharnāṭa historical city name
Yathrib historical city name
Luzhou historical city name
Crockherbtown former place name
Christiania historical city name
Torpedo Yaroslavl sports club historical name
Española former name of an island
Terminus former place name
R5 Lansdale/Doylestown former service designation
Celebes formerName
Jahangir Nagar historical city name
R5 Paoli/Thorndale former service designation
Qusantina former city name
Fort Sandeman former place name
Clinton's Ditch historical name
Frunze former name of a city