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
Pishpek —
Marthasville former city name
Jiankang historical city name
Longacre Square former place name
Jórvík historical city name
Ciudad de los Reyes historical city name
Chuquisaca historical city name
Kulm former name of Chełmno
Charlotte Municipal Airport former airport name
Kalinin former name of city
Jinling historical city name
Douglas Municipal Airport former airport name
Charcas historical name of a city
Khadki historical city name
Isla Verde International Airport former name of airport
Oregon Vocational School —
Mālaqa historical city name
Freiberg in Mähren former name of a town
Waterloo Lutheran University former name of university
Jianye historical city name
Treveris historical city name
Orange County State College former name of university
Łuck historical name
South B Street former street name
Reval historical city name
Khadjibey former name of city
Arizona City former place name
Orangemen former nickname
Valley State College former name of university
Titograd former city name
Real Villa de San Felipe de Austria historical city name
St. John’s College historical name
Berlin, Ontario, Canada former city name
Yellow Hook former place name
Mare Internum historical name
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union former name of city
Nuna historical name
Jurjev historical city name
Gustaviana Academy historical university name
Elsinore former city name
Campo de Marte former name of a park
Fiume historical city name
Cottage Hill former name of a populated place
Port Natal former name of city
Tamiat historical city name
South Bay State College former name of university
Île aux Vaches former place name
Kalgan former name of city
Fatehnagar historical city name
Alba Regia historical city name