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
Oppeln historical city name
San Sebastián del Piñal de Caguax historical city name
El Corazón de Boriquén
surface form: Borinquen
historical name
Gulshanabad historical city name
Glennsburne former place name
Rudolfswerth former city name
Marienwerder former city name
Thorn former name of Toruń
Reichenberg historical city name
Breslau historical city name
Calhoun College (historical name)
surface form: Calhoun College
historical name
Kassa historical city name
Troppau former name of city
FC Astana
surface form: Lokomotiv Astana
—
George Washington Colonials former team name
Yuryev historical city name
Westdale former place name
Miller’s Hollow former place name
Colorado City former city name
Yaik —
Verny historical city name
Mogador former place name
Messana former name of city
Valladolid, Michoacán former name of city
William J. Porter University former name of university
Lublinitz —
Brighthelmstone former settlement name
Agana former place name
Verwoerdburg former place name
Sahar International Airport former name of airport
Nandod former name of a town
Jan Smuts International Airport former name of airport
Vilna historical city name
Novonikolaevsk historical city name
Vallauris, Quebec (former name of Val-des-Monts sector)
surface form: Vallauris, Quebec
former place name
Warriors former team name
Akmolinsk historical city name
Telephone Communication Limited (historical expansion of acronym, often cited)
surface form: Telephone Communication Limited
historical name expansion
Cherokee Indians of Robeson County historical name
Toy District —
Photo District former name of neighborhood
Ferry-Port-on-Craig former place name
Frank E. Brown’s townsite name "Moreno" former settlement name
Anicium —
Congress Parkway (historic alignment) former street name
SEP
surface form: Palestra Italia
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Yawkey Way (former name of Jersey Street near Fenway Park)
surface form: Yawkey Way
former street name
Fort-Royal former city name
Jesselton former city name
Halab historical name