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
Castrogiovanni historical city name
Pile O’ Bones former name of city
Maxim Gorky (city name Gorky)
surface form: Maxim Gorky
former city name
Friendship International Airport former name of airport
Kovno historical city name
Memel River historical name
Maroelap former place name
Jeffrey Field former airport name
Formosa historical name
Lake Ronkonkoma station —
North Carolina College at Durham historical university name
Çärjew former city name
Wallamet University historical name
Nebit-Dag —
Chardzhev former city name
Charjuy historical city name
Tsinan —
Ἄγκυρα former city name
Sankt Joachimsthal former name of a town
Gyeongseong historical city name
Jinyang former name of city
Kuibyshev former name of city
Todos Santos former place name
Taihoku historical city name
Augustinian College of Villanova former name of university
Brackenberg historical name
Boggy former city name
Place du Trône —
Zea —
Kas —
Capodistria historical city name
Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe historical city name
Phones 4u Arena formerName
Amed historical city name
Emu Bay former place name
Diyâr-ı Bekr historical city name
Candia historical city name
Chandax historical city name
Orange
surface form: Orange (North Carolina)
former town name
The Wizards —
Lambing Flat former place name
Gorky former name of city
Kozlov historical city name
Christoupolis historical city name
Pablo Beach, Florida former place name
High Street
surface form: High Street (Philadelphia)
former street name
Richard Evelyn Byrd Flying Field former name of airport
Yonge–Finch former name of transit station
Legend former company name
Alexandrovsk former name of city