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
Yekaterinoslav former name of city
Angostura former city name
Puerto de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles former settlement name
Union Town —
Etone former name of a town
South Riverside former city name
La Cienega Mud Springs former place name
Jincheng historical city name
Lashkari Zaban historical name
Azimabad historical city name
Tashauz former name of a city
Dashkhovuz —
Koromo historical city name
Standard Airport former name of airport
Kholm —
Panormos —
Ekaterinodar historical city name
Tyburn Road former street name
Pino former place name
CCL (former branding) —
Game Reserve No. 2 —
MER (historical) historical name
Santa Isabel de Fernando Poo former city name
Landstinget —
Proskuriv historical city name
Pont de Passy former name of bridge
Dún Dá Lethglas former name of a town
Colonia historical city name
Temesvár historical city name
Pattison former name of transit station
Brisbane River Bridge (historical planning name) historical name
Cambria historical name
Opon former place name
Isla de San Ildefonso former place name
Gottwaldov former city name
FBW (historical/vernacular)
surface form: FBW
historical name
Elk Park former place name
Zhu Shou historical name
Agricultural Park —
Tsaritsyn former name of city
Norfolk Polytechnic College —
Bromberg historical city name
Tây Đô historical name
San Juan de Vera de las Siete Corrientes historical city name
Clear Water Harbor former city name
Rykove former name of a city
Yenice-i Vardar historical city name
Indiana Asbury University historical university name
Elizavetgrad historical city name
Arsacia historical city name