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
Berry Field former name of airport
Dyushambe —
Romanov-on-Murman historical city name
Washington Institute historical name
Kozlov former name of a city
Bečkerek historical city name
Petrovgrad historical city name
Stalino former name of city
Elizabethtown former place name
Zagorsk —
Kurō historical name
Redding former place name
Daśapura former name of city
Alais former place name
San Miguel el Grande former place name
Beuthen historical city name
McMurray —
Newport’s News (historic English settlement name)
surface form: Newport’s News
former place name
Kirovo former city name
Mitau historical city name
Columbia Junction former place name
Fernandina de Jagua historical city name
Bhagyanagaram historical name
La Plaza de los Leones former town name
island of Taprobane
surface form: Taprobane
historical name
Đông Đô historical city name
Yuzovka former name of a city
Alexeyevsk —
Aulon historical city name
Avlona historical city name
Reister’s Town former settlement name
Dedeağaç former city name
Muong Thanh former city name
Elopura former place name
Drowned Meadow former place name
Fort-Lamy former name of a city
Hofbibliothek historical name
Western University of Pennsylvania (attended briefly)
surface form: Western University of Pennsylvania
former name of educational institution
Puldin historical city name
Northeastern Institute of Technology former name of university
Gustavianum at Haga historical name
Usumbura former city name
Feng-tien historical city name
Northeast Line —
Dinaburg historical city name
Ismid historical city name
Edwinton former city name
Nassau International Airport former name of airport
New Beverly former place name
Mohammerah historical city name