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
Kuznetsovo —
East–West Line former name of transportation line
Little Oyster Island —
Artyomovsk —
Trinity and All Saints College former name of university
Uxbridge Road former name of street
Krain historical name
Hanseong historical city name
Temir-Khan-Shura historical city name
Avenue de la Gare former street name
Simbirsk former city name
Eperjes —
Leninakan former name of city
Pleskov historical name
Avenue de la Marine former boulevard name
Avenue Jules-Ferry former street name
La Mesa Springs former place name
Dairyland former city name
Dzerzhinets Chelyabinsk former name of sports team
Tskhumi historical city name
Villacarlos former place name
Gerkhozhan former name of a settlement
Fyf (Latinized form of Fife)
surface form: Fyf
historical name
Arensburg former place name
Kingissepa former name of a populated place
Villa Carlos former name of a town
Casertavecchia
surface form: Casa Hirta
historical name
King Square former place name
Fuchow historical name
Canton historical name
Temple College former name of university
Bytown former city name
Museu de Pinturas e Estampas e Objetos de Belas-Artes former museum name
Hurricane Agnes 1972
surface form: Hurricane Agnes (1972)
retired Atlantic hurricane name
Kiaochow former place name
Tananarive former place name
Bianliang historical city name
Christiania, Norway former name of a city
Örgöö historical city name
Niislel Khüree historical city name
Ramdaspur historical city name
Dongjing historical city name
Michipicoten former town name
Broadway–South Boston station former name of transit station
Pietersburg former city name
Katholieke Universiteit Brabant former name of university
Western Capital historical city name
Cidade Real de Nossa Senhora das Neves historical city name
Ellen Grace Philpotts-Page —
Cochecho former place name